John Ossoff shut the government down for forty eight days
Not supportedMike Collins, at Georgia U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (Atlanta News First)
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Why we checked itSpecific claim attributing a 48-day government shutdown to Senator Ossoff, including the timing relative to Hurricane Helene relief efforts — verifiable against the congressional record
What we foundThe 2025 government shutdown lasted 43 days, not 48, and was the result of collective Senate Democratic action rather than Ossoff alone — making both the specific figure and the singular attribution factually inaccurate.