Savannah Morning News: “Ossoff argued that many Georgians continue to struggle with the rising cost of groceries, rent and healthcare despite Trump’s campaign promises to lower prices.”

Savannah, Ga. — Reporting from the Savannah Morning News highlights how Senator Ossoff went on offense in front of an energized crowd of over 1,000 Georgians in Savannah as he continues to push back against Mike Collins and the Trump administration’s attacks on Georgians’ health care, pocketbooks, and voting rights.

Sen. Ossoff’s general election opponent, Trump-backed Mike Collins, is pro-war, pro-tariff, and voted to raise insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians to give the wealthiest Americans and corporations another tax break. 

Sen. Ossoff’s rally comes as Collins continues to face an active investigation into the illegal misuse of tax dollars, and outrage over his record of bigotry, which includes the blatantly antisemitic harassment of a Jewish reporter and support of the harassment of a Black woman with monkey sounds.

Savannah Morning News: Jon Ossoff, Keisha Lance Bottoms rally more than 1,000 in Savannah

By Ansley Franco | June 28, 2026

KEY EXCERPTS

• More than 1,000 supporters gathered Saturday at Trustees’ Garden as U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms urged Georgians to back Democratic candidates in this year’s elections, focusing their message on healthcare affordability, the economy and voting rights. […]

• Ossoff devoted much of his nearly 25-minute speech to health care costs, the economy and what he described as government corruption, repeatedly tying those issues to President Donald Trump’s administration and Republican challenger U.S. Rep. Mike Collins.

• Opening his speech, Ossoff argued that many Georgians continue to struggle with the rising cost of groceries, rent and healthcare despite Trump’s campaign promises to lower prices. He also criticized the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, saying higher insurance premiums have left many Georgians paying more for coverage or losing it altogether.

• Georgia has the second highest uninsured rate in the nation, according to the United Health Foundation. 

• He later shifted to foreign policy, criticizing the administration’s recent military actions involving Iran and questioning whether the conflict aligned with Trump’s campaign pledge to keep the United States out of new wars.

• Ossoff framed the election as a choice between accountability and what he called a “coin-operated” political system.

• “American politics is coin-operated,” Ossoff said. “Money goes in, favors come out.”

• He closed by urging Democrats to remain engaged through November, telling the crowd that Georgia voters have the opportunity to reelect him to the Senate while sending Keisha Lance Bottoms to the governor’s office, a pairing he argued would better position Democrats to advance their agenda statewide. […]

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