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With the polls in Georgia’s special election closing in roughly 24-hours, CBS Evening News spent a segment of Monday night’s program seemingly hyping up the young Democrat running, John Ossoff. “30-year old John Ossoff has gone from unknown documentarian to Democratic-cause-celeb in the space of two months,” praised Correspondent Nancy Cordes. This, while poking fun at Republicans who they claim were struggling to hold the seat.
“Well, Mr. Trump did take a swing at the Democrat running in a special election tomorrow in Georgia to fill a House seat,” mocked Anchor Scott Pelley, “It should be a give-me because Republicans have held that seat since the 1980s.” He then noted that “Democrats are trying to make this a referendum on President Trump.”
Cordes interviewed Ossoff and asked him if he understood just how important his election was to the Democratic base. “Do you feel more pressure knowing that Democrats across this country are invested their hopes in you,” she said. She seemed to be pulling out all the stops since the flowery language like that was how the media fawned over President Obama’s and Secretary Hillary Clinton’s campaigns.
Ossoff is facing up against 11 republicans and 4 democrats she reported but failed to include almost all of them in her report. The only one Cordes mentioned by name was Karen Handel when touting how Ossoff had raised more funds than she did. “Progressive websites push Democrats nationwide to give to Ossoff and they did. He's raised $8.3 million, 18 times more than his top Republican rival, Karen Handle,” she glowed.
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