Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) condemned President Donald Trump’s hypocrisy and the “cruelty and chaos” being inflicted by his administration on the “Rally for Our Republic” in Atlanta this weekend.
The senator’s remarks rapidly went viral on social media.
Ossoff known as out Trump’s populist messaging by flagging the huge wealth of his Cupboard, which is the wealthiest ever even with out together with tech billionaire Elon Musk, the particular authorities worker who Trump has tasked with gutting public spending through the nonofficial Division of Authorities Effectivity.
“They’re actually the elites they faux to hate,” Ossoff stated.
“The president isn’t at his palace in Florida desirous about whether or not you may afford day care on your daughter or cease insurance coverage corporations from denying your declare, or something that issues to our each day lives,” he continued. “When is the final time you even heard Donald Trump speak about well being care or baby care? He’s speaking about invading Greenland.”
When Ossoff subsequent talked about Musk’s title, he drew loud boos from the gang.
“By the best way, I’m all for presidency effectivity,” Ossoff stated, acknowledging that “authorities applications” usually are not “sacred” and should work. However the Trump administration’s haphazard firing of staff who later change into important staffers is “not effectivity” however “simply cruelty and chaos,” he stated.