U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff campaigned in Savannah Thursday alongside Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, meeting with volunteers and joining them for a door-knocking event ahead of the November election. The event at the International Longshoremen’s Association in West Savannah also gave Ossoff a chance to criticize Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins’ “Convoy Captains” program. Ossoff called on Collins to disband the program, which has more than 800 volunteers knocking on doors across Georgia. Ossoff alleges some people in leadership positions with the “Convoy Captains” have ties to the Ku Klux Klan and have been convicted of crimes against children. In a statement previously sent to WJCL, Collins said: “I don’t believe or support those views and I have always condemned racism and antisemitism regardless of the source.” Ossoff also discussed privacy concerns following the case of former Savannah police officer Amber Harpe, who was fired after an investigation found she shared her department-issued Flock camera login with her husband, an ICE agent. “It speaks to the need for a federal privacy law to protect Americans from unconstitutional surveillance, or from spying from big tech companies or social media companies,” Ossoff said. The senator also addressed concerns about energy costs tied to data center development, including the proposed OpenAI project in Effingham County. When asked what the federal government should do to keep those costs from being passed on to Georgia…
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