The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) targeted Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in a new digital ad on Friday over his vote against a GOP-crafted bill to fund the government through September.
“Democrat Jon Ossoff voted for a reckless government shutdown that would have hurt Georgia families,” a narrator in the 30-second spot says. “Jon Ossoff voted against pay increases for our military and firefighters, against funding for border security. He even voted against our veterans.”
The ad goes on to accuse Ossoff of caring more about “fighting Trump than getting things done.”
Ossoff is arguably the most vulnerable Democratic senator up for reelection in 2026. The ad is the latest example of Republicans seeking to pin the vote on Democrats
Earlier this week, the National Republican Congressional Committee rolled out their own digital ads targeting House Democrats who voted against the measure.
The ad hitting Ossoff comes hours after the Senate voted 54-46 to avert a government shutdown, allowing Republicans to focus on enacting President Trump’s agenda before the next government funding fight this upcoming fall.
In a statement explaining his vote against the bill, Ossoff said “the best available solution is a 30-day stopgap funding measure to avoid a shutdown.”
Among the risks to Georgia in the House GOP’s partisan budget proposal: it guts NIH research into diseases like Alzheimer’s and maternal mortality, funding for the prevention of violence against women, and Army Corps of Engineers construction of water infrastructure,” Ossoff said in the statement.
“The House bill also irresponsibly fails to impose any constraints on the reckless and out-of-control Trump Administration. The Administration is gutting the CDC and the VA while destabilizing the economy. Both parties in Congress must fulfill our Constitutional obligation to check the President,” he continued.
While Ossoff voted against the measure with a majority of his Democratic colleagues, ten Democratic senators, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) voted to advance the measure for a final vote.
In a speech on the Senate floor, Schumer called the House legislation “very bad,” but said the consequences of a government shutdown would be “much, much worse.”
