President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Mike Collins in the Georgia Republican primary for Senate, just days before the congressman faces off against Derek Dooley in a runoff election.
Trump’s Endorsement
Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that Collins is a “true Friend, Fighter, and WARRIOR” who has been with him from the beginning and has his “Complete and Total Endorsement” to be the next United States Senator.
Dooley, a former football coach at the University of Tennessee, has the support of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who has had a complicated relationship with Trump over the years.
Collins led Dooley by more than 10 points in last month’s primary election in the fight to face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November. The Georgia seat could be key in determining the balance of power in the Senate for the remainder of Trump’s second term.
Trump criticized Dooley for not voting in presidential elections and for privately acknowledging that Trump lost the 2020 election. Collins has appeared alongside administration officials, like Vice President JD Vance, at events in Georgia over the past year.
Response from Candidates
Collins thanked Trump for the endorsement and looked ahead to the general election, saying that Georgians deserve a U.S. Senator who will fight for them every day to deliver real results.
Dooley said that he has “great respect” for the president and looked forward to working with Trump in the Senate, but argued that Georgians want a political outsider who can actually beat Jon Ossoff and end the careerism, corruption, and inaction from typical D.C. politicians like Mike Collins.
Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
