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Ossoff repeats 'zero interest' in 2028 run at debate, again

Georgia's Democratic senator used the same 'zero interest' line at a debate this week as he did on a local station last month, while defying predictions of a tight re-election race.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorJon Ossoff said at a debate this week that he has zero interest in running for president in twenty twenty-eight, the same words he gave a local station last month.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWith us is Sloane Vask, a celebrity publicist, calling from a yacht. Sloane, is a senator repeating one sentence a strategy or a tic?

  3. Sloane Meriwether VaskVera, it's a rollout. Three identical denials is how you build a brand, and that's before the sunset.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut he's saying he isn't running. So is that a yes or a no on twenty twenty-eight?

  5. Sloane Meriwether VaskIt's a comeback in advance. Nobody comes back from a run they haven't started, which is why the denial is so powerful, and that's before the sunset.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA comeback from nothing.

  7. Sloane Meriwether VaskExactly. I'd put it on a mug. Zero Interest, the Tour. I have a yacht ready to launch it, and that's before the sunset.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHave you ever actually met the senator? I'm asking because the sunset keeps getting later.

  9. Sloane Meriwether VaskMet him spiritually. Fine, my only active client is a lighthouse in Tybee, and it's been very quiet lately, and that's before the sunset.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the bucket you keep lifting up?

  11. Sloane Meriwether VaskEmpty, like his schedule for twenty twenty-eight. Which he says is zero interest, and so would anyone I represent.

  12. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI have zero interest in hiring you, Sloane.

  13. Sloane Meriwether VaskPerfect, that's the strongest opening I've heard all year. You start Monday.

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