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Trump rivalry with Ossoff looms over visit to Georgia

Trump’s planned Georgia visit is overshadowed by his election rhetoric and its potential impact on the state’s Senate race.

Trump rivalry with Ossoff looms over visit to Georgia
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As Trump prepares to visit Georgia, his election-fraud rhetoric is intensifying a political clash with Sen. Jon Ossoff and drawing attention to the state’s Senate race. Ossoff has criticized Trump’s claims, while Rep. Mike Collins has repeated Trump’s assertion that he won Georgia in 2020.

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President whose visit and election rhetoric are central to the Georgia political dispute

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Georgia senator criticizing Trump’s election claims and campaigning against Mike Collins

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Raphael G. Warnock
D · GA · SEN

Georgia senator mentioned in discussion of the legitimacy of the state’s senators

Former president mentioned as Trump’s opponent in Georgia in 2020

Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Georgia representative and Senate candidate who has echoed Trump’s 2020 election claim

Republican candidate in Georgia’s Senate primary

Cynthia M. Lummis
R · WY · SEN

Wyoming senator who questioned whether Georgia’s Democratic senators were duly chosen and sworn

ALSO MENTIONED  Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state who received Trump’s recorded call after the 2020 election; Dan Eberhart, Republican donor to Collins who commented on Trump’s likely focus during the visit; Ford O’Connell, Republican strategist who discussed Trump’s message and the effect of Ossoff’s attacks

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