A notable move from Gov. Brian Kemp: After appointing Judge Paige Reese Whitaker to the Court of Appeals, he could have sidestepped Nikia Smith Sellers’ May election victory by naming someone else to the vacancy. Instead, Kemp just appointed Sellers, honoring the outcome of the election she won. #gapol
Senate Republicans just blocked Jon Ossoff's bill to ban Members of Congress from trading cryptocurrency and stocks.
"We could go to any town, any county in Georgia, and ask anybody of either political party or no political party, 'Should Members of Congress be playing the stock market while we make legislation?' and overwhelmingly the answer would be no."
Barack: You told me all those years ago that you couldn’t promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life. Of course, you outdid yourself and managed to give me both.
Eight years in the crucible, and not once did you melt from the heat. Not once did you let it harden you. Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence: your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage, your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency, your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fiber.
This is huge.
For months, I have been working to stop the construction of a massive 10,000-person ICE facility in Social Circle, Georgia.
We just learned DHS is cancelling it.
The power of the people is always more powerful than the people in power.
Ossoff: Y'all remember they promised to drain the swamp? Instead, this is the most corrupt administration of all time, and everybody knows it. Everybody knows it.
While Americans pay more and get less, while our insurance premiums skyrocket and hospitals close down services, while American service members are wounded and killed in action, the First Family’s raking in billions of dollars.
Our government should work for the people, not the other way around. Governor Kemp and Republicans cut millions out of the state budget that was reserved for school buses, homeless veterans and Medicaid dental care in order to give tax cuts to the wealthiest Georgians.
That’s backwards.
I’ll keep fighting to make sure our government invests in working families and stronger communities.
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.@Ossoff goes on to his opponents Mike Collins and Derek Dooley: “They tried to run Kemp, but he refused. So we're left with the congressman, who's only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman, and the coach who was only a coach because his daddy was a coach.”
"A wave is building, the kind that comes once a generation, when people have been pushed too far and they decide all at once and all together that enough is enough." – @ossoff
Ossoff: What those who build ballrooms and monuments to themselves, who rake in billions from foreign princes while the people's savings disappear with their hospitals, what they hate the most is when people hold them accountable at the polls.
Yesterday, our country paused for Memorial Day.
Today, as we return to our routines, I am thinking about the responsibility that remains.
We honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation by remembering them with gratitude, by supporting the families who carry their loss and by living with a deeper appreciation for the freedoms they helped protect.
May we never treat remembrance as a one-day obligation. May we carry it with us in how we serve, how we lead and how we care for one another.
Ossoff at the opening of a coordinated campaign office in deep-blue south DeKalb: “This is the earliest we have ever begun this. And while the folks on the other side are going to spend spend the next month mired in their own mess, we are proceeding with unprecedented unity and unprecedented determination to get out the vote like never before. And it begins right here today.” #gapol
POV: Billionaire @RickJacksonGA flying around to campaign events in a private jet AND private helicopter trying to act like he understands Georgians’ struggles #gapol
Incredibly proud to vote early for @JasonEsteves in the Georgia gov primary, and for Dems up and down the ballot who are focused on our future!
It’s the last day of early voting. Let’s win this thing! #gapol
NEW in @RollingOut: "@JasonEsteves charts bold path toward Georgia’s governorship"
"[Jason] is positioning himself as a fresh voice focused on education, economic opportunity and the future of working families across the state." #gapol
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We’ve put in the work. We’ve built the momentum. And Tuesday night, we’ll celebrate alongside all of Team Jason for Georgia. RSVP for our Election Night Watch Party at 👉 https://t.co/FkMQrpSeCw
And if you haven’t yet, GO VOTE on Election Day, Tuesday, May 19. Let’s bring it home, Georgia.
It’s hard to put into words what this meant to me.
Giving the convocation address last Friday for the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs graduation ceremony was one of the great honors of my life.
I spoke about Johnny Isakson’s “six silent secrets” and added a few updates of my own. I talked about the friendships forged at UGA and the values that matter most.
Mostly, I spoke about staying grounded, treating people with dignity and remembering that democracy depends on our ability to disagree without losing our humanity.
To the SPIA graduates: thank you for letting me share the day with you. The work ahead of you matters — and I have no doubt you’re ready for it.