Ossoff: Democrat midterm victories would do more than 'just restore checks and balances'

Ossoff said Democrat midterm victories would do more than ‘just restore checks and balances,’ framing a potential congressional sweep as a direct “rebuke” to President Trump for the remainder of his term. Speaking Friday at a rally in Georgia, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) said Democrats would be “massive” and “decisive,” asserting the outcome would discourage future “corruption and abuse.” His remarks also targeted Trump’s claim from the prior day that China accessed U.S. voter rolls before the 2020 election, which Ossoff said are old “grievances” tied to the president’s defeat to former President Biden. Ossoff, running for reelection against Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.), faces electoral headwinds and opportunities, with Decision Desk HQ giving Democrats a 42% chance to retake the Senate and 61% for the House. For a Senate switch, Democrats must hold their 47 seats and flip four held by Republicans, with Cook Political Report listing three races—Arkansas Sen. Dan Sullivan, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, and Ohio Sen. Jon Husted—as tossups, and rating the contest for Sen. Thom Tillis’s open seat in North Carolina as a Democratic lean.