WATCH: In Savannah, Sen. Ossoff Calls on Mike Collins to Disband His ‘Convoy Captains’ Program Riddled With Klan Ties and Child Abusers

Sen. Ossoff: “Mike Collins needs to disband his disgraceful so-called convoy captains program, where he has elevated people with Klan ties and who have preyed on children into leadership roles in his political organization.”

Savannah, Ga. — Two weeks out from election day and during early vote, Senator Jon Ossoff called on GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins to disband his “convoy captains” program during an event with voters in Savannah after shocking Daily Beast reporting unearthed that the embattled congressman promoted “campaign-appointed leaders” with criminal charges that include heinous crimes against children, specifically “cruelty to children, sexual battery, and family violence.” 

According to the report, “Collins has often praised his campaign captains, including at a political event in Morrow last month.” This comes on the heels of previous reporting that revealed ties between these campaign-appointed leaders and “a far-right group founded by […] a former Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi National Alliance leader” that has been “classified as a white nationalist hate group.”

In Savannah, Senators Jon Ossoff and Elissa Slotkin met with volunteers before sending them off to knock doors for Democrats up and down the ballot, encouraging Georgians to vote early in person and make their voices heard at the polls. Senator Ossoff continues to build incredible momentum heading into Election Day by gaining bipartisan support across the state, as Democrats head into November unified at the top of the ticket. 

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Sen. Ossoff: “Mike Collins needs to disband his so-called convoy captains program today. There is no place for the Klan in Georgia politics, and there is no place for predators who have preyed upon children in Georgia politics. Let me again just review these facts, because we’ve learned that Mike Collins has appointed to leadership roles in his political organization people who have documented ties to the Ku Klux Klan, and people whose criminal records include heinous crimes targeting children. It’s obscene and unacceptable. And Mike Collins today – not tomorrow, not next week – today, needs to disband his so-called convoy captains program to ensure that we don’t have people with ties to the Klan or people who have committed crimes against children in leadership roles in a Senate campaign here in Georgia.”

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