Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) is an easy Exhibit A in the tilt at PolitiFact. In his first Senate run in 2020, PolitiFact’s Tom Kertscher threw a “Pants On Fire” flag at his opponent Sen. David Perdue for labeling Ossoff a “socialist.” Ossoff was endorsed by Bernie Sanders (and Ossoff welcomed it.) And yet, Ossoff can smear Trump as a "totalitarian farce" with no checking.
On Monday, PolitiFact threw a "False" at Ossoff's current Republican opponent, Rep. Mike Collins:
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff “cast the deciding vote for the inflation disaster,” referring to the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
PolitiFact newbie Ben Brasch really had to stretch reality to come to Ossoff's defense. The Senate vote on the "Inflation Reduction Act" was 50-50, so if he had voted against it, that vote would decide it. He was a deciding vote.
But no, everybody blamed Kamala:
Ossoff supported the Inflation Reduction Act. Every Democratic vote was needed, but he was not the "deciding vote." Harris, as vice president, came in to break the tie.
Despite its name, the law had little effect on inflation. Inflation had peaked by the time it passed, and many provisions required phasing in over several years.
We rate the statement False.
PolitiFact noted the "American Rescue Plan Act" was seen as the inflation driver -- but he failed to note Ossoff boasted he was a "decisive vote" vote for that! Naturally, like good Democrats, PolitiFact added Democrat-excusing lingo: "Economists assigned more blame to post-pandemic supply chain backups and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. "
In the Brasch piece, he linked to PolitiFact bragging that it's repeatedly nitpicked Republicans on the "deciding vote" language.
