# Trump Calls Ossoff 'Pee-wee'. The Polls Say +7.

*US Politics · 2 September 2026 · RECORDx NEWS*

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXn3bTjUH-g
Page: https://news.recordx.co/story/trump-calls-ossoff-pee-wee-the-polls-say-7/

"You mean Pee-wee Herman?" Trump's answer, spoken to reporters in the Oval Office, to Jon Ossoff's Atlanta rally attack. The marquee Senate race of the 2026 midterms is fully joined.
Nine weeks from Election Day, Nov 3: the GOP nominee is congressman Mike Collins, Trump-endorsed, nominated in the June runoff. The newest public poll (InsiderAdvantage, Aug 16-17) has Ossoff up seven, with $42.6 million cash on hand against $2.1 million (FEC, June 30) — and Republican outside groups pledging to close the gap.

## The reporting

Claim (one): The Georgia Senate race — the marquee race of the 2026 midterms — is fully joined: Ossoff hit Trump at his Aug 16 Atlanta rally, Trump hit back in the Oval on Aug 17 ("Pee-wee Herman"), the GOP nominee is set (Mike Collins, June runoff), and the numbers lean Ossoff (+7 InsiderAdvantage, $42.6M vs $2.1M cash). Format: 53.2s loop-continuum, loopGrammar=question-answer (ledger: 45 held-state, 46 cataphoric), gravity=ordinary, silent close. Series: prior packs ossoff-2026-08-18 / ossoff-personal / ossoff3. loopTail (Ossoff, cut hard mid-sentence on 'understand'): "Because see, here's the truth that small men like Donald Trump and Mike Collins will never understand" loopHead (same speech): "And I want the president's remaining supporters to hear this, because it was all a lie." Both ends = the same Atlanta podium, same own-channel master (loopSeam: match) — on the wrap the speech simply continues.

## References

- https://youtube.com/shorts/qXn3bTjUH-g

Reporting drawn from: Jon Ossoff/YouTube (Aug 16 rally), C-SPAN pool (Aug 17), AP (June 16 runoff), InsiderAdvantage, FEC, AJC

## Transcript

And I want the president's remaining supporters to hear this, because it was all a lie.
That is Jon Ossoff, the only Democrat defending a Senate seat Trump won, nine weeks from the midterms. The lie he means is the promise that prices would fall on day one.
What is your response, Jon Ossoff? You mean Pee-wee Herman? Pee-wee Herman lookalike? No, I would much rather do other things.
The Republican answer is Congressman Mike Collins, Trump endorsed, nominated in June. The numbers lean us off. Up seven in the newest poll, 42 million banked against two. Republican outside money is racing to close that gap.
Because, see, here's the truth that small men like Donald Trump and Mike Collins will never understand.

## Topics

jon ossoff, mike collins, georgia senate, senate 2026, midterms, trump, georgia politics, election 2026

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