Jon Ossoff

And I think he achieved some pretty extraordinary things while he was in office.

Things that certainly helped Georgia on insulin prices and clean energy manufacturing, right?

but we did not have a powerful voice communicating and leading for much of the latter half of that term.

And that certainly contributed to the defeat in the election.

But what I think, what we need that we haven't had in a long time,

is a deep and compelling story and vision about where the country is and where the country needs to go.

And so the lack of a strong presidential voice for an extended period there took a toll, no doubt.

Yeah, definitely did.

Yeah, look, this will be the biggest Senate race of the midterms.

And I just keep happening to run in these huge consequential elections.

But I'm the only Democrat running for re-election in a state that Donald Trump won.

So I'm their number one target.

They want the seat.

And what, you know, a couple of Republican colleagues have told me privately is they also the GOP wants me gone.

Right.

For all the reasons that we've just discussed, like they don't want me.

fresh voices, young blood in the opposition.

Sometimes I joke to people, no disrespect to anyone out there, but it's like I work in the most powerful and prestigious senior center in America.

And so they have a lot of motivation to defeat me.

They spent $310 million or so to try to fend me off the first time.