Filipkowski calls Ossoff's line hyperbolic but says Collins hired the Third Reich's disciples
Ron FilipkowskiEditor-in-chief of MeidasTouch News, posting on Bluesky
Ron Filipkowski called Ossoff's Third Reich line a bit hyperbolic but said it is accurate that Collins hired disciples of the Third Reich.
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Mike Collins staffed his congressional office with people who hold neo-Nazi or white nationalist views.
“While it was a bit hyperbolic for Ossoff to say that Mike Collins hired half the Third Reich to staff his office, it is accurate to say he hired their disciples.”
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Did Mike Collins hire aides with white nationalist ties, as Jon Ossoff claimed?
At the October 8, 2026 Georgia Senate debate, Sen. Jon Ossoff told Rep. Mike Collins he had hired "half the Third Reich" to staff his congressional office and had promoted neo-Nazi content online. The charge followed months of reporting about a former Collins chief of staff, a former intern, Collins's son-in-law and two campaign organizers. Collins says he condemns racism and antisemitism and fired people when problems arose. Whether those aides and associations match Ossoff's description is disputed.
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Post by MeidasTouch News editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski on the morning after the debate.
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Filipkowski posted on October 9, 2026, the day after the debate at which Ossoff said Collins had hired half the Third Reich to staff his congressional office.
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The post drew more than 1,600 likes and more than 200 reposts on Bluesky.
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Relative to Collins's staffing, Filipkowski affirms the substance of Ossoff's charge, saying Collins hired disciples of the Third Reich. Calling the wording a bit hyperbolic qualifies the phrasing, not his conclusion, so the response condemns rather than mixes positions.
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“You know, Rick, that’s my family. That’s the craziness that Jon Ossoff has been spewing out there. I actually had a crazy person get put in jail this weekend, because he not only wanted to kill my son-in-law, but he wanted to kill me. And you’re exactly right. I’ve got a daughter and grandkids there, as well as my wife. I’ve condemned racism, anti-Semitism, hate. I don’t care where the source is. And I tell him that, too. It’s wrong. We have no place in this world for that. But I’ve never heard him say a word about his DSA pick up there, Abdul El Saeed, Hassan Piker. How about Reid Hoffman? None of those. He doesn’t denounce anybody or anything or condemn them, because he’s part of them. But yet he wants to take that and spew that on me. That’s not me. When I had things happen, I’m a businessman. I fired them. I got rid of them. Don’t need them.”Read statement
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