JD Vance Cooks ‘Far Left Liberal’ Jon Ossoff for Trying to Protect Illegal Aliens [WATCH]

Vice President J.D. Vance sharply criticized Georgia Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff during a Thursday visit to the state, framing the senator as a “far-left liberal” and highlighting his opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax cut package.

Vance traveled to a refrigeration manufacturing facility in Peachtree, Georgia, to promote the administration’s recently passed budget legislation, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The law, approved in July without a single Democratic vote, is projected to reduce federal taxes for the average Georgia taxpayer by $3,086 in 2026, according to analysis published by the Tax Foundation on August 13.

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Republicans are expected to make Ossoff’s vote against the tax relief a central issue during his 2026 reelection campaign.

Vance used his visit to argue that Ossoff’s record in Washington does not match the moderate image he is likely to project during his bid for a second term.

“So when you watch those TV commercials in a year and Jon Ossoff, I tell you, he’s going to pretend to be a reasonable moderate,” Vance said.

“But in reality, while Jon Ossoff pretends to be a moderate when he comes to Atlanta, he is a far-left liberal in Washington, DC, and that’s the only place that it actually counts if you’re a United States Senator.”

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Vance pointed to Ossoff’s votes earlier this year against banning biological males from competing in women’s sports and against overturning a de facto ban on new gas-powered car sales.

“Because Jon Ossoff, whatever he pretends to be in his television commercials, he doesn’t give a damn about the Third District, and he doesn’t give a damn about the people of Georgia, but we do, and we’re going to fight for you every single day,” Vance added.

Ossoff has strongly criticized the Republican legislation, calling it an “unmitigated catastrophe” for Georgia.

He has argued that reforms to Medicaid and food assistance programs contained in the bill will hurt vulnerable families.

In a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC, Ossoff dismissed Vance’s visit as “damage control.”

“Vance is being sent on this little errand to come and play defense in Georgia, defending a bill they can’t defend trying to sell the unsellable,” Ossoff said.

“And let me just say this about JD Vance … his legacy forever now is casting the decisive vote to throw millions of Americans off health care, throw seniors out of their nursing home beds all to serve the wealthiest and most powerful people in the country.”

Ossoff: And let me just say this about JD Vance, because he was supposed to be this avatar of a new GOP that was for working class people.

His legacy forever now is casting the decisive vote to throw millions of Americans off health care, throw seniors out of their nursing home… pic.twitter.com/u4mEezeW1W

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 20, 2025

During his remarks in Georgia, Vance pushed back against those claims.

“I happen to believe that Medicaid belongs to American workers and American families,” Vance said.

“I happen to believe that when you are struggling in this country, we are generous people, and we want to help you, but we want to help the people who have the legal right to be in the United States of America.”

“That’s what the Democrats never talk about,” he continued.

“Why don’t we ask Jon Ossoff, ‘why did you vote to raise taxes? Why did you vote to keep illegal aliens on Medicaid? Why did you vote to bankrupt Medicare? Why did you vote to make sure that people who work overtime and earn their income from tips pay as much to the federal government as possible?”

Defeating Ossoff is a top priority for Senate Republicans, who currently hold 53 seats and are seeking to expand their majority in the midterm elections.

Several Georgia Republicans appeared alongside Vance, including former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley and Representatives Buddy Carter and Mike Collins.

Each spoke in support of the administration’s legislation and criticized Ossoff’s voting record.

Collins currently leads the Republican field with 27 percent support, though a large share of voters remain undecided, according to an August poll by the TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics (TIPP) reported by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Georgia Senate race is expected to be among the most competitive in 2026, with control of the chamber at stake.