Trump Allies Blast Ossoff Over Natalie Harp Crack

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings — rumored to be a candidate to replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary — called Ossoff a "garbage human" on his podcast Tuesday evening. "He unleashed a comment, so vile against a young Republican woman working in politics, that every woman in this country, no matter your ideology, ought to listen carefully and never forget it," Jennings said.

Jennings said the senator was insinuating Harp was "sleeping with her boss" to get her job. "She is a smart, talented person who wants to serve her country and the president," he said. "But for Jon Ossoff and the Democrats, well, she's there because she's a pretty blonde who must be sleeping with her boss. How else would she have gotten a job like that?"

Megyn Kelly went after Ossoff on Tuesday's edition of her SiriusXM show. "I think ... this is despicable because — why would you attack a 35-year-old cancer survivor as a possible affair partner to the president of the United States when you have absolutely nothing to back that up?" she said. Kelly said the implication was obvious: "He doesn't say it explicitly. Is clearly that they're having an affair."

Kelly argued Ossoff was trying to build a brawler image — "He wanted to generate some buzz as a tough guy" — and said the episode could hurt him if he runs for president, which she predicted he will.

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung called Ossoff "the biggest cuck loser in politics" on X. White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement that Ossoff is "a cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid cosplaying as Barack Obama," adding that "nobody gives a s---" what he says. Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham called the attack "bizarre" and "choreographed."

Ossoff did not embrace the affair reading. Pressed on MSNBC by former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki on why he singled out Harp, he described Trump as retreating into a "bubble of West Wing aides who are his security blanket." Kelly called that "a dodge and a lie."

Democratic strategist David Axelrod also criticized the remark, saying it "distracted and detracted," according to The Hill.