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PEACHTREE CITY, GA. – During a week in which both Georgia Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff addressed the media about the toll tariffs are taking on small businesses in Georgia and healthcare cuts are having on Georgians, United States Vice President JD Vance returned to the Peach State to talk about the tax cuts within President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
The Vice President also took verbal jabs at the City of Atlanta and Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff while he was in Fayette County.
“I haven’t been to Atlanta in a little while, but I bet there are places in Atlanta you wouldn’t take your family,” Vance, a native of Middletown, Ohio, said.
That comment was followed by a large round of applause. Peachtree City is 30 miles from Atlanta. He wasn’t done. He mentioned crime in Atlanta at least a half-dozen times during his speech.
“People that built Atlanta did not build it so you could not walk the streets safely at night,” Vance said.
On Ossoff, who is currently campaigning for a second term to represent the state of Georgia in the United States Senate, Vance said he wasn’t doing a good job in Washington and needs to be replaced in next year’s election.
“I see the future of the state of Georgia,” Vance said.
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Black SUVs with tinted windows and the workers at Alta Refrigeration, Inc. on forklifts crosscrossed the large parking lot hours before Vance arrived. Alta Refrigeration, an industrial equipment supplier, employs hundreds of people who live in Fayette County, a Republican stronghold for decades.
The image of the SUVs being driven by men and women in dark suits and sunglasses and the forklifts being driven by men in Dickies overalls with t-shirts underneath and work boots on blended what the Republican Party has been preaching ever since Trump became the face of the party: We are all on the same page.
An hour before Vance took the stage, Alta employees lined up on stage under a navy blue banner that read, “JOBS! JOBS!, JOBS!, JOBS!”
The entire event was an opportunity for republican politicians to champion Trump’s bill, while propping up Republican candidates for governor and Senate in this state.
The tax cuts Vance came to Georgia to talk about are being used in opposite ways depending on what political parties deliver the message. Senatorial candidates Derek Dooley and Buddy Carter both took shots at Ossoff during their time on stage.
“He is a typical politician. He looks good, he talks good, but we have an old saying in football: “Your film is your resume,” said Dooley, 57, who opened his remarks by saying he is new to politics and that was why he was selected to speak first.
“Jon Ossoff doesn’t represent the values of Georgians,” Carter said. “He does not work for you. I’m running for United States Senate and I’m working my ass off to get rid of Ossoff.
Georgia Congressman Mike Collins and Lt. Governor Burt Jones also took the stage to make comments about the ‘Big Beautiful Bill” and the 2026 Senate election.
Collins also attacked Ossoff during his speech, calling Ossoff a “trust fun kid” and saying that he doesn’t believe in the state of Georgia.
“He is California’s third senator,” Collins said. “Come November, we are going to fire Jon Ossoff.”
Alta Refrigeration President Eric Brown introduced Georgia Congressman Brian Jack.
“This is a monumental moment for Alta Refrigeration,” Brown said. “In my book, guys, this man is a rock star.”
Jack said it was an honor to welcome Vance to his hometown in Fayette County and credited Trump for “delivering on his promises.”
Mayors from Peachtree City, Tyrone, Woolsey, local politicians, city council members, and former Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler, United States Administrator of the Small Business Administration were also in attendance on Thursday.
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