{"id":23667,"date":"2026-07-31T23:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23667"},"modified":"2026-07-31T23:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:43:51","slug":"sen-ossoff-blushes-chuckles-at-question-from-tmz-reporter-come-on-my-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23667","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Blushes, Chuckles at Question from TMZ Reporter: \u2018Come On, My Brother\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5747222\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5747222\" class=\"wp-image-5747222 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-12-1200x570.jpg\" alt=\"Jon Ossoff \" width=\"1200\" height=\"570\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5747222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshots via X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sen.<strong> Jon Ossoff&#8217;s<\/strong> (D-GA) re-election campaign seems to be going well, but a question from a TMZ reporter briefly stopped him in his tracks.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ DC reporter <strong>Charlie Cotton<\/strong> caught up with Ossoff Friday as he was about to enter an elevator and commented on the senator&#8217;s rosy campaign prospects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey Jon,&#8221; said Cotton. &#8220;A lot of people have been saying that you&#8217;ve got BDE &#8212; you know, BDE?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ossoff broke out in a grin and chuckled, &#8220;Come on, my brother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"8b532fe0b0e01f38834c5676c217392a\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">too far?<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ossoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ossoff<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MLe7SaHe9W\">pic.twitter.com\/MLe7SaHe9W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CHARLIE COTTON (@hicharliecotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hicharliecotton\/status\/2083199992143970650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The slang abbreviation is short for &#8220;big d*ck energy,&#8221; which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=bde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Dictionary<\/a> defines as &#8220;subtle, sexy confidence,&#8221; &#8220;swagger,&#8221; and &#8220;confidence without cockiness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, a lot of people have been saying you&#8217;ve got like &#8212; you walk with confidence, you carry yourself &#8211;&#8221; Cotton continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only an Aussie would ask me that,&#8221; Ossoff said, still grinning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right!&#8221; Cotton agreed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You doing ok?&#8221; Ossoff asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m doing very good, thank you very much,&#8221; replied Cotton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good to see you, man,&#8221; Ossoff bid him farewell as he turned to get on the elevator. &#8220;Have a good one!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Catch you around, you too!&#8221; said Cotton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Take care!&#8221; said Ossoff.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton shared the clip on his social media with a cheeky caption, &#8220;too far?&#8221; His TMZ DC reporting partner, <strong>Jacob Wasserman<\/strong>, crowed about the video, writing, &#8220;My man [Charlie Cotton] really asked Ossoff if he knows what BDE is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"7c727b2bdff9aa037076d3f69e23d5ee\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My man <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hicharliecotton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hicharliecotton<\/a> really asked Ossoff if he knows what BDE is \u2026  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jUroFQh0YG\">pic.twitter.com\/jUroFQh0YG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacob Wasserman (@jacob_wass) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacob_wass\/status\/2083198051594678681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>TMZ, which has been expanding its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/gop-senator-calls-over-capitol-police-to-help-him-evade-tmz-reporter-asking-about-mitch-mcconnell\/\">political coverage<\/a> in Washington, D.C. lately with its new &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/tmz-obtains-video-of-incident-where-gop-florida-congresswoman-says-code-pink-leader-smacked-her\/\">TMZ DC<\/a>&#8221; team, shared the video, commenting about the &#8220;one very personal question&#8221; Cotton had posed to Ossoff, &#8220;Maybe we crossed the line in D.C., but BDE might finally be back in the Democratic Party!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"f492b32bea6a36cbc6cac8d38a61249b\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe we crossed the line in D.C., but BDE might finally be back in the Democratic Party!<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hicharliecotton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hicharliecotton<\/a> caught Sen. Jon Ossoff at an elevator and asked him one very personal question <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f914.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd14\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mBcSWBRYMI\">pic.twitter.com\/mBcSWBRYMI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TMZ\/status\/2083197257051259175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ossoff is on the ballot in November, defending the Senate seat he won during a runoff election in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>His Republican opponent, Rep. <strong>Mike Collins<\/strong> (R-GA), has been mired in a messy scandal regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/gop-senate-candidate-ends-press-conference-after-dodging-questions-about-son-in-laws-white-nationalist-posts\/\">white nationalist posts<\/a> by his son-in-law and has fallen far behind Ossoff in fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>The polling has long favored Ossoff and <strong>Larry Sabato&#8217;s<\/strong> Crystal Ball ratings just shifted their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/larry-sabato-shifts-14-races-toward-democrats-declares-georgia-senate-now-likely-d\/\">assessment<\/a> of the race from &#8220;Leans D&#8221; to &#8220;Likely D.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/sen-ossoff-blushes-chuckles-at-question-from-tmz-reporter-come-on-my-brother\/\">Sen. 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