Ossoff Holds Virtual Conference as New Makeup Ad Drops

A new election advertisement criticizing Sen. Jon Ossoff’s exorbitant spending on hair and makeup was released on Friday, as the senator spoke with reporters in a virtual news conference to take jabs at his Georgia U.S. Senate race opponent, Rep. Mike Collins.

The ad, released by the Senate Leadership Fund and posted to multiple social media platforms, says, “Sen. Jon Ossoff spends more money than any Washington politician on hair and makeup. I know what you’re thinking. Yes, even more than the ladies.”

“The dude voted to raise taxes by two grand, and to tax overtime too. Ossoff needs to put down the mascara and join the real world,” the ad continued, making use of AI renderings to depict the senator getting pampered hair and facial treatments out at the salon.

Ossoff has taken heat for spending more campaign money on makeup services this year than any other federal candidate including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib.

During his virtual news conference, when asked about the use of AI in the media, particularly in the recent ad, Ossoff responded, “It’s a slippery slope toward the destruction of truth in political debate.”

He continued, “Congressman Collins of course, himself, has deceptively used deepfake videos to try to lie to voters.”

However, this comes after an analysis by The Washington Free Beacon revealed that the senator paid Atlanta-based makeup artist Stephanie Ponder $2,887 since February for “makeup services.”

While the senator continued to accuse Collins of misusing tax dollars, the senator himself has used campaign funds on a seemingly unnecessary service.

The Out of Context Ad

As Ossoff continues to accuse Collins of lying, fact checkers say the senator has released two ads with comments from his opponent that are out of context.

In a 2025 radio interview, Collins promoted President Donald Trump’s tax cuts from the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, stating that tax cuts would encourage economic prosperity and help people to “get off of Medicaid, get off of Social Security, [and] get back into the workforce.” [SOURCE]

Upon closer look, the ads fail to give the full context of the congressman’s actual words. The Ossoff ads state that Collins “wants to push you off Social Security,” instead of Collins’ intention, making the system more advantageous for people to work.

Ossoff’s Out of State Donors

While Ossoff has outdone Collins when it comes to fundraising, the sources for his funds have raised eyebrows. The Federal Election Commission reports that while the senator has raised over $98 million since 2021, the majority of his funds come from California, not the Peach State, The Center Square reported.

Most notably are his donors from California and New York, with funds from California amounting to $7.3 million since 2021, and funds from New York amounting to $3.6 million.

Ossoff’s Q-and-A

During the virtual news conference on C-SPAN, Ossoff seemingly kept repeating himself when asked various questions by attendees at the meeting.

For example, one of the attendees asked Ossoff if he would be “OK with outside Democratic groups moving the money that they would have otherwise invested in this [Senate] race and using it in other races that Democrats are trying to flip seats in, like Ohio or Alaska.”

Instead of directly addressing the question, Ossoff referenced Collins, name-calling and accusing him of misusing tax dollars. Throughout the course of the news conference, he seemed to keep reiterating his attacks against Collins through stating his name more than 10 times.

The senator was asked a variety of questions on topics ranging from affordability to complacent voters. He seemed to evade answering them, however, consistently reiterating the same point about Collins.

Ossoff on Trump’s Monuments

While Ossoff has continued to smear Collins’ name, he has also recently referenced President Donald Trump, saying earlier in the year that the president is “building his own monuments because he knows nobody else will do it for him,” People reports.

In an interview with New York Magazine about his continued renovations at the White House, Trump, when asked about Ossoff’s comment about monuments, said, “That’s true.” [SOURCE]

“Nobody will do it once I’m gone. When I leave here, nobody will,” the president said.