The Washington Post reports a social account linked to a former Rep. Mike Collins aide posted slurs and calls for violence. Collins is the Republican nominee for Senator in Georgia.
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- The staffer works for Rep. Daniel Webster and previously worked for Senate hopeful Collins, who has faced scrutiny for former staffers expressing extreme views online.
- He has worked with four representatives over the past four years, including GOP Senate hopeful Rep. Mike Collins (Georgia).
- He appears closely tied to an anonymous social media account that denigrates female politicians, promotes political violence, calls for an end to democracy and laments the existence of civil rights laws, among other views, a Washington Post analysis of the account found.
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Details shared in posts on the account connect it to 25-year-old Jonathon Hatzistefanou, who works as a legislative assistant for Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Florida) and served as a former staff assistant for Collins, the Georgia Republican locked in a bitter fight for a Senate seat with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D).FULL STORY