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Trump begins attacking 'super Liberal Democrat' in crucial special election

Published by Business Insider on Mon, 17 Apr 2017


President Donald Trump weighed in on the Georgia 6th Congressional District special electionon Monday morning, calling leading Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff a "super Liberal Democrat.""The super Liberal Democrat in the Georgia Congressioal [sic] race tomorrow wants to protect criminals, allow illegal immigration and raise taxes!" Trump tweeted.That message followed up a tweet from Trump on Sundaynight, when he mentioned media coverage of boththe Georgia election and the recent special election in Kansas' 4th Congressional District. In the Kansas contest, Republican Ron Estes beat Democrat James Thompson by 6points last week in a district where then-Rep. Mike Pompeo ' now Trump's CIA director ' won by more than 30 points just last fall."The recent Kansas election (Congress) was a really big media event, until the Republicans won," Trump wrote. "Now they play the same game with Georgia-BAD!"Of the special elections to fill seats vacated by Trump appointees, Georgia has become Democrats'best chance of swinging a seat, although it remainsan uphill battle. Ossoff is competing for Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price's seat with a handful of Democrats and 11 Republicans in what's known as a "jungle" primary.All candidates run on one ballot for the election, which is set for Tuesday. If no candidate clears 50%, the top two will participate in a runoff election on June 20.With Republicans failing to coalesce around one candidate, Ossoff is running away with the primary in polls, garnering support in the mid-40s . But when polled against just one candidate in the runoff election, a recent Emerson College poll found him trailing slightly against the four Republicans who are considered most likely to emerge from the primary as his opponent, should he not hit 50%.In just three months, Ossoff, a 30-year-old documentary filmmaker and former congressional aide, has raised a whopping $8.3 million, vastly more than most candidates running in major statewide races. Ossoff's fundraising haul was more than any member of Congress had raised over a two-year period since 2012, other than House Speaker Paul Ryan and former House Speaker John Boehner.Democrats haven't won this House seat ' which was occupied for 20 years by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ' since 1976."You see $8.3 million, that's a significant chunk that somebody can run in their district," oneGOP operative familiar with the race recently told Business Insider. "Essentially, that's what somebody usually raises for a statewide campaign, not an off-year, early special election."The operative added that he hadn't seen anything resembling that level of fundraising in past special elections."It is a large amount of money from out-of-state donors who are clearly very fired up about opposing Donald Trump," he said. "That's very clear. The liberal base dislikes Donald Trump."Like Trump, Republicans are trying to paint Ossoff as a "far left" candidate. The GOP has also claimed that Ossoff would be more loyal to HouseMinority Leader Nancy Pelosi ' an unpopular name in the district ' than to local voters.With the huge swing in Kansas ' where Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas all provided assistance to Estes ' as a potential sign of things to come in the other special elections, there is major concern that the GOP base will be complacent after Trump's victory, not turning out in needed numbers to win the seat."The energy we've seen, there's been a slight downtick, which I think is natural coming off a very contentious election that we won," the operative said, adding that the GOP has to get its voters "reengaged."SEE ALSO:'A new phase': Trump shifts on core issues at a dizzying pace at a critical moment in his presidencyJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: 'Just a loose hunch': Watch Alec Baldwin impersonate Trump and Bill O'Reilly on 'SNL
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