VP Vance Promotes Trump Tax Cuts, Criticizes Georgia Senator Ossoff

Vice President JD Vance visited Georgia to promote President Donald Trump's recent tax legislation, framing it as a significant tax cut for working families that extends the 2017 tax cuts and adds new deductions for overtime and tips. Vance criticized Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff as a "far-left liberal" who opposes the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," highlighting Ossoff's votes against the tax law and other measures favored by Republicans. The tax bill is projected to reduce the average Georgia taxpayer's federal tax burden by $3,086 in 2026 and is expected to boost the economy by increasing GDP and job creation. However, Ossoff and Democrats have condemned the law, pointing to its $1.2 trillion cuts to Medicaid and food assistance, which critics say are already causing harm to rural hospitals, such as Evans Memorial Hospital facing a $3.3 million shortfall. The competing visits by Vance and Ossoff underscore the high stakes of the 2026 midterm elections in Georgia, where the tax law and its impacts are becoming central campaign issues. Vance defended the Medicaid cuts as targeting benefits for undocumented immigrants, while Ossoff framed the law as damaging to vulnerable Georgians.