Ron Filipkowski
Role at the time: Editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch News, posting on Bluesky
Condemned
Response to this claim
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.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Ron Filipkowski Bluesky post on Ossoff's Third Reich remarkPost
Post by MeidasTouch News editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski on the morning after the debate.
Why we used this label
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.