NBC News projects that Rep. Mike Collins has won the Republican Senate runoff in Georgia and will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the general election. NBC News’ Steve Kornacki breaks down Collins' victory.
Jackson Lahmeyer, founder of Pastors for Trump, and Oklahoma state Rep. Mark Tedford (R) are projected to advance to a runoff in the GOP primary for Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projected. Neither candidate was projected to clear the 50-percent threshold necessary to clinch the nomination on Tuesday. Ten GOP candidates competed for…
In an upset, Georgia Republican voters rejected President Trump's preferred nominee for the competitive open governor's race. They also picked Rep. Mike Collins to face Sen. Jon Ossoff.
Georgia Republicans have chosen the Trump-endorsed candidate, Congressman Mike Collins, to face off in the Senate contest against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, rejecting Gov. Brian Kemp's pick of former coach Derek Dooley. But they may come to regret that decision soon, MS NOW's Jen Psaki said on Tuesday's edition of "The Briefing.""As a member of Congress, Mike Collins has used his social media presence to offend just about everybody he can," said Psaki. Among other things, she noted, "He's posted in support of throwing an immigrant out of a helicopter. He posted in support of a group of counter-protesters harassing a Black protester ... one of whom taunted that Black student with monkey noises. He once endorsed a post from an antisemitic troll who was attacking a reporter for being Jewish."He has more "horrifying" social media behavior landing him in trouble, Psaki continued — but all of this is comfortably enough to make him all but unelectable.Psaki went on to quote a recent lament from a Republican strategist to MS NOW, who said, “If you went to a laboratory and tried to create the worst general election candidate for this state and environment possible, you couldn’t do better than Mike Collins,” between his "personal baggage" and an absolutist anti-abortion stance. "He will lose the Atlanta metro in unprecedented fashion, and we have to hope he doesn't take everyone else down with him," the strategist said.On top of all that, Psaki continued, Collins "is also a notorious election denier" who refuses to accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential election — which by Trump's own admission is why he picked Collins over Dooley, who had acknowledged former President Joe Biden carried Georgia."That was apparently a dealbreaker for Trump," said Psaki. "Of course, Trump did in fact lose the state of Georgia in the 2020 election, which isn't something I should have to keep saying six years later. But nevertheless, here we are." - YouTube www.youtube.com
Billionaire Rick Jackson scored an upset victory in the Georgia governor’s race against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R), who was endorsed by both Gov. Brian Kemp and President Trump in the highly competitive runoff race Tuesday.
Former Vice President Mike Pence joined the chorus of concern by turning against President Donald Trump's murky Iran war deal.During an appearance on CNN with Kaitlan Collins, Pence spoke about the deal, which is already being attacked by GOP senators and experts alike, and described it as "much bigger than a mistake."Pence decried that Trump gave a "lifeline" to Iran based on what he's heard about the deal so far. The details of the deal still haven't been publicly released, but Pence was concerned by what he's already heard."My concern is what appears to be leaking out," Pence explained. "These immediate concessions, particularly sanctions waivers right out of the gate. That would essentially be a lifeline to the Iranian regime."Pence described waivers for sanctions against Iran as "ill-advised," and said, "We ought to keep the pressure on, keep the blockade on and, if need be, let our armed forces get back to work."When asked whether unfreezing Iran's assets is a defensible move, Pence said that "whether it's a defensible position or not, it is the wrong position," and made it clear he doesn't agree with the decision "to throw a lifeline to the Iranian regime when they are weaker and more isolated than they have ever been in history."
Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) is projected to win the Republican runoff for Senate in Alabama, notching another win for President Trump this primary cycle, according to Decision Desk HQ. Moore is Trump’s pick to replace Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who won his own primary to lead the Cotton State as governor last month. The House…
NBC News projects Jackson has won the primary runoff and will move on to the general election in the battleground state against Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms.
President Donald Trump's near-spotless endorsement record notches another win as Mike Mazzei will be GOP nominee for Oklahoma governor.