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Behind the Aegis

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Fri Jun 19, 2026, 12:30 AM 12 hrs ago

(JEWISH GROUP) Georgia's Jewish senator called his newly minted GOP opponent an antisemite. Why?

After Rep. Mike Collins won a hard-fought Republican runoff election in Georgia Tuesday for the party’s Senate nomination in November, his opponent wasted no time going on the offensive.

“Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate Mike Collins is a notorious bigot, antisemite, and extremist,” Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff posted on social media on Tuesday night.

Ossoff, who is Jewish, did not elaborate on the antisemitism allegation in the post, which continued with other attack lines against Collins. But Collins and some of his senior staff members have faced well-documented past allegations of antisemitism in a state that’s home to an estimated 100,000-plus Jewish adults.

“Whether he’s socializing with a known Nazi, speaking in antisemitic dog whistles, or doubling down after targeting a Jewish reporter, Mike Collins’ record of bigotry and antisemitism speaks for itself,” Valeria Rivadeneira-Crandell, a spokesperson for Ossoff’s campaign, elaborated in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

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Does it matter at this point?!

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(JEWISH GROUP) Georgia's Jewish senator called his newly minted GOP opponent an antisemite. Why? (Original Post) Behind the Aegis 12 hrs ago OP
After reading the whole article sheshe2 11 hrs ago #1

sheshe2

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1. After reading the whole article
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 01:21 AM
11 hrs ago

Mike sure sounds like a real gem.

I want Ossoff back in his Senate seat.

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