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MAGA Senate hopeful’s ‘desperate’ makeup stunt torched amid blistering ad war

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump’s supplemental funding request for the Department of Defense, in Washington, D.C., on July 21, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee

The Mascara Attack Is a Cover Story for Political Failure

The Powerful Chose the Distraction

The Senate Leadership Fund, backing Republican nominee Mike Collins, produced an ad mocking Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff as a “pretty boy” because his campaign paid an Atlanta-area makeup artist $2,887. That is the relevant context. The political substance is the decision by a…

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