Republicans blast Ossoff for claiming to help pass veterans assistance bill

Senator Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., a vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection in 2026, is receiving backlash after he took credit for helping pass a new veterans-assistance law.

The VA Home Loan Reform Act provides federal housing assistance to veterans facing foreclosure and homelessness. 

“I celebrate that the president had signed our bipartisan bill,” Ossoff said of the bill, which President Trump signed.

Ossoff's office also wrote on X about him helping pass the bill.

"The bipartisan VA Home Loan Reform Act championed by Sen. Ossoff to protect veterans facing foreclosure and homelessness has been signed into law," read the post.

Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, a former Navy SEAL and sponsor of the House bill, wrote on X that Ossoff “had absolutely nothing to do with this bill, and I mean nothing. He did not even VOTE for it, it passed by UC [unanimous consent]."

"This disgusting and shameful behavior must stop. Veterans are not political props," Van Orden wrote.

Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C., chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, described Ossoff’s behavior as "hogwash" and Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said it is an example of “why Americans hate politicians."

“He had nothing to do with this Republican effort to assist Veterans,” Scott wrote on X. “But now in his political desperation, he’s trying to take credit. Georgia deserves so much better,” Scott also said.