Ossoff closes Loeffler’s criticism of Warnock: “He has been campaigning with a Klansman”

Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff responded to the senator. Kelly LoefflerKelly LoefflerAfter, 000 stimulus checks reach Senate: 2.3 million people have voted in Georgia Senate landslides with a week to finish the head of Intercept’s DC office: McConnell was “pretty good” with Trump losing re-election MORECriticism (R-Ga.) Of his Democratic opponent, the Rev. Raphael Warnock, saying Wednesday he has been “campaigning with a Klansman.”

Loeffler took advantage of one Washington Free Beacon Report of alleged abuse at a camp Warnock oversaw in Maryland, calling the incident a “disqualifier” on a Monday Fox News interview.

Ossoff responded Wednesday to a question from Fox News reporter Peter Doocy when asked if he had “any concern that the allegations of illegal acts by the Rev. Warnock could be an obstacle to the Democratic ticket” during the races. of the second semester of the Senate.

“None at all,” Ossoff responded to the video shared on Twitter. “Rev. Warnock addressed this issue a year ago, and here’s the conclusion: “Kelly Loeffler has been campaigning with a Klansman.”

“He is coming together from these cruel personal attacks to distract himself from the fact that he has been campaigning with a former member of the Ku Klux Klan,” he added. “I mean, we deserve better than that here in Georgia.”

With his statements, Ossoff drew attention to the photo Loeffler took earlier this month at a campaign event with Chester Doles, who is a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan and was jailed for beating a black.

Doles also has ties to the Hammerskins, which the Southern Poverty Law Center qualifies the “best-organized, most dispersed, and most dangerous Skinhead group.”

The Loeffler campaign denounced Doles, with spokesman Stephen Lawson, who told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that “Kelly had no idea who she was.”

“If he had done so, he would have expelled him immediately because we condemn in the most outrageous terms everything he stands for,” Lawson said.

On Monday, the Washington Free Beacon reported an alleged victim of abuse who said councilors at Farthest Out Camp allegedly threw urine at him and locked him up overnight when he was 12 in 2002. Warnock oversaw the camp for to the children of the city as a senior pastor. at the Douglas Memorial Community Church.

“It’s disgusting,” Loeffler told Fox News. “It’s really alarming and frankly it should be disabling.”

Michael Brewer, Warnock’s campaign’s quick response director, told Fox News earlier this month that the camp’s allegations are “another of Senator Loeffler’s lowest attacks, which independent fact-checkers have said which are “mostly fake.”

Next week, Warnock will face Loeffler and Ossoff will face Sen. David PerdueDavid PerduePush for, 000 stimulus checks hits the Senate surprised 2.3 million people have voted in Georgia Senate runoffs with a week to finish the head of DC’s Intercept office: McConnell was “quite well “with Trump losing re-election MORE (R-Ga.) In two Senate races in Georgia that will determine which party controls the United States Senate.

If either Republican retains his seat, the Senate will remain under the control of the Republican Party, but if the two Democrats win, it will split between 50 and 50, becoming an elected vice president. Kamala HarrisKamala HarrisBiden praises Christie for disguising masks 2.3 million people have voted in Georgia Senate runoff with a week to call on GOP Georgia senators to support, 000 stimulus checks MORE the tiebreaker vote as president of the Senate.

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