#Georgia #Democratic #Senate candidate #Jon #Ossoff continues to take advantage of #Fox #News to create instantly viral moments on the campaign trail.
#With just days left before his #Jan. 5 runoff election against #Sen. #David #Perdue (R-GA), #Ossoff was once again approached by #Fox #News reporter #Peter #Doocy on #Thursday during a live #Fox broadcast.
#While #Ossoff used #Wednesday’s impromptu interview to appeal to #Fox #News viewers and take swipes at both #Perdue and #Sen. #Kelly #Loeffler (R-GA), who is running in a separate #Georgia runoff race, this time around the 33-year-old #Senate hopeful pushed back on the conservative narrative that he’s beholden to the #Chinese #Communist #Party.
#Noting that #Ossoff amended his financial disclosure in #July to list additional payments his investigative film company received—which included a $1,000 payment from a #Hong #Kong TV channel—#Doocy pressed #Ossoff on why the transaction wasn’t listed in the initial disclosure.
“Why is it that you waited until after the primary to reveal that your business did business with the company in #Hong #Kong that was linked to the #Chinese government?” #Doocy asked, echoing #Perdue’s accusation that #Ossoff was “paid by the #Communist #Chinese government through a media company.”
#Ossoff, meanwhile, noted that “the entire substance of #Sen. #Perdue’s campaign” against him is that a television channel in #Hong #Kong licensed a documentary about ISIS war criminals from his company. #He then went on to highlight #Perdue’s own business history, which featured the wealthy executive outsourcing jobs to #China and helping to build factories in #China.
#Doocy circled back to the amended financial disclosure, asking #Ossoff why he waited until after the primary to update his forms. The young #Democratic candidate, however, waved the question off as something #Perdue is trying to “make a big deal about.”
The #Fox reporter then took another route with his question, invoking the recent revelation that #Rep. #Eric #Swalwell (D-CA) was informed by the FBI in 2015 that an alleged #Chinese spy had gained access to him. The congressman cut ties with the woman after the FBI briefing and has not been accused of wrongdoing.
“Recently we saw the #Chinese government tried to make inroads with a young #Democratic lawmaker #Eric #Swalwell. #Are you concerned that through a payment to a well-known young #Democrat, somebody linked to #China or the #Chinese through another company could be trying to influence you?”
“C’mon, man! #You’re a serious reporter,” #Ossoff shot back. “Do you really believe that a TV channel in #Hong #Kong airing an investigation that my company produced of ISIS war crimes in #Iraq is what you’re implying it is or what #David #Perdue is implying it is?”
#After #Doocy wondered aloud if #Ossoff didn’t believe the #Chinese government was trying to influence young politicians, the #Democratic candidate turned the question back around to #Perdue.
“Chinese intelligence operations in the #United #States are a grave threat to our national security,” he declared. “And that’s why it’s so concerning that we have a senator like #David #Perdue.”
“Senator #David #Perdue bragged under oath about how he spent most of his career outsourcing #American jobs to #China,” he concluded. “He operated factories in #Shenzhen province in #China in cooperation with the #Chinese #Communist #Party and he should explain that on the record.”
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