Georgia’s U.S. Senate race for the GOP so far has been defined by which candidate can appeal the most to Trump
The contest to become the Republican nominee in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race has been mired by messy and constant “infighting”. Now, as the chaos continues in the lead up to the June 16th runoff, extreme Trump loyalist Mike Collins and “support every policy” Trump ran on Derek Dooley continue to need to appease Trump at every turn.
Less than a week into the runoff, however, a new vulnerability has emerged for Dooley, who is dodging questions from reporters about whether he would stand by Donald Trump in his crusade to provide a $1.8 billion slush fund for violent January 6 rioters:
“USA TODAY also reached out to the Dooley campaign to comment on the president’s DOJ fund, and has not received a response.”
Dooley’s failure to take a stand on an issue that’s increasingly important to the President is raising questions about his loyalty to Donald Trump in a contested Republican runoff. With the June 16th runoff quickly approaching, Georgians deserve to know exactly where Dodging Derek Dooley stands on key issues.
See below for today’s Sunday shows where multiple calls were made for reporters to get Dooley and Collins on the record on Trump’s insurrectionist slush fund in the Republican U.S. Senate runoff:
On Fox 5’s The Georgia Gang, Cathy Woolard said:
“I want to hear what those two guys think about this insurrection fund that Trump has put up because I think it’s toxic, I think it’s an awful thing for the country, and people need to know where they stand.”
On Fox 5’s The Georgia Gang, Tharon Johnson stated:
“There are going to be a lot of questions posed to Collins and Dooley – where are they on this new ballroom? Where are they on this new slush fund that Trump has pushed out? These are going to be the things that are going to be in this Republican runoff and we’ve got to see how they respond to it.”
On CBS’ Face The Nation, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen noted:
“I have been proposing amendments to prohibit, for example, people who rioted on January 6 and assaulted police officers from being eligible for the fund. People who’ve been convicted of child molestation – they should not be eligible for the fund. Members of Congress should not be eligible for the fund, and I would hope all Republicans, including Republican candidates, should come out strongly against this slush fund, which the president has set up for these purposes.”