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The ugly scandal torpedoing the GOP’s top Senate hopeful
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More than 50 Black Georgia lawmakers have signed onto a statement condemning Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins for associates’ comments and posts that have been widely panned as racist and antisemitic. Collins is set to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in November with the endorsement of President Donald Trump. But since clinching the GOP nomination in a June runoff, Collins has come under fire for online posts by his son-in-law and former chief of staff last month after reports the staffer was in a group chat with white nationalists. The statement issued by Black Georgia lawmakers this week criticized Collins for not apologizing or offering an explanation. “We condemn the Georgia congressman and urge our Republican state legislators to join us in demanding answers for his extensive ties to white nationalists,” the statement reads in part. Collins’ campaign did not respond to requests for comment Monday. Sen. Nikki Merritt, a Grayson Democrat who leads the Georgia Legislative
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- Four dozen Black Georgia lawmakers press Collins on alleged ‘white nationalist’ ties
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