Trump Kicks Off Georgia Rally By Complimenting Senate Candidate’s ‘Big, Strong Build’

President Donald Trump kicked off his rally in Dalton, GA, on Friday by discussing several of the male candidates’ looks, including “big, strong” Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), who’s running for Senate against incumbent Sen. John Ossoff (D-GA).

As expected, Trump wasn’t too enamored of Ossoff’s physique, which he made fun of in Trumpian name-calling style.

“Eighteen days from now, the people of Georgia are going to defeat your weak, arrogant, radical left senator, who is really — I call him Pee-Wee Herman!” Trump said.

“Somebody said he’s a good-looking man. I don’t think he’s a good-looking man,” Trump said with an air of authority. “I actually think Mike Collins is a good-looking man, and he’s all man. All man. I’m not sure about Ossoff.”

“I think Rick Jackson is a handsome, distinguished-looking guy,” Trump added about the Republican gubernatorial nominee, before returning to Collins:

We are going to beat, we’re gonna beat — you are going to have one of the, you’re gonna have, in Mike Collins, you’re gonna have one of the best senators — anyway, he’s one of the most respected people in Washington. There’s nobody more respected than Mike. The job he’s done as a congressman. The congressmen will tell you, they’re all here. One of the most respected guys. And he is Central Casting. Stand up! Look at this. If I’m casting a movie for a senator, if I’m casting a movie for a senator — I like the white hair, I like the big, strong build. Big, strong guy. But that’s what I want. But he is a respected man.

Jackson still holds a narrow 49% to 47% lead over Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) in a InsiderAdvantage poll, despite the fact he didn’t show up for the most recent gubernatorial debate.

Ossoff is leading Collins by anywhere from 8 to 10 percentage points, according to recent polls.

Watch the clip above via C-SPAN.

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