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.”

Mike Collins fires staffer over 'despicable and unauthorized' X post

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."