Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff holds a 7-point lead over Republican Representative Mike Collins in the latest poll of the Georgia Senate race, a key race in a state that President Donald Trump won in 2024, which Democrats must defend if they hope to take control of the Senate in the 2026 midterms.

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., defended his comments about Trump aide Natalie Harp amid intense blowback from President Donald Trump and his allies this week, accusing the White House of having a "melt down" over his remarks—as some on the left have questioned whether Ossoff went too far.

The Georgia senator, who faces a challenge from Republican Mike Collins in the midterms, was asked to look ahead on MS NOW.

During a town hall with Georgia voters on Tuesday, Ossoff — who is up for reelection in November — called Trump a “draft-dodging, crook president” alongside Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a major critic of Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) doubled down Wednesday on his criticism of President Trump’s relationship with longtime White House aide Natalie Harp, brushing off a wave of attacks from the president’s

Public polling shows Ossoff ahead of his Republican opponent, Rep. Mike Collins. But his profile has extended far beyond Georgia, fueled in large part by the series of viral clips and moments — even if he and his allies privately and publicly insist his focus is strictly on winning reelection and has no White House ambitions.

Axelrod’s opinion of Ossoff invoking Natalie Harp, Trump’s 35-year-old aide known as the “human printer,” put him on the same side of the debate as members of the MAGA movement, who claimed Harp should have been off limits.

Sen. Jon Ossoff knew exactly what he was doing by invoking President Trump’s “travel with Natalie” the other day.