Ten Weeks Before the Midterms, a Second Person in Mike Collins’s Orbit Surfaces With Nazi and Klan Imagery — a Former Staffer Who Calls Himself a "Twink Fascist," and Jon Ossoff Says It Is "Disqualifying"
On Thursday, August 27, 2026, The Washington Post reported that Preston Parra, 24, who interned for Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) in 2024 and then worked as a contractor for the congressman's political action committee into 2025, had posted a swastika to his X account in June and July and shared an image of himself in Ku Klux Klan robes. Parra, who describes himself online as a "twink fascist," defended the posts to the Post as satirical and provocative, and said the Klan image was generated with X's Grok AI tool. Collins is the Republican nominee challenging Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in what is expected to be one of the most expensive Senate races of the 2026 midterms. A spokesman said Parra has no affiliation with Collins's office or campaign and that Collins "unequivocally condemns" the posts. The report landed on top of an earlier and unresolved controversy. In July 2026, CNN's KFile reported that Collins's son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II — who is registered to vote at a Collins-owned property, has appeared in Collins campaign photos, and attended Collins's June primary victory party — had shared content from the white nationalist group Patriot Front along with antisemitic conspiracy material and calls to deport Muslims. Collins abruptly ended a press conference at Monroe County Hospital on July 30 after reporters repeatedly pressed him on the relationship, saying only that he had "fully addressed" it before pivoting to attacks on Ossoff. On August 11, more than 50 Black Georgia state legislators signed a statement condemning Collins and demanding answers; Collins responded that "no one speaks for me" and condemned antisemitism generally without disavowing his son-in-law by name. The Washington Post framed the Parra posts as part of a pattern that some Republicans have begun to notice, coming as Republicans defend a Senate majority and Georgia sits near the center of the map.
“This time, it's swastikas and the costume of the Ku Klux Klan, unacceptable and disqualifying.”