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Only Trump Gets to Do the Insult Comic Act

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Senator Jon Ossoff (D., Ga.) speaks at a campaign rally in Clarkston, Ga., October 24, 2024.

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All the self-confidence with which Jon Ossoff delivered a pointed barb at Donald Trump — or, more accurately, his relatively unknown aide Natalie Harp — disappeared when he was asked to explain himself.

The senator “raised this question out there,” said MS Now host Jen Psaki, of Ossoff’s leading comments about the president and his young female aide. After all, the implication in it wasn’t particularly subtle.

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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