Ossoff In The AJC: “I am calling right now on Congressman Mike Collins to disband his so-called convoy captains program”

AJC: “During a panel discussion Wednesday about the cost of living in Stonecrest, Ossoff finished with a demand that Collins end the program, referencing reporting from the Daily Beast that alleged at least three of the Collins captains have serious criminal histories.”

Atlanta, Ga. — New reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution highlighted how

Senator Jon Ossoff challenged GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins to disband his “convoy captains” program during an event with voters yesterday in Stonecrest “so that nobody with Klan ties or who’s been convicted of crimes against children is knocking on doors or getting out the vote.” 

The call from Ossoff comes 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.” The reporting also comes on the heels of 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.”

AJC: Park the Convoy?
By Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam | October 22, 2026

KEY EXCERPTS

• An early show of strength for U.S. Rep. Mike Collins when he kicked off his Senate campaign was his statewide “Convoy Captain” program, a grassroots leadership team with more than 800 volunteers organized in all 159 counties.

• But during a panel discussion Wednesday about the cost of living in Stonecrest, Ossoff finished with a demand that Collins end the program, referencing reporting from the Daily Beast that alleged at least three of the Collins captains have serious criminal histories. 

• “I am calling right now on Congressman Mike Collins to disband his so-called convoy captains program,” Ossoff said, “So that nobody with Klan ties or who’s been convicted of crimes against children is knocking on doors or getting out the vote.” […] 

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