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This Leak Will RUIN HIM...

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This Leak Will RUIN HIM...

The Republican Party is facing a serious and growing problem involving extremist ideologies, particularly ties to Nazism and white supremacy, among its candidates and staff. Cases in Ohio and Georgia reveal specific instances where campaign personnel have used Nazi imagery, participated in white supremacist reenactments, or hosted neo-Nazi individuals. For example, Stephen WoTek, a political director for Ohio Senate candidate John Hustead, displayed SS soldier profile photos and joined a group that portrays Adolf Hitler’s bodyguards, while a former staffer for Mike Collins in Georgia shared swastikas and Nazi-related content. Additionally, Mike Collins’ chief of staff was found in nationalist group chats, and a neo-Nazi was reported to have lived at Collins’ home, producing hate propaganda while promoting his political campaign. These actions demonstrate a pattern of extremist behavior within GOP ranks, with many candidates refusing to disclose full records of their interactions with white supremacists. Critics argue that the party lacks adequate vetting processes and shows systemic disregard for harmful ideologies. The speaker urges voters to support Democratic opponents—such as Senator John Ossoff in Georgia—who have directly addressed these issues and stand against hate. This crisis reflects deeper issues of accountability, integrity, and moral leadership within the Republican Party, raising serious concerns about its viability and credibility in national politics.

