Collins faces scrutiny over son-in-law’s white nationalist posts

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins is facing new scrutiny after reports that his son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, has promoted white nationalist and antisemitic views online while maintaining visible ties to Collins’ political and personal circles.

CNN reported that Scheer, who is married to Collins’ daughter Summer, repeatedly made white supremacist statements, shared antisemitic ideology and wrote in a YouTube comment, “There’s nothing wrong with White Nationalism.” According to CNN, Scheer is registered to vote at a Collins-owned property next to the congressman’s home, has appeared in Collins campaign photos and attended Collins’ June primary victory party.

Scheer has more than 1.5 million followers across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Telegram, where he posts about fitness, Christianity and masculinity, The Guardian reported. He has also shared content tied to white nationalist ideology, antisemitic conspiracy theories and Nazi imagery, including posts from Patriot Front, a neofascist white supremacist group.

On a podcast last November, Scheer said restoring an America populated by people of white European descent would require “clearing our land of other people,” according to CNN and The Guardian. He also blamed “Israel and Zionist Jews” for policies he said were intended to “undermine the white, Christian nature of America,” and said, “I do believe that the more homogenous a culture is, the more it thrives.”

CNN reported that Scheer has claimed Jewish people were responsible for gun control, the LGBTQ movement and other developments he criticized. The Guardian reported that he also claimed Jews were responsible for pornography, the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and the Sept. 11 attacks, and repeated a conspiracy theory that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent.

In one Telegram post, Scheer shared an infographic alleging that Jewish people control the U.S. government through finance and attributed it to his wife. “My wife made a consolidated version of all the proof jews control our government through finance,” Scheer wrote, according to CNN. The Guardian reported that the graphic claimed Jewish donors, advocacy groups and institutions had captured U.S. politics and were directing U.S. foreign policy on behalf of Israel.

Scheer also produced advertisements for Collins’ trucking company, according to Talking Points Memo.

Collins’ campaign did not directly address Scheer’s comments in a statement reported by CNN and cited by The Guardian. “Rep. Collins’ lifelong support for Israel is unquestionable and backed by his consistent record in Congress of standing up for Israel and her people,” a spokesperson said.

Democrats in Georgia condemned Collins after the report. Charlie Bailey, chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia, said, “Mike Collins has repeatedly proven himself to be a bigot and antisemite.” He added, “Collins should explain himself and apologize to Georgians immediately, but no matter what bogus answer he gives, we will do everything in our power to keep him out of the U.S. Senate this November.”

Sen. Jon Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent Collins is seeking to unseat, called Collins’ “ties to neo-Nazi ideology and notorious white supremacists” “disqualifying.” State Rep. Esther Panitch, a Jewish Democrat, wrote on X: “Being pro-Israel is not a hall pass for antisemitism. It is not a shield you hide behind when the hatred is in your own family, on your own property, with your own name attached.” She called on Collins and the Georgia Republican Party to condemn Scheer’s antisemitism.

Talking Points Memo reported that the Georgia Republican Party, its leaders and the National Republican Senatorial Committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment and had not acknowledged the report on their websites or social media at the time of publication.

Collins, a trucking executive and U.S. representative for Georgia’s 10th District since 2023, won the Republican Senate nomination in June, The Guardian reported. His campaign has previously drawn criticism over social media activity, staff controversies and associations with far-right figures. Federal Election Commission data cited by Talking Points Memo showed Collins had just over $2 million in cash on hand as of June 30, compared with more than $42 million for Ossoff.