Trump mocks senator as ‘Pee-wee Herman’ after remarks about aide
- President Donald Trump and two spokespersons aggressively attacked Senator Jon Ossoff after the Georgia Democrat criticized Trump’s relationship with 35-year-old White House aide Natalie Harp.
- Trump mocked Ossoff by comparing him to Pee-wee Herman, while White House communications director Steven Cheung and spokesperson Davis Ingle hurled crude personal insults at the senator on social media.
- During an Atlanta campaign rally, Ossoff targeted Trump’s foreign policy and accused him of neglecting presidential duties to travel with Harp on a luxury aircraft gifted by Qatar.
- Harp, a former cable news host dubbed the “human printer” for carrying paper printouts for Trump, recently accompanied him on a secret military flight following an Iranian assassination threat.
- The high-profile clash unfolds as Ossoff leads Republican challenger Mike Collins in polls for a pivotal Georgia Senate seat that is critical to Democratic hopes of reclaiming the majority.
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