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Jon Ossoff Threw a Tantrum Over a Makeup Ad — The Replacement Is So Much Worse

Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff has spent $2,887 on an Atlanta-based makeup artist named Stephanie Ponder since February 2026. That's more than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's $1,837.93 and roughly nine times Rashida Tlaib's $320 in makeup expenses. For a sitting United States Senator, that's a choice.

Republican challenger Mike Collins thought so too. And now Ossoff wishes he'd never said a word about it.

On September 4, the Collins campaign released an ad highlighting Ossoff's cosmetic spending habits. Standard political fare — opposition research, a little mockery, move on. Except Ossoff didn't move on. The Senator publicly demanded the ad be pulled, declaring, "The ad should come down immediately."

So the Collins team pulled the ad. Then they released a new one.

Here's the original ad

The replacement is a cartoon-style spot that takes every element Ossoff objected to and dials it up to eleven. Where the original ad was a jab, the new version is a haymaker — animated, exaggerated, and designed to go viral.

The Collins campaign issued a statement that could double as a tagline: "No amount of concealer can cover up Ossoff's ugly record, and no amount of complaining is going to stop Georgians from seeing it."

That's a campaign team that read the room.

And here's the new one

The Streisand Effect is one of the few bipartisan laws in American politics. You demand something disappear from the internet, the internet makes sure twice as many people see it. Ossoff, a man who has held elected office since 2021, apparently missed that briefing. The original ad had a shelf life of maybe forty-eight hours. His tantrum gave it a second life and a sequel.

As one observer put it: "The Senator called Rep. Collins a traitor to his country. If he can dish it, surely he can take it." Ossoff had no problem going nuclear on Collins's patriotism. But a crack about his makeup budget? Apparently that crossed a line.

The Georgia Senate race is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched contests of the cycle, and Ossoff just handed his opponent a week of free media coverage. Collins didn't need to buy airtime for the replacement ad — Ossoff's complaint did the distribution for him.

A Senator who earns a six-figure salary, represents ten million Georgians, and has a vote on every piece of legislation that crosses the Senate floor chose to spend his political capital demanding a campaign ad about mascara be removed from the internet. The ad is still up. There are now two of them.

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