Mike Collins Ranges Jon Ossoff As Debate Over CBP MN Incident Makes Strategy to GA Senate Race

[ad_1] We have seen lots of notable developments within the aftermath of the Border Patrol taking pictures incident that passed off Saturday in Minnesota, and which left one protester lifeless.

Among the many most notable, as RedState beforehand reported, has been the implication of the Walz administration, different elected Democrat officers, and even some judges within the anti-ICE Sign chat scandal. Additional, President Trump on Monday introduced that Gov. Tim Walz (D) had referred to as him to "request to work along with respect to Minnesota."

Characterizing it as a "excellent name" and noting the 2 can be talking once more "within the close to future," Trump went on to write down on Fact Social that he "instructed Governor Walz that I might have [border czar] Tom Homan name him, and that what we're on the lookout for are any and all Criminals that they've of their possession."

SEE ALSO: Trump Ignores the On-line Noise, Makes Large Change in Minnesota Immigration Operation

The Border Patrol taking pictures incident has additionally prompted numerous Democrat Senators to sign that they won't vote in favor of DHS funding, which may pave the way in which for an additional authorities shutdown.

“Senate Democrats won't present the votes to proceed to the appropriations invoice if the DHS funding invoice is included," Sen. Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced Saturday.

The place does Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) stand on all this? In accordance with the Atlanta Journal-Structure, Ossoff and his colleague, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), need some concessions:

Ossoff and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock have joined different Senate Democrats who stated they might block a bipartisan spending package deal that features $10 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement until civil liberties protections are added. The cash have to be permitted by Friday to avert a partial authorities shutdown.

Maybe much more curiously, Ossoff is demanding that the GOP candidates within the Georgia Senate race converse out and demand an "impartial investigation" into what occurred in Minneapolis:

Will one, even ONE, Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia be a part of different GOP leaders who're calling for a full, clear, impartial investigation into Alex Pretti’s killing in Minnesota? @Buddy_Carter @DerekDooleyGA @MikeCollinsGA

— Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) January 26, 2026 Republican Rep. Mike Collins (GA-10), who's main within the polling thus far forward of the Could 19 main, leveled Ossoff in response, noting that when it got here to what was taking place in his personal yard, he was surprisingly silent for some cause:

Right here’s my assertion, Jon: we have to absolutely fund DHS so ICE can proceed deporting violent legal unlawful immigrants from our streets. I stand with President Trump and regulation enforcement.

When will you say one, even ONE, phrase in regards to the unlawful aliens arrested simply this month for raping, kidnapping, and molesting your constituents?

Right here’s my assertion, Jon: we have to absolutely fund DHS so ICE can proceed deporting violent legal unlawful immigrants from our streets. I stand with President Trump and regulation enforcement.

When will you say one, even ONE, phrase in regards to the unlawful aliens arrested simply this month for… pic.twitter.com/AKNsmme7XQ

— Mike Collins (@MikeCollinsGA) January 26, 2026 It also needs to be famous that Ossoff initially opposed the Laken Riley Act, named for the 22-year-old Augusta College nursing scholar who was brutalized and murdered by an unlawful immigrant in February 2024. Ossoff flip-flopped on the invoice in January 2025, which the NRSC asserted was clearly "a determined try to save lots of his job."

On a associated notice, Rep. Buddy Carter (GA-01), who can be working for Senate, posted this assertion on X simply earlier than this text went to publication:

The worst of the worst legal illegals are in Atlanta. Let’s be clear: Democrats like Jon Ossoff created this disaster with their open-borders insurance policies.

It’s time to ship ICE to Atlanta so we are able to get these criminals off our streets. Arrest them. Deport them. Implement the regulation.

— Buddy Carter (@Buddy_Carter) January 26, 2026 This Senate race goes to be one to look at heading into the autumn elections, as each the RNC and Trump are hungry to get this one again into the GOP fold. No matter who the eventual Republican nominee is, nonetheless, Ossoff persevering with to disregard his residence state with regards to catching and deporting legal unlawful immigrants - and stopping them from being right here within the first place - is unlikely to sit down nicely with a majority of Georgia voters.

Trump has but to make an endorsement on this race.

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