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GOP Ad Attacks Ossoff Over Tax Cuts Vote
Confirmed
In Short: Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff is facing a new attack ad from the Republican group One Nation, which criticizes his vote against the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
The ad claims Ossoff does not care about voters like them, but it does not mention the OBBBA, a partisan bill that received no Democratic votes.
Ossoff opposed the bill largely because of Medicaid cuts and other changes that would result in millions of Americans losing insurance.
The ad only references the vote in small print as 'roll call vote #372,' which occurred on July 1, 2025.
Ossoff said he opposed the law because it cut food assistance and clean energy initiatives, and low-income households would end up worse off after the bill's spending cuts.
The Tax Policy Center estimates that the average tax cuts by income group in 2026 would be $150 for households earning less than about $35,000, about $1,800 for those earning between $67,000 and $119,000, and $21,000 for households earning nearly $500,000 to a little more than $1 million.
Ossoff is running against Republican Rep. Mike Collins, and the ad's focus on his vote against the tax cuts highlights the partisan debate over expiring taxes and tax credits.
The ad's strategy of highlighting only certain aspects of legislation while omitting others is common in campaign attack ads.
Despite voter fury and rising fuel prices, most Republican senators stayed the course with President Donald Trump and his war on Iran in a vote Thursday.
A majority of independents and Democrats said their vote was against the president, while 35% of Republicans said the president did not factor into their vote.
Voters' rebuke of the president coincides with a large Democratic lead in the generic congressional ballot.
The September poll found Trump’s approval rating sitting at 39%, a 1-point improvement from its June poll.
Seven House Republicans joined all 213 voting Democrats to pass the measure in a 220 to 204 vote late on Tuesday night.
What this adds
The ad's omission of key details about the bill Ossoff opposed highlights the selective nature of campaign attack ads.
The ad's strategy of focusing on a single vote while omitting broader context about the bill's impact is a common tactic in political campaigns.
What's confirmed
- The ad claims Ossoff does not care about voters like them, but it does not mention the OBBBA, a partisan bill that received no Democratic votes.
- Ossoff opposed the bill largely because of Medicaid cuts and other changes that would result in millions of Americans losing insurance.
- The ad only references the vote in small print as 'roll call vote #372,' which occurred on July 1, 2025.
- Ossoff said he opposed the law because it cut food assistance and clean energy initiatives, and low-income households would end up worse off after the bill's spending cuts.
- The Tax Policy Center estimates that the average tax cuts by income group in 2026 would be $150 for households earning less than about $35,000, about $1,800 for those earning between $67,000 and $119,000, and $21,000 for households earning nearly $500,000 to a little more than $1 million.
- Ossoff is running against Republican Rep. Mike Collins, and the ad's focus on his vote against the tax cuts highlights the partisan debate over expiring taxes and tax credits.
- The ad's strategy of highlighting only certain aspects of legislation while omitting others is common in campaign attack ads.
- Despite voter fury and rising fuel prices, most Republican senators stayed the course with President Donald Trump and his war on Iran in a vote Thursday.
- A majority of independents and Democrats said their vote was against the president, while 35% of Republicans said the president did not factor into their vote.
- Voters' rebuke of the president coincides with a large Democratic lead in the generic congressional ballot.
- The September poll found Trump’s approval rating sitting at 39%, a 1-point improvement from its June poll.
- Seven House Republicans joined all 213 voting Democrats to pass the measure in a 220 to 204 vote late on Tuesday night.
What's still developing
- So far, One Nation has spent about $145 million this campaign cycle – including more than $9 million on the anti-Ossoff ad, which has been airing on broadcast and cable TV, as well as streaming platforms, since July 30, according to the ad-tracking service AdImpact.
- In his first term, Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 that made sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code – such as cutting business and individual tax rates and providing more generous tax credits, including doubling the maximum child tax credit to $2,000 per child.
- The One Nation ad says the Democratic senator “doesn’t care about people like us” and makes these claims: Lawmakers’ votes are ripe for campaign attack ads from both parties, which can highlight only certain aspects of legislation, leaving out other provisions that may be the basis for lawmakers supporting or opposing the bills.
- Of course, Trump won and his economic plan was enacted.
- Tillis, who is retiring at the end of the year, argued his decision to vote for the latest war powers resolution came after the administration again blew past a 60-day deadline to involve Congress.
- Thursday’s vote comes as Republicans are getting an earful about the war, particularly over skyrocketing gas and diesel prices, on the campaign trail.
- "The Republican Party is running, and I'll be helping them, but I am not running," Trump told reporters this week.
- According to the poll, voters said they trusted Democrats over the GOP to manage the economy, foreign policy, gas prices, and, very narrowly, immigration.
- Voters’ rebuke of the president comes as his party looks to hold slim majorities in both the House and the Senate.
- “I’ve been consistent on that since the war powers provision expired after 60 days of engagement,” Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday morning ahead of the vote.
- All three commercials feature phrases from Trump’s 2024 campaign or from his 2026 rallies for Republican candidates.