Mike Collins fires staffer over 'despicable and unauthorized' X post
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) fired one of his staffers over a post on X, made on the Mike Collins War Room account, which he decried as “despicable and unauthorized.”
TL;DR
- Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) fired a staffer over an "unauthorized" X post from the "Mike Collins War Room" account.
- The post made a crude sexual reference to the wife of Luke Thompson, an adviser to Collins's rival Derek Dooley.
- Thompson's wife, Brooke Nevils, is a former NBC News staffer who accused Matt Lauer of sexual assault.
- The post, which was deleted, caused widespread outrage after reporter Greg Bluestein provided context.
- Thompson criticized Collins's team as "unprofessional and incompetent."