Sometimes it just falls perfectly right into your lap. This guy is avoiding the issue of someone in his family being Reflecting Pool scum. Not just pond scum, because that is too small. The scum of the Reflecting Pool, occasionally known as Trump’s Pond, has given a Democratic Senator running for re-election a big gulp of ammunition. Let’s hope he uses it, although it’s such a large piece of his opponent’s relatives that it’s hard to miss. We’re sure the Democrats read the news, too. With appreciation for Raw Story:
A Senate candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump fled a rural Georgia press conference Thursday rather than answer questions about his son-in-law, white nationalist influencer David Alan Scheer II. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) abruptly ended the event after reporters peppered him with questions about a CNN report that found Scheer had built a large online following promoting white nationalist ideology, sharing Nazi imagery, and posting antisemitic conspiracy theories. Collins is the Republican Senate candidate challenging Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in November.
The one thing all these yahoos forget about the Nazi’s is that it didn’t work out well for them. That’s not exactly something to be using for imagery or a goal. The white nationalist movement is well known. And considering the makeup of this guy, antisemitic conspiracy theories fit right in. But Collins won’t talk about it. That doesn’t say anything good for him. He could have tried to answer with some sort of “that’s my daughter’s husband and has nothing to do with me”, or some other form of pushing it away. Yet he won’t talk about it and runs away. Now what does that tell us? It tells us Senator Ossoff has a whole lot of information he can use.
“We fully addressed that, but Jon Ossoff refuses to disavow these Democrat socialist movements in our country,” Collins said, according to Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, when reporters asked him to condemn his son-in-law’s statements. “Could you address the question regarding anti-Semitism?” a reporter asked. Collins deflected with a list of complaints about Ossoff’s votes on spending, cash bail and immigration. “These aren’t Georgia values, y’all. That’s what he needs to answer to,” the candidate said. Then he packed up his notes, and a reporter followed him out. “You don’t want to talk about your son-in-law at all? Do you embrace him in the family? Share his views?” the reporter called out. Collins did not respond.
Apparently he does not wish to respond. That’s rather telling. It’s getting as bad as Blanche refusing to answer the Epstein files, half of which still haven’t been sent out. Why is he dodging this? The possible reasons are not good. Collins may agree with him and doesn’t want to get caught with anything. That’s the worst one currently available. Or, he disagrees but can’t say so out loud. Well, all we have are theories. Unless Collins tells us, we don’t know. It’s hard to tell what should be done with this information by the Ossoff campaign. We shall see it or not see it. Again, all we have are theories.
Trump’s pick for the Georgia Senate seat has not condemned his son-in-law’s statements. “Nobody speaks for me, and I don’t speak for anybody else,” Collins said when asked about the controversy last week. In a statement, Ossoff called Collins “a known bigot and antisemite” and said his ties to Scheer disqualified him from office. “Mike Collins has always stood with the Jewish people and Israel, and condemns all forms of antisemitism, no matter the source,” deputy communications director Sam Densmore said, not addressing Scheer directly.
Drat. Well, they didn’t quite sink to Collins’ possible level, especially with the son-in-law. And Ossoff kept it with Collins and did not include Scheer. That’s likely to be the better choice. We don’t want to stoop to name-calling. That’s about third grade level, although it can go up to seniors. Reminds me of my freshman year in high school. The Collins campaign needs to clean itself up. Let’s stay with issues and decisions. Or what has or hasn’t happened in Georgia, since it’s my home state. Let’s pull off an upset and keep Ossoff in the position, since Trump has endorsed Collins. We can be mean and hope that Trump’s support is going to drag him down, the deeper, the better. Senator Ossoff is a good guy.
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