Republican Senate nominee Mike Collins in Georgia is reported to have close ties to his son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, a white nationalist influencer whose online posts include Nazi and antisemitic material. Multiple outlets report that Scheer is linked to Collins’s campaign and personal circle, including being registered to vote at a Collins-owned property and appearing in campaign-related photographs and events after Collins’s June Republican primary win. The reporting says Scheer has a large social media following and posts content that mixes themes such as fitness and Christianity with conspiracy and hate-based messaging. Accounts cited in the coverage describe posts referencing antisemitic conspiracy theories and advocating policies targeting Muslims. One podcast episode and other videos are described as containing rhetoric about “white” demographics and conspiratorial claims about Jews. Collins campaign statements described in the reporting do not address Scheer’s posts directly, instead pointing to Collins’s record on Israel and related positions. The coverage also recounts other controversies involving Collins, including allegations of antisemitism-related behavior and defenses of January 6 rioters.
Georgia GOP Senate nominee Mike Collins tied to son-in-law with white nationalist content
Republican Senate nominee Mike Collins in Georgia is reported to have close ties to his son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, a white nationalist influencer whose online posts include Nazi and antisemitic...
- Mike Collins is the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Georgia.
- Collins’s son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, is described as a white nationalist influencer.
- Scheer is reported to be connected to Collins’s campaign and personal circle, including appearing in campaign photos and attending an event after Collins won the primary.
- Reporting describes Scheer’s online activity as including Nazi imagery and antisemitic conspiracies.
- Collins’s campaign statement, as reported, does not directly address Scheer’s beliefs, instead referencing Collins’s record on Israel.
Mike Collins’ son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, has shared antisemitic conspiracies and Nazi imagery onlineUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, Mike Collins, who has been plagued by a string of controversies in his time in public office, has close ties with a white nationalist influencer – his son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II – it has transpired.A trucking executive and one-time “Freedom caucus” conservative endorsed by Donald Trump, Collins has been the GOP representative for Georgia’s 10th congressional district since 2023. In that time, the anti-abortion hardliner has drawn scrutiny over his associations with far-right and extremist figures, incendiary social media activity and accusations of antisemitism, which he has denied. He has also denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election and defended January 6 rioters, who he has said deserved pardons. Continue reading...
4 hours agoThe Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, Mike Collins, has close ties to a white nationalist influencer: his son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II.CNN reports that Scheer is registered to vote at a Collins-owned property, has been featured in Collins’s campaign photos, and was at Collins’s victory party after he won the Republican primary in June. Scheer, who is married to Collins’s daughter Summer, shares Nazi and antisemitic material online, including posts from the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front.Scheer has more than 1.5 million combined followers across Telegram, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, and posts mostly about fitness, Christianity, and masculinity, according to CNN. He has also called for Muslims to be deported, and shared an antisemitic infographic that he said his wife made.On one podcast in November, Scheer said that white people were in danger of going extinct and that restoring the United States as a white country would require “clearing our land of other people.” Also in November, Scheer posted a video to YouTube attacking “Jewish Bolsheviks” and invoking pro-Nazi conspiracies.“Sixty million Christians that were killed by Jewish Bolsheviks in the early 1900s right before World War II,” Scheer said. “They don’t tell us the history about Germany before World War II. All we’re told is, ‘Germany bad, Hitler evil, don’t ask questions, Holocaust, Holocaust, Holocaust, here’s 50 movies every year about the Holocaust and why it’s so bad.’”In a statement to CNN, Collins’s campaign did not address Scheer’s posts or beliefs, instead saying, “Rep. Collins’ lifelong support for Israel is unquestionable and backed by his consistent record in Congress of standing up for Israel and her people.” Collins’s track record also verges on bigotry, as the congressman has complained about a halal restaurant in the House Rayburn building, harassed a Jewish reporter using antisemitic tropes, cheered on racist protesters in Mississippi in 2024, and blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for train derailments. Maybe Collins has more in common with Scheer than he is willing to admit.
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