During their first debate, Democrat Jon Ossoff hammered U.S. Sen. David Perdue on his response to the coronavirus pandemic, while the Georgia Republican lobbed false claims to try to prove his argument that Ossoff backs a “radical socialist agenda.”
The two rivals in the hotly contested Senate race had few kind words for each other Monday, as Perdue called Ossoff “desperate,” while Ossoff said his opponent is so far entrenched in the “swamp” of Washington insiders that he lacks empathy for the problems everyday Americans are facing due to the pandemic.
Ossoff said the senator has downplayed the risk of COVID-19, compared it to the common flu and enabled President Donald Trump “in a pandemic response that everybody from all parties knows has been a disaster.”
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