Erick Erickson on Politically Georgia: “You talk to farmers in South Georgia, they can get him on the phone. They can get his staff on the phone. They can get help […] You talk to Republicans in Houston County, very Republican part of the state, they know they can reach out to Ossoff, and he doesn’t care that they’re Republican. If they need something, he’s going to get it done.”
Atlanta, Ga. — In yesterday’s episode of Politically Georgia, Patricia Murphy, Tia Mitchell, and conservative radio host Erick Erickson discussed GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins’ extensive white nationalist ties and how his bigotry has “closed the door for a lot of minority voters.”
Erickson, who hit Collins for his lack of platform, also emphasized Sen. Ossoff’s focus on constituent services and accessibility, citing Ossoff’s ability to “get it done” for Georgians across the state regardless of political affiliation.
These hits come as Collins faces a slew of scandals related to his corruption and extensive ties to white nationalism, which include ties to a neo-Nazi propagandist; revelations that Collins’ office worked with white nationalists – including Nick Fuentes – to try to free a Holocaust denier from jail; an ongoing federal investigation into his illegal misuse of tax dollars; his antisemitic harassment of a Jewish reporter; and his praise for a young man who harassed a Black woman by making monkey sounds.
“I couldn’t tell you what Mike Collins’ platform is when it comes to anything other than ‘I’m going to be the loyal guy in the Senate,’ which is not what those suburban voters want,” said Erik Erickson. “…You talk to Republicans in Houston County, very Republican part of the state, they know they can reach out to Ossoff, and he doesn’t care that they’re Republican. If they need something, he’s going to get it done.”
“I think also the controversies that you referenced earlier […] to me that feels like that has closed the door for a lot of minority voters who might have been open to Mike Collins? I’m not sure how many would have been open to him, but it feels like that he’s going to have to do a lot of work to make up for that, explain that more fully,” said Patricia Murphy. “He says he’s explained it fully, but I think he’s going to have to do a whole lot more to make that a possibility for a number of particularly minority voters here in the state.”
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