Ossoff battle with Trump, White House gets nasty

The White House and Sen. Jon Ossoff are engaged in an increasingly nasty fight that intensified after the Georgia Democrat, a rising star in his party, invoked President Trump's longtime aide Natalie Harp in his insults of the commander in chief.

At a rally Sunday, Ossoff said Trump "wants to build a ballroom and 'travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace,' referencing the Air Force One given to Trump by Qatar." A day earlier, campaigning with Sen. Mark Kelly, Ossoff called Trump "the draft dodging crook president who has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win."

Trump, asked about the remarks, responded: "You mean Pee-wee Herman? Pee-wee Herman look alike."

White House press staff hit back. Steven Cheung called Ossoff "Jon Jackoff" and "the biggest cuck loser in politics." Davis Ingle called him a "feminine theater kid" and a "lightweight."

The White House also attacked CNN's Kristen Holmes for asking the question in the first place, telling her: "Someday, your children will come across your disgusting and inhumane question."

Ossoff, pressed on why he singled out Harp, said he was describing Trump's "security blanket" of aides who "are not telling him what he needs to hear. They're telling him what he wants to hear."

Collins campaign spokesman Colton Snedecor said: "We're universally disgusted at the double standard Democrats have for working women."

One Democratic operative told The Hill, "I had to Google it to get the reference, and I'm paid to be chronically online," while another called the move "Newsom-esque."

The Hill notes the Cook Political Report moved the Georgia race to "lean Democratic" and cites Fox News polling at 56-43 for Ossoff and an AARP poll at 52-43.