Unearthed FEC records expose vulnerable Dem senator's hypocrisy on taking cash from billionaires
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has said the Democratic Party needs to "focus on" corruption in American politics and that the "vast sums of corporate and billionaire money in our political...
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has said the Democratic Party needs to "focus on" corruption in American politics and that the "vast sums of corporate and billionaire money in our political system" is the reason why Americans are so ill-served by Congress. But the vulnerable senator up for reelection in 2026 has received nearly half-a-million dollars from billionaires, including more than $154,000 just this year, Federal Election Commission filings show. "Much of the American public has lost faith in our political system, and with just cause. Since Citizens United, this political system has been corruption on steroids, and that is a big part of why policy doesn't serve ordinary people," Ossoff said on the popular left-leaning "Pod Save America" podcast. "We can't just become mere guardians of the status quo. We have to be about change and reform and money in politics is, like, the root of all of this," he continued. "We have to focus on that, you know, the vast sums of corporate and billionaire money in our political system, with or without Trump, are why ordinary people are so ill served by elected officials and by Congress." DEM SENATOR ACCUSED OF 'LYING,' USING VETERANS AS 'PROPS,' DISMISSES ATTACKS: 'THIS IS THE BEST THEY'VE GOT?' Several contributors from the billionaire class to Ossoff's campaign include members of the Soros family, tech billionaire Eric Schmidt, LinkedIn co-founder and a tech billionaire in his own right, Reid Hoffman , co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks, publisher of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and owner of Cox Enterprises, James Cox-Chambers, billionaire hedge fund manager Henry Laufer, and dozens of others. In total, Ossoff's campaigns have received contributions from over 70 billionaires since 2017 when Ossoff first ran for Congress. Ossoff has touted his refusal to accept corporate PAC money, but according to election finance watchdog Open Secrets, some of Ossoff's top individual contributors come from major corporations like Google, Apple, Mic…