Monday on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) discussed his reelection campaign and addressed what he calls an “out-of-control executive” with President Donald Trump.

RACHEL MADDOW, MS NOW: You talked about the health care costs that have skyrocketed, people’s health care premium costs were made to skyrocket by the actions of Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress with their big, beautiful bill.  The day after tomorrow, on Wednesday, we’re about to see a whole bunch of people in a whole lot of new economic hurt when the provisions of that bill related to student loans go into effect.  Starting Wednesday this week, people are going to see their student loan repayment bills skyrocket the same way their health insurance has skyrocketed, not because of some natural factor happening in the economy, but specifically because of Trump and Republicans’ legislation that deliberately made those things get more expensive.   As that kind of pinch applies more and more to more and more of your constituents, and I think it’ll get worse, particularly with inflation between now and November, what are you expecting in terms of blame from the other side?  The Republicans are going to have to have some explanation for what they’ve done to health care, for what they’ve done to student loan costs, for what they’ve done around inflation, for what they’ve done around gas prices.  Where do you think they’re going to put the blame?   SEN. JON OSSOFF (D-GA):  Well, this is why it’s not just Democrats and independents who have turned against this president.  It’s his own supporters, because the president who promised to drain the swamp and lower prices is instead obviously and undeniably more concerned with self-enrichment and building a monument to himself and vanity projects than he is with addressing the deep economic pain of the American people with gas, groceries, rent, health care all near all-time highs in just the last few months.   MADDOW:  I want to get your reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision today, effectively to allow the president to fire without cause, just on a whim, just because he wants to the heads of any independent agency other than the Federal Reserve.  I see this as essentially turbocharging the opportunities the president will have to self-deal and to further the kind of corruption schemes that you’ve been talking about on the campaign trail.  Do you think this decision is going to have an effect on the way Trump can use the federal government to benefit himself and — and his family and his donors?   OSSOFF:  Handing an out-of-control executive even more unfettered power just makes it even more vital that we restore checks and balances and constrain this president using our power as citizens, as voters in these midterm elections.  And this Senate race in Georgia will be decisive in determining whether or not we have the power to restore checks and balances in the United States Senate.  And, again, I’m up against Donald Trump’s hand-picked opponent, a bigot congressman who’s only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman, but who has the full weight of Donald Trump and the White House behind him, an election-denier and apologist for Jan. 6th insurrectionists who’s pro-war, pro-tariffs, and pro-cutting your health care.  

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