![MARIETTA, GA - APRIL 17: Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff speaks to the media during a visit to a campaign office as he runs for Georgia's 6th Congressional District in a special election to replace Tom Price, who is now the secretary of Health and Human Services on April 17, 2017 in Marietta, Georgia. The election on April 18th will fill the congressional seat that has been held by a Republican since the 1970s. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) MARIETTA, GA - APRIL 17: Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff speaks to the media during a visit to a campaign office as he runs for Georgia's 6th Congressional District in a special election to replace Tom Price, who is now the secretary of Health and Human Services on April 17, 2017 in Marietta, Georgia. The election on April 18th will fill the congressional seat that has been held by a Republican since the 1970s. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170606094728/https://images.dailykos.com/images/390614/story_image/GettyImages-669476080.jpg?1492552594)
![MARIETTA, GA - APRIL 17: Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff speaks to the media during a visit to a campaign office as he runs for Georgia's 6th Congressional District in a special election to replace Tom Price, who is now the secretary of Health and Human Services on April 17, 2017 in Marietta, Georgia. The election on April 18th will fill the congressional seat that has been held by a Republican since the 1970s. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) MARIETTA, GA - APRIL 17: Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff speaks to the media during a visit to a campaign office as he runs for Georgia's 6th Congressional District in a special election to replace Tom Price, who is now the secretary of Health and Human Services on April 17, 2017 in Marietta, Georgia. The election on April 18th will fill the congressional seat that has been held by a Republican since the 1970s. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170606094728/https://images.dailykos.com/images/390614/story_image/GettyImages-669476080.jpg?1492552594)
With a new poll showing him with a tiny lead (within the margin of error) and early voting underway in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, Jon Ossoff condemned Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate pact:
“I agree with our military, our intelligence community, and peer-reviewed science that climate change is a major threat to our prosperity and our security, and if we walk away from this historic agreement now, history will condemn us,” said Ossoff, adding that the “economic potential of clean energy technology” could help create new jobs.
As for Karen Handel, Ossoff’s Republican opponent, she refused to comment on the issue. Meanwhile, Republican groups continue attacking Ossoff in extreme ways, recently drawing a rebuke from Gold Star father Khizr Khan, who called a National Republican Congressional Committee ad linking Syrian refugees to ISIS “dangerous” and “un-American.”
The most important thing right now is for every Democrat in the 6th District to vote. Early voting is going on now—click here for full early voting locations and hours.
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