Sen. Jon Ossoff Faces Backlash Over Personal Insult at Trump Aide Rally
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Sen. Jon Ossoff is facing backlash from White House officials and conservatives after taking a personal shot at Trump aide Natalie Harp at a campaign rally, referring to her only by her first name.
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The Guardian USOssoff appears to have been referring to Natalie Harp, Trump’s executive assistant, who has drawn scrutiny for her closeness to the US president.
USA TodayNatalie Harp has long been one of President Donald Trump's closest aides, but a pointed comment from Sen. Jon Ossoff has put her into the national spotlight.
HuffPostHarp became the center of attention after Ossoff named her in a jab against President Donald Trump on Sunday. The Georgia senator told a crowd that instead of fulfilling the responsibilities of the presidency, Trump “wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.”
The Daily WireGeorgia Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff is getting scorched after taking a sleazy cheap shot at President Donald Trump’s executive assistant Natalie Harp.
The HillOssoff 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. Ossoff ramped up the feud on Tuesday during a campaign event with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.),…
BreitbartDuring an event in Atlanta on Sunday, Ossoff, a one-term senator running in a “toss up” race to keep his seat, accused the president of only caring about building the White House ballroom and traveling with his executive assistant, Natalie Harp.
New York Times‘With All My Heart, Natalie.’ Trump’s Most Devoted Aide Emerges. President Trump’s White House aide Natalie Harp is always by his side. What, exactly, does she do?
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“Jon Jackoff has to be the biggest cuck loser in politics. Instead of denigrating hard working people serving their country, Jon should look deep into his soul and ask himself why he’s a miserable person who hates this country,” Cheung said. “It’s because he’s a radical, extremist Dumocrat.”
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HuffPost“Jon Jackoff has to be the biggest cuck loser in politics,” he wrote. “Instead of denigrating hard working people serving their country, Jon should look deep into his soul and ask himself why he’s a miserable person who hates this country. It’s because he’s a radical, extremist Dumocrat.”
Fox News"Jon Jackoff has to be the biggest cuck loser in politics. Instead of denigrating hard working people serving their country, Jon should look deep into his soul and ask himself why he's a miserable person who hates this country. It's because he's a radical, extremist Dumocrat," said White House communication director Steven Cheung.
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Natalie Harp survived bone cancer because President Trump allowed her the “right to try.” Now she’s an extremely hardworking and trusted assistant. Any other insinuation is vile. https://t.co/7443TJCcQp
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Fox News"Natalie Harp survived bone cancer because President Trump allowed her the ‘right to try.’ Now she’s an extremely hardworking and trusted assistant. Any other insinuation is vile," wrote Rep. Brandon Gill.
USA TodayHarp first gained national attention after crediting Trump's "Right to Try" law with helping her access an experimental treatment for bone cancer, according to Forbes. She spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention and later worked on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign before joining the White House as executive assistant at the start of his second term.
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Harp, known in the president’s circle as the “human printer” due to the portable printer she follows him around with, was reportedly one of just three aides whom Trump brought with him on his decoy flight out of Turkey last month.
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USA TodayWhy is she called the 'human printer'? Harp has become known in Trump circles as the "human printer," a nickname tied to her habit of carrying a portable printer and battery pack so she could provide the president with physical copies of information wherever he traveled, according to reporting by The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Network.
Fox NewsShe has earned the nickname the "human printer" in Trump's orbit, updating the president with print outs of news articles, emails, social-media posts and other material for him to read.
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In his response, Ossoff claimed: Well, I’ve heard this particular aide referred to as his ‘security blanket.’ And I think we could say that about any number of the senior aides in the White House. They’re not telling him what he needs to hear. They’re telling him what he wants to hear. And the nation is at war, and we cannot afford that. We need a team in the White House. We need folks at the State Department, at the Defense Department, in the United States Congress who take their jobs seriously.
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Fox NewsHe added, "I’ve heard this particular aide referred to as his security blanket. And I think we could say that about any number of the senior aides in the White House. They’re not telling him what he needs to hear. They’re telling him what he wants to hear." Fox News Digital reached out to Harp and Ossoff for comment.
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Ossoff, who is currently running for re-election to his Senate seat in Georgia and is widely speculated to be eyeing a 2028 presidential run, has received viral attention on social media for his sharp criticism of Trump.
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BreitbartThe Georgia Senate race is expected to be extremely tight and could even determine which party holds the majority during the second half of President Donald Trump’s second term. Ossoff was previously dubbed the “most vulnerable” Democrat up for reelection, but he is also widely believed to harbor ambitions to run for the presidency in 2028.
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White House spokesperson Davis Ingle also slammed Ossoff for his comments. “Jon Ossoff is a cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid cosplaying as Barack Obama. Nobody gives a shit what this lightweight loser says,” Ingle said.
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The Daily WireWhite House spokesman Davis Ingle called Ossoff “a cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid cosplaying as Barack Obama.”
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Harp’s close relationship with the president has been noted for a while. The New York Times in 2024 reported that Harp has written messages to Trump that include statements such as “You are all that matters to me” and “I want to bring you joy.”
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01 Fox News "He doesn't want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar," Ossoff said.
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02 HuffPost “He doesn’t want to do the job,” Ossoff said. “He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.”
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03 The Hill Watters: Trump has said ‘so much more sleazy things’ than Ossoff’s quip Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday acknowledged that President Trump has said “so much more sleazy things” than Sen. Jon Ossoff’s (D-Ga.) quip about White House executive assistant Natalie Harp. “To suggest that Trump surrounds himself with attractive women –– yeah, I think he’s done that his whole life,” Watters said on Fox’s “The…
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04 The Guardian US “I don’t think anything illustrates the times more aptly than that the draft-dodging, crook president, who has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win, tried to imprison this man, who embodies American heroism,” Ossoff said while appearing alongside Kelly and his wife, the former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
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05 Breitbart “And while the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the President sleeps through his meetings. He golfs and trades stocks,” Ossoff claimed. “So, he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar.”
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06 USA Today During a rally in Atlanta on Aug. 16, the Georgia Democrat accused Trump of wanting to "travel with Natalie" instead of focusing on his duties, reigniting questions about the aide's influence and unusually close proximity to the president.
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07 The Daily Wire When asked by former Biden flack Jen Psaki why he singled out the female aide by name, Ossoff clumsily tried to backpedal, calling her a “security blanket” and claiming he meant all White House staffers.
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