# Ossoff Escalates: "The Draft-Dodging Crook President"

*US Politics · 20 August 2026 · RECORDx NEWS*

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XM0EqPUd4c
Page: https://news.recordx.co/story/ossoff-escalates-the-draft-dodging-crook-president/

Two rallies in three nights. In Columbus — with Mark Kelly beside him — Jon Ossoff escalated: "the draft-dodging crook president." Then he turned to his opponent: "every time you shake Congressman Collins, new misdeeds fall out." $81M raised. A Republican senator crossing over. Still leading. 11 weeks out.

## The reporting

Facts: $81M+ war chest = top Senate fundraiser (Newsweek). Flake endorsement (The Hill). Poll lead (11Alive 08-19). Trending validation: his own channel's clip of the line ran 1,370 views/hr (fastest of the cycle's Ossoff content).

## References


Reporting drawn from: full Columbus speech from Ossoff's own channel (Iag2NJWLOBs, 25.5min

## Transcript

Because I don't think anything illustrates the times more aptly than that the draft -dodging crook president, who has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win.
Sunday? Atlanta. Two nights later, Columbus. He didn't cool down. He escalated.
Because this scandal pinata, Mike Collins, right? Every time you shake Congressman Collins, new misdeeds fall out. Have you seen it?
And the receipts are stacking, $81 million, the biggest war chest in the Senate, a Republican senator, Jeff Flake, crossing over to endorse him, and a fresh poll still out front.
11 weeks out, he's picking this fight on purpose. If you're tracking this race with us, like, share, subscribe, and keep watching.

## Topics

jon ossoff, mike collins, midterms 2026

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