Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia is being ripped apart for being a “hypocrite” and is now facing calls from his opponents in the Republican Party to return a rather large donation that he received from a billionaire with deep ties to deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, or stop attacking the GOP as representative of the “Epstein class.”
Ossoff has spent the majority of his re-election campaign slamming the influence of wealthy elites in politics, claiming he wants the money out of the political realm and the power back in the hands of the average American voter where it rightfully belongs. However, his campaign has received the maximum legal contribution of $7,000 from Reid Hoffman, a Silicon Valley billionaire and venture capitalist who has admitted to visiting Epstein’s private island.
Hoffman also donated a million dollars to an Ossoff-linked political action committee known as New Engagement PAC. As of this writing, Hoffman has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with the heinous acts of Epstein and his close associates. However, Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), who is Ossoff’s GOP challenger, says that his opponent’s accepting the donations from Hoffman shows that he “has been nothing but a hypocrite the entire time.”
During an interview with Fox News, Collins stated that he is offering Ossoff a choice: return Hoffman’s donation or explain why the so-called “Epstein class” does not seem to include one of his own maximum-dollar donors. While out on the campaign trail, Ossoff made a statement, saying, “We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich… this is the Epstein class, ruling our country. They are the elites they pretend to hate.”
But then there’s the problem of Hoffman, a Seattle-based billionaire who admitted to spending the night on Epstein’s infamous island. The first known meeting between the two billionaires was on July 19, 2013, which is five years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to charges of soliciting prostitution and procuring a minor for prostitution.
The Wall Street Journal later reported that a year later, in 2014, Hoffman sent Epstein some ice cream noting that it was for him or “for the girls.” Hoffman issued an apology for associating with Epstein, stating that “by agreeing to participate in any fundraising activity where Epstein was present, I helped to repair his reputation and perpetuate injustice. For this, I am deeply regretful.”
Collins told Fox News that Ossoff’s acceptance of Hoffman’s donations is “sending a plain and clear message to the voters of Georgia.” He then explained, “He doesn’t care about our state; he doesn’t represent the people of the state or the values of our state. If he did, he certainly wouldn’t be associating himself with some of the Epstein friends out there, just taking money directly, maxed out, from Reid Hoffman who was in the Epstein files as an Epstein friend.”
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Collins then said, “I could see it now if somebody gave you 20 bucks, and you didn’t know who it was, but when somebody maxes out to your campaign directly, you know who they are, but yet you still take it. And then you turn around, and you go out there like a hypocrite, and you talk about President Trump and the Epstein files when you, in fact, are tied to it.”
The Georgia Republican then claimed that Ossoff, who is considered by many to be a rising star within the Democratic Party, is using his current Senate bit as a launch pad for a future presidential run. “It’s very clear that this guy is just using Georgia as a platform,” he said. “He is going to get as much money as he can. He does not care where it comes from.”
“So, we are here to condemn and demand that Jonn Ossoff condemn Reid Hoffman, refund that donation, and tell Reid Hoffman we demand that you stop funding his campaign.” The outlet reached out to Hoffman for a comment on his connection to Epstein and the donations made to Ossoff’s campaign, but no response has been issued.
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