Trump rebuked in Georgia as voters back billionaire in GOP governor's runoff

Collins has been embroiled in multiple scandals throughout his political career. Recently, he's been accused of using campaign funds to pay an intern who performed no work duties for him, and a social media account tied to Collins posted a derogatory remark about Dooley's wife, according to reports.

Analysts and observers reacted to Collins's win on social media, with some noting that it might elevate Ossoff's chances in November.

"The chaotic and bruising Republican primary exposed Mike Collins’ record: stripping Georgians of their health care to give tax breaks to billionaires, capitulating to Trump while Georgia families pay the price, and facing a bipartisan Congressional ethics investigation for misusing taxpayer dollars," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) posted on X. "In November, Georgians will reject Collins’ scandals and harmful agenda and send Senator Ossoff back to the Senate."

"It’s Georgia so there are no statewide Dem blowouts, but Ossoff starts off as the clear favorite against Collins," Adam Carlson, CEO of Zenith Polls, posted on X.

"Jon Ossoff smiles," independent news creator Chris Cillizza posted on X.

"Jon might win by 5 or 6 points at this rate. But he won’t do less than 4," political writer Zaid Jilani posted on X. "Collins is a bigot and nepo baby. And he has a mullet in the Lords Year of 2026. Zero crossover appeal with independents and moderates. It’s done."

"I'm very afraid that that's what will happen," Sherman said. "It won't surprise me at all if the president truly lets this go and moves on to his next shiny object."

She pointed to Trump's history of moving on from conflicts or projects abroad before reaching a favorable conclusion for everyone.

"The president has not really been interested in taking the next step on anything," Sherman said. "If he can't go to get a quick victory in Ukraine, he moves away. If he can't really take Venezuela to the next step, he moves on to the next shiny object. If he can't really help Gaza reconstruct and Palestinians to have a future, he moves on."

With Iran, "the Trump administration has never understood the culture or the history and the approach of the Iranians throughout this whole process. I think they indeed just wanted to get the war over."

"Days before, a tipster had warned them that Daley had, with Fournier’s help, been using a fake Secret Service badge to pose as an agent," said the report. In fact, police were warned ahead of the arrest "that Daley was so committed to the ruse that he had boasted about a plan to bring guns into the Freedom250 Ultimate Fighting Championship event that would take place forty-eight hours later on the South Lawn of the White House."

Fournier, for his part, now insists that he was acting as an informant to help bust Daley's wrongdoing — but according to Sommer's report, the two were using the fake Secret Service agent scheme to live large.

Two people close to Fournier and Daley "remember Daley using the badge to skip the line at a nightclub, and conspicuously putting the badge on a table at a restaurant to get faster service. One witness later told Secret Service investigators that Daley used the badge to get Uber drivers to run red lights," said the report. One affidavit stated, “Daley would put the badge on the center console of the Uber’s vehicle and will say, ‘Run this red light right now,’ then the Uber would be ‘scared to death’ and do it.’”

“It became this ridiculous two-man act,” one of them said.

Daley now claims that Fournier introduced him as a Secret Service agent "all the time," but Fournier denies this, telling Sommer, “I categorically deny ever stating, suggesting, or implying that Mr. Daley was an agent of the USSS.”

Students for Trump's leadership has faced scandals like this in the past. The group's other co-founder, John Lambert, was sentenced to 13 months in prison in 2021 for pretending to be a lawyer.