GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins Has Some Explaining to Do | The Trio

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Miller, T. (2026, October 24). GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins Has Some Explaining to Do | The Trio. The Bulwark. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-senate-candidate-mike-collins

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Tim Miller, Sam Stein, and Will Sommer discuss various controversies involving right-wing figures on "The Trio." They highlight Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins, who faced backlash for controversial statements including fantasies about public executions and violent actions towards Nancy Pelosi. The segment also covers other chaos within the MAGA movement, such as pro-Trump influencers embarrassing themselves while supporting a Serbian strongman and a pro-ICE commentator being arrested by ICE.
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Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins has come under scrutiny after expressing violent fantasies involving public executions and threatening former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. This revelation adds to ongoing controversies within the MAGA movement, including right-wing influencers' involvement with a pro-Russian Balkan politician and a pro-Trump commentator's arrest by ICE. These incidents highlight internal discord and embarrassment for top Trump allies like Chris LaCivita and James Blair who had to return consulting fees from a Serbian official. The Bulwark contributors Tim Miller, Sam Stein, and Will Sommer discuss these events as examples of the chaos surrounding MAGA figures.

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🔮 GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins Has Some Explaining to Do | The Trio Tim Miller, Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes on the latest chaos from the MAGA universe. Tim Miller, Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes on the latest chaos from the MAGA universe.
2026-10-24 · assertive framing · GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins Has Some Explaining to Do | The Trio
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🔮 Plus: The obsession at Fox over Abdul El-Sayed is getting embarrassing, Mike Rogers is a POS, Tim and Bill share their new round of long shots (in North Carolina and Mississippi), and the tech oligarchs will be among the last to break with Trump.
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🔮 Sam Stein, Tim Miller, and Will Sommer give an update on the MAGA influencers caught pushing a false story about Texas Democrat James Talarico, and why those behind the smear may face few consequences.
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🔮 He argues that companies and executives who participated in or benefited from Trump’s corruption should face scrutiny, and that Democratic oversight in 2027 will be critical to uncovering what actually happened.
2026-10-06 · assertive framing · Trump’s Corporate Enablers Should Be VERY Worried About 2027
🔮 Plus: Some of the recent polls have been too rosy for the Dems, Islamophobia may be at play in the Michigan Senate race, Tim makes the case for regime change in Eritrea, and the cabal of guys at the All-In podcast—who bought their access to Trump—are some of the loudest voices pushing for his all gas, no breaks approach to AI.
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2026-09-29 · assertive framing · Things Are Going So Badly for Trump, Even JVL Has Hope
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🔮 GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins Has Some Explaining to Do | The Trio Tim Miller, Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes on the latest chaos from the MAGA universe. Tim Miller, Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes on the latest chaos from the MAGA universe.
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GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins Has Some Explaining to Do | The Trio · assertive framing

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GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins Has Some Explaining to Do | The Trio Tim Miller, Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes on the latest chaos from the MAGA universe. Tim Miller, Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes on the latest chaos from the MAGA universe. asserted
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Top Trump allies Chris LaCivita and James Blair had to hand over their six-figure consulting fees from a pro-Russian Balkan politician to Trump’s presidential library are right-wing influencers embarrassed themselves while campaigning for Serbia’s strongman. asserted
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Plus, Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins’ was caught fantasizing about public executions and throwing Nancy Pelosi out of a plane. asserted
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Then, a pro-Trump, pro-ICE commentator gets arrested by ICE himself. asserted
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A State Department employee was caught throwing a drink at a Washington Wizards game. asserted
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Since we taped, she has subsequently been fired from her job. asserted
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And Will breaks down the implosion of Ethan Klein’s H3 Podcast following allegations of an affair, while the trio also weighs in on influencer Clavicular’s bizarre appearance at his rape-case arraignment. asserted
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