Second Top Aide Fired in Weeks after Harassment of Rape Victim, Ties to White Supremacists New reporting in the AJC today exposes the growing controversy surrounding GOP U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins’ office’s ties to prominent white supremacists and efforts to free a Holocaust denier from jail. The staffing “shake-up” follows multiple headlines of scandals involving both Collins and […]
...In new reporting from American Journal News, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins’ record of trading cryptocurrency while serving in the House of Representatives is facing fresh scrutiny as he tries to deceive Georgians about his potential corruption while asking for a promotion to the Senate. The report outlines how Collins lied to a Georgian who asked […]
...11Alive’s Faith Jessie: “I did reach out to Rick Jackson’s campaign this morning to get a comment on this. A spokesperson for the campaign says that they are not commenting.” Rick Jackson is now refusing to comment on a federal judge’s decision Tuesday to protect Georgia election workers against harassment from Trump’s DOJ. This comes […]
...Today, a federal judge rejected the Trump DOJ’s attacks on Georgia elections. As a reminder, Rick Jackson strongly supported these attacks, which began with the FBI raiding an election warehouse in Fulton County earlier this year. Jackson previously supported these attacks on Fulton County election workers, and has embraced Trump’s election conspiracy theories throughout his […]
...New reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shines a light on the turmoil and infighting currently roiling through the Georgia GOP, with the AJC noting that Rick Jackson is missing “one big piece” in consolidating Republican support: an endorsement from Burt Jones. Today marks three weeks since Rick Jackson became the GOP nominee, in which time […]
...Today, new reporting shows that Donald Trump’s FBI leadership is directing analysts to work “overtime” to chase conspiracy theories about the 2020 election in Georgia. MSNOW reports this as an “extraordinary effort” in which “FBI Director Kash Patel is ordering personnel from all field offices to participate.” It’s designed to “to find evidence supporting President […]
...Rick Jackson admitted to supporting Trump’s Big Billionaire Bill because it lowered his taxes – even while Georgians suffered. This Saturday marks one year since the enactment of Trump’s Big Billionaire Bill – a law that Rick Jackson supports. Jackson has bragged about the legislation making him even richer, all while more than 500,000 Georgians […]
...Nearly one year after President Donald Trump signed the unpopular GOP budget bill into law with the backing of GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins, Georgians are left suffering the consequences of massive health care cuts and skyrocketing costs. Collins described himself as the “poster child” of supporting Trump’s unpopular budget law and claimed that enacting it would mean “the golden age […]
...Latest controversy comes as Collins is already under a House Ethics investigation for the misuse of taxpayer dollars A new report today detailed how GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins used over $400,000 in taxpayer dollars for TV ads that were “virtually indistinguishable from his campaign ads,” possibly violating Congressional rules. According to the report, Collins “paid for these […]
...It’s officially been two weeks since Rick Jackson became the GOP nominee for governor – and in the latest sign of turmoil roiling through the party, Burt Jones has still not endorsed Jackson. Jackson himself confirmed on Friday that Jones “has not called” and that they “haven’t talked yet.” This comes as GOP leaders and […]
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