GEORGIA SENATE CANDIDATE JON OSSOFF FEASTS ON VEGAN BURGERS IN ATLANTA

Jon Ossoff—a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in Georgia—visited popular Atlanta restaurant Slutty Vegan to sample its plant-based burgers. “We’ve got Jon Jon in the building,” one Slutty Vegan employee exclaimed as the 33-year-old politician picked up his order and thanked the employee before elbow bumping her. 

Ossoff’s visit drew criticism from his Republican opponent David Perdue who took to Twitter to post a photo of himself and wife Bonnie in front of a bacon-laden breakfast at chain Waffle House. “Ossoff can have the plant burger, we’ll take the all-star special,” the 70-year-old Republican tweeted. “Pick your side, Georgia.” Slutty Vegan responded to Perdue’s post on Facebook, stating, “Anybody got [an] umbrella for this shaaaaaadddddeeee [stet].” 

Entrepreneur and social justice advocate Pinky Cole founded Slutty Vegan as a food truck in 2018 and has since expanded the vegan business to an empire comprised of several brick-and-mortar locations, with upcoming outposts outside of Georgia and a new Bar Vegan concept set to open in Atlanta’s Ponce City Market in 2021. During the 2020 Presidential election, Slutty Vegan partnered with music legend Jermaine Dupri on a nationwide campaign to help Americans register to vote

Georgians will cast their votes on January 5 in the critical runoff race to determine if Ossoff or Perdue will win the Senate seat.

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