Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff and Republican challenger Mike Collins clashed Thursday night in Georgia's first Senate debate, with the race seen as pivotal for Nov. 3 control of the chamber.
Ossoff repeatedly pressed Collins to defend President Trump's tariffs and his support for the Iran war and Trump's domestic policy bill, which included Medicaid cuts. "Whatever Donald Trump says, Mike Collins does," Ossoff said.
Collins attacked Ossoff as a "trust fund kid" who doesn't care about gas prices and wants people on mass transit. In his closing argument, Ossoff countered that Collins owns a trucking company worth up to $25 million despite portraying himself as an everyday trucker.
Ossoff also accused Collins of hiring aides linked to white nationalist and antisemitic views, calling it "half the Third Reich." He referenced a former intern photographed in KKK robes and Collins's son-in-law sharing Nazi imagery. Collins did not directly deny the claims, saying he has "condemned racism, antisemitism, hate."
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