All posts tagged "Mike Collins"

An ex-GOP pollster says one MAGA Senate candidate's disastrous debate night previews a much bigger problem for the GOP in November.

Sarah Longwell, the anti-Trump Republican strategist who publishes The Bulwark, said Friday on "The Secret Podcast" that Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) was left "sputtering in a pool of his own urine" during Thursday's Georgia Senate debate, and she warned the performance reflects a slate of GOP candidates that could keep Republican voters home.

"Now, I had not seen a lot of Mike Collins," Longwell told co-host Jonathan V. Last. "But he was left sputtering in a pool of his own urine as Jon Ossoff scared the living daylights out of him with his level of competency."...

A Republican Senate hopeful absorbed a debate-stage takedown that political observers are calling one of the harshest they've ever seen.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) faced off against Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) Thursday night during their first debate in Georgia's closely watched Senate race, telling the Republican, "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club."

Ossoff tied the line to a social media post from Collins. "This is a man who cheered on a group of young men who were mocking a Black woman on a college campus," Ossoff said. Collins kept his head down and appeared to be jotting notes during Ossoff's attacks, per video from independent journalist Aaron Rupar....

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins is asking supporters to help fund his campaign's fuel costs, even as he's repeatedly voted to keep the very war driving diesel prices to record highs going.

Collins, a Georgia congressman and former trucker running to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, features a fundraising pitch on his website leaning heavily on trucking imagery, The Daily Beast reported on Friday.

"PUT SOME DIESEL IN THE TANK!" the page reads....

A focus group of President Donald Trump's voters spoke so warmly about his Democratic rival that a former GOP pollster couldn't believe it.

In a Saturday episode of The Focus Group Podcast, Sarah Longwell said she had to text her team midway through a focus group session to confirm the Georgians she was interviewing were actually voters who backed Trump in 2024. What threw her was how the voters in the focus group disapproved of Trump's job performance in his second administration and their descriptions of Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA).

"I like Jon Ossoff. I have voted for him before. I appreciate him because he does fight for the little guy," one voter told Longwell. "He just really represents the marginalized community very well. He's always looking out for us."...

Georgia Senate candidate and Trump foe Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) took a swipe at Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) that got laughs from a crowd on Tuesday.

Ossoff and Collins are vying to represent Georgia in the Senate. During a campaign event in Columbus, Georgia, joined by Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) — another President Donald Trump adversary — Ossoff launched a jab at the MAGA candidate endorsed by the president.

"This scandal piñata, Mike Collins," Ossoff said. "Every time you shake Congressman Collins, new misdeeds fall out. Have you seen it?"...

A MAGA Senate candidate is in danger of sinking in the polls if President Donald Trump keeps showing up to support him, according to NOTUS.

NOTUS reported Friday that Republicans are worried that Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) will suffer from Trump coming out in support of him against Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) ahead of the midterms. Sources told NOTUS that the problem is that Trump is tanking in the polls, and his endorsement could pull Collins down with him.

"We're already seeing Ossoff at every turn trying to tie Collins to Trump," an anonymous GOP operative, who has an active campaign role, told NOTUS. ...