Collins spokesperson Meyer Siegfried disputes the ad's characterization
Campaign spokesperson for Mike Collins
“He was not talking about taking earned Social Security retirement benefits away from seniors... Rep. Collins believes seniors who spent their lives paying into Social Security should receive the benefits they earned.”
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PolitiFact's fact-check rating Ossoff's ad claims about Collins and Social Security "Mostly False," examining both the truncated-quote claim and a separate "voted to gut Social Security" claim tied to Collins's HJ Res 139 and One Big Beautiful Bill Act votes. Quotes Collins campaign spokesperson Meyer Siegfried directly.
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Speaking to PolitiFact for its September 15, 2026 fact-check of Ossoff's Social Security ad.
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PolitiFact rated the underlying ad claim "Mostly False" in the same piece (see related statement).
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Case context: Did Jon Ossoff’s Social Security ad fairly represent Mike Collins’s radio interview?
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Why this label?
Siegfried directly disputes the ad's characterization of Collins's position, consistent with how the campaign's earlier statement in this case was classified.
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