Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) began his bid for U.S. Senate with an embarrassing oversight this week after the name of his home state of Georgia was misspelled in video shared by his campaign.
In a clip shared by the “Mike Collins War Room” (@TeamOverhaulGA) account on X (formerly Twitter), the congressman is heard taking aim at “out of touch Democrats” in the Senate before declaring that “we’ve got to be unafraid to call balls and strikes.”
The text “GEORIGA, LET’S RIDE” then pops up on the screen before a logo resembling a truck — an apparent nod to the trucking company Collins’ family owns — appears and zooms off the screen.
The clip was posted late Sunday afternoon, a day before Collins officially launched his campaign via a separate video — one that accurately spells his state’s name — that he shared to his personal account.
The “GEORIGA” clip still appears on X, as of early Tuesday morning.
Collins, in response to a post pointing out the error, claimed that the clip was “not a campaign launch video” and his campaign didn’t create it.
“Fan art. And I thought otherwise they did a pretty good job,” he added.
The clip appears to take footage and audio from videos shared to the congressman’s official account just days before.
The congressman has shared other posts from the “War Room” page, which describes itself as the “official team account” for his campaign.
Collins — a MAGA loyalist who has pushed misinformation and made controversial posts over the years — joins fellow Donald Trump backer Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) in the GOP primary field in hopes of unseating Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in next year’s midterm elections.