Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff says Trump's 'chaos and uncertainty' leading to economic challenges

Sen Jon Ossoff D-Ga declared the economic challenge sparked by President Donald Trump's chaos and uncertainty is the biggest issue facing the Peach State stressing that the president's uncertain economic approach is impacting how businesses and residents make decisions for the future Ossoff preparing to run for re-election in potentially against Georgia's popular Republican Gov Brian Kemp who has yet to announce if he will join the race Ossoff is the only Democrat seeking reelection who represents a state that Trump won last year making him a top target for Republicans hoping to maintain their Senate majority I am more than prepared for any challenger Ossoff described The Associated Press on Saturday while declining to comment on any likely opponents Ossoff defeated incumbent Republican Sen David Perdue in a runoff in helping Democrats flip control of the Senate and hold onto the chamber's majority for four years during the Biden administration SENATOR JOINS GROUP OF FAR-LEFT LAWMAKERS WHO THINK TRUMP HAS AGAIN COMMITTED IMPEACHABLE OFFENSESDuring his first four years Ossoff attempted to establish a reputation as a senator working to advance Georgia's traditional interests including its farmers and military bases He says he will attempt to work with Republicans to deliver for Georgia The senator who has in the last few days intensified his criticisms of Trump warned Saturday that businesses and households in Georgia are struggling to plan for the future because of constant changes in the federal government's contract and economic moves Businesses are unable to invest with an understanding of what the rules of international contract will be from one hour or week or month to the next Ossoff reported The Associated Press Households are unable to plan their annual budgets because there s so much chaos and uncertainty in the implementation of federal economic guidelines This administration requirements to clearly define its economic objectives and it necessities to competently implement its plan whatever that plan may be he continued The fact that the White House does not even know what its framework is and is with such unpredictability and chaos lurching from one program to the other is putting the state s commercial sector at serious economic peril STACEY ABRAMS CONSIDERS RD RUN FOR GEORGIA GOVERNOR DESPITE BACK-TO-BACK DEFEATSOssoff also expressed concerns about Trump's authoritarian and un-American executive action since returning to the White House in January pointing to the president's attempts to go after his political opponents We have never seen a president try to wield the federal authorities to crush his critics and political adversaries Ossoff mentioned That s something new in American history and it is in my view un-American And it s something that should chill us to the bone no matter our politics no matter our strategy preferences The lawmaker urged Republicans to remember that eventually a Democrat will be president again and the shoe will be on the other foot This is about checks and balances he announced This is about whether or not the executive branch is constrained as designed by our Constitution by judicious legislators who can put their partisanship aside to protect the population interest Ossoff explained that while Democrats have limited power without control of the White House or either chamber of Congress a big part of his job at the moment is to inform the people of Georgia that Trump's policies are not in the state's best interest In addition to his criticism of Trump Ossoff has cited shortcomings during the Biden administration particularly when it comes to frontier protection He was one of Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act named after a Georgia nursing attendee murdered by Venezuelan migrant Jose Antonio Ibarra The law requires illegal movers accused even without a conviction of theft or violent crimes to be detained by the Department of Homeland Precaution My view is that the American people expect and deserve secure borders Ossoff disclosed And I think the Biden administration failed in its frontier policies The American people expect and deserve for people who enter this country illegally and may pose a threat to residents safety or national defense to be apprehended by the bureaucrats CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP But the American people don t endorsement and don t expect federal police raids on elementary schools and hospitals and churches he continued referring to the Trump administration's controversial immigration enforcement actions And the American people don t expect our military installations to become mass prison camps for immigrants and don t want entire families rounded up with no due process We just learned the last day about a two-year-old U S citizen a two-year-old girl who was deported without due process Our immigration agenda demands to be responsible and serious It also demands to be humane The Associated Press contributed to this statement