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Statements and actions by Mike Collins on this topic.
Disputes over campaign promises to provide public benefits, reduce taxes or distribute government funds, including their financing and electoral conditions.
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4 statements on this page. Dates: June 5, 2025 to September 4, 2026
4 matching statements. Dates: June 5, 2025 to September 4, 2026
4 published statements. Dates: June 5, 2025 to September 4, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: August 12, 2026 to September 4, 2026
2 statements on this page. Dates: August 12, 2026 to September 4, 2026
Role at the time: Mike Collins U.S. Senate campaign, through spokesperson Sam Densmore
Responding to
Did Jon Ossoff’s Social Security ad fairly represent Mike Collins’s radio interview?
"Rep. Collins misspoke"
The campaign directly contests the ad’s interpretation and says the excerpt omits crucial context.
Reporting that identifies when the Ossoff television ad began, links the full June 2025 radio interview and ad, and records direct responses from both campaigns. It is used for the campaigns’ stated interpretations; the radio interview remains the primary record for Collins’s full wording.
Role at the time: Mike Collins U.S. Senate campaign, through spokesperson Meyer Siegfried
Responding to
Did Mike Collins support compensation for January 6 defendants?
"“Mike Collins fully supports holding the government accountable when federal agencies abuse their power and believes Americans who’ve been wronged by their government ought to have a path to seek justice. He does not support a blank-check fund or automatic taxpayer-funded payouts to anyone simply because they were prosecuted for January 6.”"
The campaign expressly disputes Ossoff’s characterization of Collins’s answer as support for taxpayer-funded payouts to January 6 defendants.
Reports the August 11 Savannah exchange in which a pardoned January 6 defendant asked Collins about compensation for people harmed by a weaponized political system, as well as the Collins campaign’s August 12 clarification that he did not support a blank-check fund or automatic payouts for January 6 prosecutions.
2 published statements. Dates: June 5, 2025 to August 11, 2026
2 statements on this page. Dates: June 5, 2025 to August 11, 2026
Role at the time: Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia
Responding to
Did Mike Collins support compensation for January 6 defendants?
"“A lot of things have been politicized and weaponized. And when the federal government harms you, then yes, they have a liability to you. That’s easy, yes sir.”"
Collins’s answer is conditional on government harm and responds to a question broader than January 6 defendants, but the question was posed by a pardoned January 6 defendant who explicitly included January 6 participants.
Reports the August 11 Savannah exchange in which a pardoned January 6 defendant asked Collins about compensation for people harmed by a weaponized political system, as well as the Collins campaign’s August 12 clarification that he did not support a blank-check fund or automatic payouts for January 6 prosecutions.
Role at the time: United States representative for Georgia’s 10th Congressional District
Responding to
Did Jon Ossoff’s Social Security ad fairly represent Mike Collins’s radio interview?
"get off of Social Security"
The full answer offers a policy rationale for increasing work incentives, while its application to Social Security beneficiaries is the specific point later disputed by the campaigns.
Reporting that identifies when the Ossoff television ad began, links the full June 2025 radio interview and ad, and records direct responses from both campaigns. It is used for the campaigns’ stated interpretations; the radio interview remains the primary record for Collins’s full wording.
