Published 9:46 am Tuesday, August 4, 2026 ATLANTA — Social media posts by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins and his associates have become a target of Sen. Jon Ossoff and his allies. U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, who hopes to unseat Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent, has a history of edgy online posts. The people around him have sometimes crossed a line in their own posts. During the GOP primary, Collins fired a campaign staffer who had mocked the wife of an adviser to a PAC supporting one of Collins’ Republican opponents after she said she had been sexually assaulted. In 2024, Collins himself acknowledged “potentially inappropriate behavior” in a video he had shared about anti-Israel protesters. A counter protester is on screen making ape-like gestures and noises at a Black woman, and Collins later said it was not his intent to “glorify” such behavior. Now, Ossoff is turning the spotlight on Collins’ family. David Alan Scheer II, Collins’ son-in-law, is a prolific online poster who has amassed a significant following on multiple platforms. Last month, CNN reported that many of Scheer’s posts promoted white nationalism and antisemitism, including one last year about the financial influence of Jews on the U.S. government. Scheer wrote in his Telegram post that the included infographic had been prepared by his wife, Collins’ daughter. “This man is a known bigot and antisemite,” Ossoff said in a virtual interview with reporters late last week. He called on Collins to…
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