Jon Ossoff says the president launched the Iran war on lies
Jon OssoffU.S. senator from Georgia and Democratic candidate for reelection, at a campaign event
At a Georgia campaign event, Sen. Jon Ossoff said three more U.S. service members had been confirmed killed in action in a war he said the president launched on lies. He contrasted the administration's claim that Iran's nuclear program had been obliterated with its later claim of an imminent threat, and its predictions that the war would last days or weeks.
“We just learned over the weekend: three more confirmed killed in action from this war the president launched on lies. Do you all remember that he declared victory on the fourth day of this war? Do you remember last year they told us they had obliterated Iran’s nuclear program? Then this year they told us that it posed an imminent threat to our national security, and they had to take us to war. They told us it would just last a few days. They told us it would just last a few weeks.”
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Do they support the war in Iran?
An issue tracker recording where members of Congress and 2026 congressional candidates stand on continued U.S. military operations against Iran, based on their votes, campaign statements, and public remarks.
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Video clip posted by @Acyn on X on October 11, 2026, of Sen. Jon Ossoff speaking at a Georgia campaign event about the Iran war, U.S. casualties and living costs, with a transcript of his remarks in the post text.
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Ossoff spoke at a campaign event in front of United for Georgia signs, in a clip Acyn posted on October 11, 2026.
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He then said the administration has been covering up combat casualties to deceive the public about the war's cost, and blamed the war for a global energy crisis and record diesel prices. The Pentagon's casualty tables dated October 9 list 21 deaths in the war, three more than the 18 they listed on September 18. All three additions are recorded as non-hostile deaths, and the tables list no hostile deaths after July.
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The case tracks support for continued U.S. military operations against Iran, which Congress has not formally authorized, including whether a candidate would vote for a war powers resolution to remove U.S. forces from hostilities. Ossoff says the president launched the war on lies and lists the administration's shifting justifications and predictions. That rejects the war, so we labeled it Condemned.
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