Overview
- CNN reporting published Thursday identified David Alan Scheer II, who is married to Collins’s daughter, as a social media influencer with a long record of promoting Patriot Front, antisemitic conspiracies, and Nazi imagery.
- The report says Scheer attended Collins’s primary election‑night party, appears to have helped produce promotional material for Collins’s trucking business, and is registered to vote at a Collins‑owned property next to the congressman’s home.
- Collins has faced earlier criticism for sharing racially charged material, including a widely noted video of University of Mississippi students taunting a Black protester, and the new disclosures intensify that history.
- Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff called for answers and an apology in response to the reporting while Collins’s campaign released a statement defending his record of support for Israel.
- The revelations raise fresh questions about how social media amplification of extremist content can intersect with campaigns and could shift voter perception in a closely watched Georgia Senate race; Patriot Front is a recognized white‑supremacist group that publicly marched in Washington, D.C. over July Fourth.