Mike Collins
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for Georgia's 10th district and Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat held by Ossoff, in an interview with Fox News Digital
Statement summary
Rep. Mike Collins, Ossoff's Republican opponent in the 2026 Georgia Senate race, told Fox News Digital that the "travel with Natalie" remark was sexist and misogynist, said it reflected a pattern in how Ossoff treats women, and said Ossoff owed both Harp and the public an apology.
“It's sexist, misogynist. This guy has a problem, the way he has treated women, and it's all coming out in the open now.”
Interview with Rep. Mike Collins, Ossoff's Republican opponent in the 2026 Georgia Senate race, published August 20, 2026 at 10:50 a.m. EDT. It carries his fullest statement on the remark, including an explicit demand for an apology: "he owes not only her an apology, but the American people an apology." Collins also defends Harp as someone who "does a great job" and argues the remark reflects a pattern in how Ossoff treats women. The article reports the same remarks are covered in an accompanying Fox News video segment. The page gives the article's publication date; it does not state when the interview itself was conducted.
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On whether Ossoff's remark was misogynistic or improperly implied an affair, Collins condemns it directly, naming it "sexist, misogynist" and demanding an apology. This matches the label carried by the other critics recorded on the case. “Challenged the characterization” does not apply: he is not disputing how anyone described the remark but supplying his own evaluation of it.