Ossoff Says Fighting Corruption Key Theme Of His Senate Campaign

Jon Ossoff told Oconee County Democratic Party members last month that one of the things that distinguishes him from the other candidates for the Democraticy Party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican David Perdue is his convictions and values.

Ossoff is CEO of Insight TWI (TheWorldInvestigates), an investigative journalism organization that produces programs for television companies around the world.

“We have a crisis of political corruption in this country,” Ossoff said, and his commitment to fighting corruption is what is needed in the U.S. Senate today, he added.

Ossoff said the first thing he would do as senator is “back a constitutional amendment that will overturn the Citizens United decision and get unlimited secret money out of our political system once and for all.”

In 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, reversed campaign finance restrictions and allowed corporations and other outside groups to spend unlimited funds on elections.

Ossoff’s presentation before the Oconee County Democratic Party was through remote audio connections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the party will meet remotely again on Thursday night.

The guest speakers at the 6:30 p.m. Thursday live-streamed meeting are Dr. Neal Priest, chief of the Emergency Room at St. Mary’s Hospital, and Amanda Davis, executive director of the Oconee Area Resource Council. They will be speaking on how COVID-19 is affecting the community.

For more on the story, with an audio recording of Ossoff’s presentation, please go to Oconee County Observations.