Jon Ossoff spread an affair smear about a Trump aide in front of thousands of people.
Now a left-wing journalist is following her across Europe with a hashtag.
The White House just used four words to describe this left-wing journalist – and he had no answer for any of them.
What Aaron Rupar Has Been Doing for Weeks
Aaron Rupar is a left-wing independent journalist who built his entire career turning conservative words into viral outrage clips.
He worked communications for the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party before pivoting to media.
His AllSides bias rating is as far left as the scale goes.
For weeks now, Rupar has been tracking White House executive assistant Natalie Harp across the globe, posting photos of her alongside President Trump with the hashtag #TravelWithNatalie.
He called Trump's Air Force One a "gigantic diaper bag."
This is not journalism.
https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099266163612008825?s=20
This is a 40-something man with a verified account running a harassment campaign against a 35-year-old woman whose only offense is being exceptionally good at her job.
The Rapid Response 47 account called it exactly what it is.
"President Trump does, in fact, travel with staff," the White House posted. "Aaron, on the other hand, is a sick, deluded freak (in his 40s) who sits behind a keyboard and posts creepy things like this."
Rupar's response confirmed the diagnosis.
"The taxpayer-funded White House incitement account is now attacking me for [checks notes] being in my 40s," he posted.
He didn't deny creepy.
He didn't deny deluded.
He complained they mentioned his age.
Where This Started and Who Is Really Behind It
Sen. Jon Ossoff – the Georgia Democrat cosplaying as a serious politician while trailing Trump-backed Mike Collins in his reelection race – stood in front of a crowd last month and insinuated that the President of the United States was having an inappropriate relationship with his aide.
"He doesn't want to do the job," Ossoff said. "He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar."
He named her.
A United States senator named a private citizen in front of a campaign crowd to insinuate a sexual relationship she has no part in and no ability to defend herself against.
NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham put it plainly: "Rupar knows he is trolling for the Trump haters. The whole 'travels with Natalie' line is toying with the original Ossoff affair smear."
Ossoff faced questions afterward about why he specifically named Harp and declined to apologize.
Instead he told Jen Psaki on MS NOW that Harp is just Trump's "security blanket" – which is not an apology and is not better.
Who Natalie Harp Actually Is
Natalie Harp is a devout evangelical Christian who has worked alongside Donald Trump since 2020.
She has a permanent seat on Marine One, works out of the Oval Office, drafts social media posts on the president's behalf, and texts with world leaders when he needs a message relayed.
She never takes a day off.
Eric Trump called her "arguably one of the hardest-working people in the White House."
CNN alone mentioned her name over 132 times in the days after Ossoff's remark, with MS NOW piling on alongside them.
The White House defended her from the start.
"Natalie Harp is one of the most loyal and hardest working aides on President Trump's team," spokesman Davis Ingle said. "Jon Ossoff is a cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid cosplaying as Barack Obama."
They are not wrong on either count.
How Democrats Build a Smear Campaign Out of Nothing
When you cannot win arguments against Trump's record, his administration, his policies – you go after the people around him.
You pick someone who cannot fight back through official channels.
You get a senator to drop a name at a campaign rally.
You create a hashtag.
CNN runs the name 132 times in a week.
MS NOW follows suit.
https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/2099512962805354815?s=20
The story writes itself from there.
The White House said out loud what millions of Americans watching this unfold have been thinking.
Rupar has spent years turning conservative statements into decontextualized viral clips – his reputation for stripping quotes of context became so notorious that Urban Dictionary created a verb in his name meaning to purposely mislead by omitting context.
That is his professional legacy.
The White House did not start this fight.
Jon Ossoff did.
Aaron Rupar chose to escalate it.
The Rapid Response 47 account just ended the debate about what to call it.
Sources:
- CJ Womack, "Trump team unloads on liberal journalist over Natalie Harp posts: 'Sick, deluded freak,'" Fox News, September 13, 2026.
- "Jon Ossoff's controversial Trump jab sparks media feeding frenzy over White House aide Natalie Harp," Fox News, August 19, 2026.
- Tim Graham, "Jon Ossoff Crossed a Line With Natalie Harp," Daily Signal, August 18, 2026.
- "Aaron Rupar Media Bias," AllSides, September 2026.
