The winner of Georgia’s GOP Senate primary will be decided in a June 16 runoff after no single candidate received a majority of votes cast in Tuesday’s primary. MAGA election denier Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) will face off against football coach Derek Dooley, who has repeatedly stopped short of saying the 2020 election was stolen and privately admitted Trump lost that election in audio leaked earlie...
The Georgia Senate primary runoff crystallizes a broader GOP identity crisis: whether to embrace election denialism as a litmus test or prioritize electability in a swing state. Collins embodies the reactionary wing, leveraging Trump’s grievance politics and anti-immigrant rhetoric, while Dooley attempts a balancing act—appeasing the base with coded skepticism of the 2020 election while avoiding outright conspiracy. This tension mirrors national Republican fractures, where loyalty to Trump’s fal...