Jon Ossoff’s campaign ran an ad using Mike Collins’s words “get off of Social Security, get back into the workforce” to say Collins wanted to push beneficiaries off Social Security. Collins’s campaign said he misspoke and meant Medicaid; Ossoff’s campaign said the ad fairly reflected Collins’s support for pressuring beneficiaries into work. The full radio interview contains the surrounding discussion of tax cuts, Medicaid, Social Security, and work incentives.
Recent statements
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Role at the time: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, through its official X account
Condemned
Responding to
Did Jon Ossoff’s Social Security ad fairly represent Mike Collins’s radio interview?
"GOP Rep. Mike Collins wants to end Social Security."
Why we used this label
The organization criticizes Collins by adopting the interpretation of his policy position disputed in this case.
