MS NOW's Jen Psaki unloads on 'horrifying' MAGA Rep's laundry list of controversies
Georgia Republicans have chosen the Trump-endorsed candidate, Congressman Mike Collins, to face off in the Senate contest against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, rejecting Gov. Brian Kemp's pick of former coach Derek Dooley. But they may come to regret that decision soon, MS NOW's Jen Psaki said on Tuesday's edition of "The Briefing."
"Asa member of Congress, MikeCollins has used his socialmedia presence to offend justabout everybody he can," said Psaki. Among other things, she noted, "He'sposted in support of throwing an immigrant out of a helicopter. He posted insupport of a group ofcounter-protesters harassing a Black protester ... one ofwhom taunted that Black studentwith monkey noises. He onceendorsed a post from anantisemitic troll who wasattacking a reporter for being Jewish."
He has more "horrifying" social media behavior landing him in trouble, Psaki continued — but all of this is comfortably enough to make him all but unelectable.
Psaki went on to quote a recent lament from a Republican strategist to MS NOW, who said, “If you went to a laboratory and tried to create the worst general election candidate for this state and environment possible, you couldn’t do better than Mike Collins,” between his "personal baggage" and an absolutist anti-abortion stance. "He will lose theAtlanta metro in unprecedentedfashion, and we have to hope hedoesn't take everyone else downwith him," the strategist said.
On top of all that, Psaki continued, Collins "is also a notorious election denier" who refuses to accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential election — which by Trump's own admission is why he picked Collins over Dooley, who had acknowledged former President Joe Biden carried Georgia.
"That wasapparently a dealbreaker forTrump," said Psaki. "Of course, Trump did infact lose the state of Georgiain the 2020 election, whichisn't something I should haveto keep saying six years later.But nevertheless, here we are."
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