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The presidential elections may be over, but there is still the Senate runoffs in Georgia that could determine which party would have control of the Senate. Former President Barack Obama has stepped up to make the case for Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff in a new campaign ad.
With Joe Biden taking over the White House by January along with the Democratic party maintaining its control of the House, it is all down to the Senate. Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff and his campaign released a tv ad in Georgia that features Obama urging residents to vote for Ossoff in January. Ossoff, along with fellow Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock, is running against Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. Should Ossoff and Warnock win the runoffs in January, the Democratic party would gain control of the Senate.
The ad released by Ossoff’s campaign is a clear appeal to Black voters that make up a very important demographic in Georgia. The ad shows the former president saying that Ossoff has learned about public service from Civil Rights leader and Georgia native John Lewis, who passed away this year. Lewis hired Ossoff as an intern. “If we vote like our lives depend on it because they do, we will elect Jon Ossoff to the United States Senate,” said Obama.
Perdue, on the other hand, released an ad defending himself from the attacks Ossoff and his campaign made against him. The Republican Senator was revealed to have multimillion-dollar stock trades, which benefitted him during the pandemic. This drew the attention of several authorities including the Justice Department, who ultimately decided not to press charges.
Meanwhile, Obama is also promoting his memoir, “A Promised Land,” in several media appearances. In his recent appearance in a virtual interview with Stephen Colbert, the former president shared one of his regrets, which was not being able to award Dolly Parton the Presidential Medal of Freedom while in office.
When Colbert asked how Parton has not been awarded the Medal of Freedom, Obama admitted that it was a mistake not to have awarded the singer with the accolade. However, the former president noted that it could be fixed now that Joe Biden will be in office. “She deserves one. I’ll call Biden,” said Obama.
