Sen. Jon Ossoff was mocked Monday by multiple White House officials after the Georgia Democrat went after President Trump at a campaign rally over the weekend.
Ossoff, who is seeking a second term in the Senate, accused Trump of preferring to “build his ballroom and travel with Natalie” – an apparent reference to White House aide Natalie Harp – over doing “the job” of a commander-in-chief, in a fiery speech Sunday.
The barb ruffled feathers within the West Wing.
“Jon Ossoff is a cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid cosplaying as Barack Obama,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle wrote on X.
As a college student, Ossoff was a member of a Georgetown University singing group and once dressed up as Han Solo for a “Star Wars” parody film, footage of which was used in attack ads against him during his first Senate run.
“Nobody gives a s–t what this lightweight loser says,” Ingle added.
White House communications director Steven Cheung coined a crude nickname for Ossoff – “Jon J—koff” – and derided the senator as “the biggest cuck loser in politics.”
“Instead of denigrating hard working people serving their country, Jon should look deep into his soul and ask himself why he’s a miserable person who hates this country,” Cheung wrote on X. “It’s because he’s a radical, extremist Dumocrat.”
Ossoff, who is running against Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) in November and has been floated as a possible 2028 Democratic presidential primary contender, also took issue with Trump’s handling of the economy and the Iran war.
The senator accused Trump of “lying” the country into war with Iran, which he described as “uniquely despicable.”
“While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings,” Ossoff charged, going on to slam the president for his frequent golf outings and accusing him of trading stocks.
Asked about Ossoff’s comments during an Oval Office event Monday, Trump quipped: “You mean Pee-wee Herman?”
The president has repeatedly likened Ossoff to the Pee-wee Herman character famously played by late comedian Paul Reubens.
“No, I would much rather do other things” than travel with Harp and work on the ballroom, Trump continued, before adding: “We are building a great facility here.”
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