If you dig through Twitchy’s archives, you’re going to have a lot of trouble finding any posts commending Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff for, well, anything. He has a distinguished record of getting on our nerves — and on the nerves of a lot of other people. And make no mistake: he’s earned that record.
But despite our issues with Ossoff, we are also firm believers in giving credit where credit is due (yes, even when it comes to Democrats). And we firmly believe that Ossoff deserves credit for his response to the attempted assassination of conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Here’s what Ossoff had to say:
Ossoff statement: “I condemn this despicable threat to Justice Kavanaugh’s life and express my support and sympathy for the Justice and his family."
Urges House to "swiftly" pass Senate bill beefing up security for SCOTUS justices
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 9, 2022
After news broke of the assassination attempt, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin attempted to both-sides it. And as far as we know, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not taken any accountability for his own huge role in encouraging violent extremism against conservative Supreme Court Justices.
But Ossoff didn’t clam up. He didn’t try to equivocate. He very clearly and explicitly condemned the attempt on Brett Kavanaugh’s life and didn’t try to minimize or politicize it the way others have.
This is how you do it. @ossoff, thank you for being a grown up. https://t.co/BSfutjsW4s
— Deena Heg (@bikesalsa) June 9, 2022
Example of a nonpartisan grown up response here: https://t.co/BSfutjsW4s
— Deena Heg (@bikesalsa) June 9, 2022
Every single politician should have responded the same way, without hesitation.
Georgia…he had to.
— Rose Benson (@RoseBensonDC) June 9, 2022
No. He SHOULD have, and he did.
— Deena Heg (@bikesalsa) June 9, 2022
Ossoff may privately despise Brett Kavanaugh, but he did the right thing here.
Good for Senator Ossoff. https://t.co/aW8U5ZnGo8
— Christopher Kratovil (@chris_kratovil) June 9, 2022
Good on Ossoff, although the standards right now for Democrats are below the foundation of the ethical building. https://t.co/GQxgk97b52
— Mitchell (@Mitchel13290681) June 9, 2022
We’ll take what we can get. Thank you, Senator Ossoff.
Bravo! https://t.co/yqXyzpaChw
— Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) June 9, 2022
