If you’ve been finding yourself swooning lately over the clips of Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) calmly and methodically bulldozing Republicans facing Senate questioning, welcome to the “Senator My Boo” Club, my friends.
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Movie-star handsome and charismatic, Ossoff was given the moniker by political powerhouse influencer Qondi Ntini, who’s turned “political thirst” into a movement that’s been reframing the way Democratic men run for public office. Her social media accounts reflect a timeline of consistently supporting both Ossoff and his fellow Georgia Senator, Rev. Raphael Warnock, always keeping to the facts while centering the thirst. Not just for good-looking men in leadership (though it’s just true that Democrats have the looks on lockdown), but the thirst for truth and equality in both the government as well as the rest of the country.
And the Ossoff Thirst is very real, y’all. It’s not just the matinee idol looks, though.
Jon Ossoff is a Jewish Democrat who doesn’t take money from AIPAC and tells the truth about Israel at a time when antisemitism is raging like never before.
Thanks to his tough stances on Israel while also holding the Trump regime accountable, Ossoff has emerged as a new dark horse contender for president in 2028, despite his claims of “not being interested” in running. While Democrats need him in that Senate seat, Ossoff would have a clearer path to the presidency should Democratic gubernatorial nominee Kesha Lance Bottoms win in November. His replacement could be sworn in by January, and then Jon Ossoff could very well be on the path to become the first Jewish President of the United States.
We are a nation starved for goodness and truth from our leadership, and Jon Ossoff represents that in multitudes. His calm and patient grilling of Trumpsimp Jay “Whatever You Say, Boss” Clayton last week during his Director of National Intelligence confirmation hearing over the 2020 election set off shockwaves that sent Democratic women into a swoon.
“Isn’t it humiliating to be unable to answer this question?” is one of the best questions anyone has ever asked any Republican when it comes to their full fealty to Trump and the 2020 election. They cannot say Joe Biden won, and Jon Ossoff knows why.
While we were collectively still dreaming of a Ossoff presidential run, he made our case for us again on Tuesday. As the Ranking Democratic Member of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Ossoff grilled egregiously underqualified Punch-Drunk Pete “Low-T” Hegseth over the Department of Defense’s multiple failures in Iran. Watching Ossoff pummel Petey Pull-Ups is the kind of knee-weakening swoon-worthy stuff Democratic women have been waiting for.
*fans self*
Ossoff can also handle the media on the fly. Or in this case, the strut.
Democrats who aren’t the biggest fans of Gov. Gavin “Studly” Newsom’s emergence as the 2028 frontrunner have started getting very loud about the possibility of supporting a ticket anchored by Ossoff. One thing Ossoff shares with Newsom–aside from a “great head of hair” (as my Jewish mom would say)–is that he triggers Trump, garnering one of the weakest nicknames in the overgrown dumb bully’s litany of weak nicknames for his opponents.
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“Os(jerk)off” is about what you’d expect from the least creative low-IQ person to ever nap behind the Resolute Desk. When “Osshole” was right there, too.
It’s fine, what do I know about politics or basic creativity?
Anyway, it’s obviously about much more than Jon Ossoff’s looks. It’s also about Trump losing Georgia in the 2020 election and never being able to prove otherwise, BECAUSE HE LOST. His rambling, shambolic speech that was supposed to finally expose 2020 election fraud only served to expose himself and the Russian interference in both 2016 and 2020. It’s also renewed conversations about the legitimacy of the 2024 election, but in the interest of staying on topic while maintaining my blood pressure, let’s stick to Ossoff triggering Trump, and therefore, MAGA.
We know it’s not Jon Ossoff’s fault that then-Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wouldn’t help Trump steal votes in the Peach State, and as Trump plans a visit there to whine more about losing, Ossoff is clear about the old guy’s obsession with him.
“If there’s one person who committed election fraud in Georgia, it’s Donald Trump when he dialed up our state’s senior most election official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and tried to bully him in a recorded phone call to, quote, find the exact number of votes Donald Trump needed to win in a state that he had lost,” Ossoff told CNN’s Jake Tapper during an interview last week.
(Sidebar: Where’s your book on Trump’s obvious mental and physical decline, Jake?)
As a Jewish American (albeit an atheist), I’m watching the conversation about a possible Ossoff 2028 run with extra interest. I can’t help but wonder if this country is ready to elect a Jewish President when it hasn’t evolved enough to elect a woman of color —or any woman — yet.
But Jon Ossoff checks so many boxes for a Democratic President that I hope he does have that path cleared for him. He doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who’d waste time on juvenile Twitter flame wars or allow his campaign to devolve into AI trickery or whatever tactics others are deploying to trigger the Deplorables.
Jon Ossoff would bring dignity back to the Oval Office in a way the entire world needs, not just the American people. I’m pretty sure a President Ossoff wouldn’t bulldoze D.C. to please Putin or try to compromise the entire Democratic Party by using blackmail and threats. Candidate Ossoff would bring back the kind of elevated political discourse we once had, which contained a level of respect between opponents rather than bullying.
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It would be, in the parlance of my people, a mitzvah.
