Republican U.S. Representative Mike Collins of Georgia faces mounting criticism over his associations with individuals linked to white nationalist ideology, jeopardizing his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat.
A former staff member, Preston Parra, a 24-year-old who interned for Collins in 2024 and later worked as a contractor for his leadership PAC, posted Nazi and Ku Klux Klan imagery on social media. Parra identified himself as a “twink fascist,” using the term to describe a young homosexual, and described his online activities as “satirical” content he created intentionally.
Collins’ son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, has been reported promoting white nationalist groups and sharing antisemitic material online. Scheer, an active social media influencer, has called for the deportation of Muslims and spread conspiracy theories targeting Jewish communities. In a November 2025 podcast, Scheer warned that White people are being driven toward extinction and claimed restoring America to a White European demographic would require “clearing our land of other people.”
The controversy deepened when Collins’ chief of staff, Brandon Phillips, was terminated after posting on X (formerly Twitter) that ridiculed an opponent’s operative. Collins described the post as “despicable.” Separately, Phillips’ predecessor, Kip Talley, resigned following reports he participated in a private group chat with white supremacists Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer.
Talley detailed efforts to assist Charles Johnson — a far-right figure known for promoting Holocaust denial conspiracy theories — in securing jail time. In an interview, Talley stated that Collins did not direct his involvement and that he acted “solely in my personal capacity.”
With polls indicating Jon Ossoff holds a narrow lead over Collins in the Senate race, conservative advocates have increasingly called for Collins’ removal from the campaign.