Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia wants to talk about real issues—not escalators.
On Thursday’s edition of the popular “Pod Save America” podcast, co-host Tommy Vietor was interviewing Ossoff and brought up President Donald Trump’s pathetic claim that sinister forces at the United Nations sabotaged both an escalator and a teleprompter during his appearance there this week.
“To the best of your knowledge, is it a crime to turn off an escalator?” Vietor asked the senator.
“I'm sure that all the folks in Georgia who are, you know, losing access to labor and delivery services, or maybe to an ICU because of these Medicaid cuts, or whose groceries have gone up 8% in a year, will be relieved that the president's investigating escalator failures in New York City,” Ossoff said.
Ossoff made