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Alright folks, so the stories we're gonna talk about right now are wild, and they perfectly represent so many problems within the Republican Party that we know exist, they know exist, they just don't want to do anything to address it or solve the problem. And so they just kind of ignored and pretend that it's not there. And what I'm talking about is the Republican Party's very clear Nazi problem. They've had this problem for years, where their staffers or even their candidates have been caught liking things on social media, reposting things or posting things themselves that are connected to the Nazis or far right white supremacist groups. And now a couple of candidates who are running in the 2026 midterms, endorsed by Donald Trump, have their own problems. So we're gonna talk about them here, we're gonna talk about why you should support their opponents as well. Of course, they're the Democratic opponents. Please make sure to subscribe down below, drop a like on the video, comment, let me know what you think about this story. And you know, we're not gonna start with my Collins. He's running in Georgia. We're gonna start all the way up in Ohio. My Collins has had some problems of his own, but we're gonna start with the Ohio candidate, John Hustead, who is a senator right now. And he has, he's had people on his campaign on his payroll who are pretty bad guys. So for example, Ohio Senate campaign staff are used Nazi soldiers as his profile photo. John Hustead's campaign after being contacted by the Washington Post said it would part ways with the political director. But only after they were contacted by the Washington Post, a top campaign staffer for Senator John Hustead once used a photo of SS soldiers as his Facebook profile photo. And recently added to a public playlist of songs celebrating Rhodesia, a defunct white minority ruled nation, often venerate, often venerated by white supremacists. So he is still very active in these communities. He is still very much doing these things while actively working on a Republican Senate, the Senate candidate's team, a Republican senators team. Just goes to show you what's going on in the Republican Party. The staffer, 25-year-old Stephen WoTek, was tapped in August to serve as Hustead's political director in the closely contested Senate race between him and former Senator Sherrod Brown. And if you're in Ohio or no people that live in Ohio, tell them to vote for Sherrod Brown. He's a great guy. And a statement on Friday after being contacted by the Washington Post, a spokesperson woman for Hustead said the campaign had decided to part ways with him. The staffer that is, Steve serves our country honorably as a lieutenant in the US Army and as a proud graduate of the Citadel. He studies military history and routinely re-enacts historical battles while he denies negative intent. His social media activity displays a complete lack of judgment and disregard for its impact on others. Hustead demands better of those who represent him upon learning about the post they decided to fire him. The campaign did not answer questions about whether and how they vetted WoTek's social media history before he was hired. It seems like some of these photos that he was uploading, I mean his profile photo, are pretty obvious. It doesn't take like a deep dive on someone to see their profile photo on social media. So either they have a basically non-existent vetting team or they knew about the photos and hired him anyway. And I really don't know which one is worse, probably the second one, but they're both pretty bad. Quote. I want to be unequivocal. I reject the racist and anti-Semitic ideology, the SS and Nazi Germany represented. I believe it is important to educate our younger generations, which is why I participate in historical reenactments. WoTek said in a statement, he says he should have exercised better judgment when posting about my activities online and did not want it to distract from Hustead's race. I'm utterly heartbroken, but respectfully imparting ways with this campaign. But some Republicans, of course, have expressed concern that a small but growing faction of younger Republicans in the party have interacted with or expressed fealty to white nationalist and racist ideologies that have long been considered "french". Thinks of offensive group chats and infighting over the bounds of acceptable political discourse have been fueling anxiety in the party and we actually talked about one of these stories on the show a while ago when the story came out. Once again, I'm still under the weather, so I apologize if I see him a little all over the place. I'm still recovering. But back in October of 2025, the New York Young Republicans group chat leaked and some of these messages were awful. I mean, people saying that they love the Nazis, they love Hitler, they said that everybody that votes no on a certain bill are going to be going to the gas chamber and things like that. This is not just specific to one staffer on one campaign. This they issue across the Republican Party and you're seeing it here. And look, he says, "I'm heartbroken that I'm breaking. I'm not in society of the race anymore and I just reenact historical events and things like that." But, you know, he's adding to playlists, he's uploading photos. His profile photo was a white supremacist or an SS soldier. This was his profile photo. And the label is a photo of SS soldiers holding captured Soviet banners. Once appeared on a Facebook account belonging to him. This was his profile photo, you know what I mean? Wojtek's public Facebook profile, which is linked to from his profile and the federal employee tracker, Legistorm, shows that he follows a military reenactment group called LAH Living History Unit. It describes itself as a US-based historical reenacting society portraying the one SS Panzer Division, we are non-political group under the National World War II Living History Association. On its website, the group says it dresses up specifically as Adolf Hitler's bodyguards. What are you doing? This is the Republican Party. These are the people that work within the Republican Party. And you know, the people who are running these campaigns and these candidates either don't have the vetting team to figure it out or they don't care. And these are some of the photos that Stephen Wojtek had on his Facebook page where he was taking part in Nazi military exercises all the way back in 2018. Take a look at some of these photos that he had on his publicly available Facebook. This is what he was up to. Yeah, that's a guy working on a Senate campaign. Of course, he's quit now, but that's a guy that was working on a Senate campaign, a major, major Senate campaign. And of course, we have Mike Collins, the Republican running in Georgia against John Ossoff, who's had problems of his own. A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images, some Republicans see a pattern. Similar to the article we just talked about, a former staffer for Mike Collins shared images in June and July on his ex account of a swastika and one that depicts himself in KKK robes. The images found in a search by the Washington Post follow other controversial actions and rhetoric from former Collins staffers and other Collins associates that have dogged his Senate campaign. A number of people in Collins's orbit have been accused of having ties to white nationalists or of making racist or anti-Semitic comments, and the congressman's own social media presence has also drawn scrutiny because he has set some really awful things on social media. Several Republicans in Georgia told the Post that they have grown increasingly worried about what some call a pattern of troubling associations and behavior. I mean, it seems to be very present in the Republican Party and that's not the only person on Mike Collins's team who had some ties to the Nazi ideology. His chief of staff, chief of staff, so like, you know, a candidate's right hand man, a senators or representatives right hand man or woman, and that chief of staff was in a group chat with a bunch of nationalists who are famous for that ideology and he was participating in it. So this is a party wide thing. Not every Republican is a Nazi and associates with that ideology, not every Republican is a white supremacist. But every white supremacist and every Nazi seems to be a Republican. You know what I mean? It just seems to be kind of a pattern here, and I want to show you Senator John Asoff who's running against Collins and has called this stuff out, has called him out for his hateful ideology. And I want you to see this clip right here. It is great. And of course, I'm a big supporter of Senator John Asoff. This is another Democrat that people should be supporting and voting for if they are from the state of Georgia, living in the state of Georgia. So check out what Senator John Asoff had to say at a rally recently. It was great. Mike Collins, whose office kept some of America's most notorious white supremacists apprised of its efforts supporting a Holocaust denier. And we've seen some of the record because some of it leaked, but Mike still refuses to release those communications in full. Mike Collins needs to release every email, every text, every call, every single communication between those white supremacists and his office. Then there's the ex-staffer posting swastikas and clan regalia. Did you see that? And the neo-Nazi with a million followers who produces neo-Nazi propaganda at Mike Collins house while at the same time producing promotional content for Mike Collins business. Just stop and think about this for a second. A sitting congressman, currently running for a senate, hosts a neo-Nazi at his house. And that neo-Nazi produces neo-Nazi propaganda from the congressman's house. And the congressman won't, or maybe can't, get the neo-Nazi in his house to stop producing neo-Nazi content from his house while he's running for senate. But Athens, a man who won't take responsibility for what happens under his own roof, can't be trusted with our national affairs. Yeah, let him have a John. Let him have a John. He also called him a crumbling little bigot, which I just love. It's so accurate. And Mike still refuses to answer whether his business paid the neo-Nazi, or he just accepted the neo-Nazi service as a gift. The press asked him and he ran away. He literally ran away from a press conference. Did you see that? It was Mike Collins alone standing. in a field. A reporter asks if he paid the neo-Nazi, Mike won't answer. Another reporter asked if Mike Collins endorses white nationalism, Mike won't answer. Mike literally gets so scared you can see his hand shaking at the podium until he flees. A crumbling little bigot. And the sad spectacle if his collapsing campaign. But that's not the only question Mike won't answer, because Mike's like a scandal pinata. Every time you shake him, more misdeeds fall out. Oh my. He is cooking. You know, this is one of the best campaigns in the country right now for the Senate. It's John Ossoff and the people that are working on his campaign, people that are working behind the scenes. He is cooking with gas, cooking with gas. And he's right. Everything he said about Mike Collins is right. And this not only applies to Mike, but it applies to a bunch of Republicans in the party right now. And that is quite depressing. And that is, you know, even more so of a reason why we need to beat them in November, take back the house, take back the Senate. So one, we can stop Donald Trump, we can do some good things and also kick these freaks out of office. Anyway, I will leave the video there. Thank you so much for watching. Please make sure to subscribe down below, drop a like on the video, comment. Let me know what you think about the story. Everything we just talked about. Have an amazing rest of your day. Imagine setting your makeup. Then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new grippy setting mist from Mavily New York. 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Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Republican Party candidates and staffers have been repeatedly linked to Nazi sympathies, white supremacist ideologies, and offensive social media content, including SS soldier profile photos and playlists celebrating white-minority regimes.
  2. Specific individuals, such as Stephen WoTek, a political director for Senator John Hustead in Ohio, have posted Nazi-related imagery and participated in reenactments of Nazi military units, raising serious concerns about party vetting and ethical standards.
  3. Similar troubling associations have been found in the campaign of Mike Collins in Georgia, including former staff posting swastikas, a chief of staff involved in nationalist group chats, and a neo-Nazi staying at his home while producing hate propaganda—highlighting a broader pattern of extremist influence within the party.

Summary:

The Republican Party is facing a serious and growing problem involving extremist ideologies, particularly ties to Nazism and white supremacy, among its candidates and staff. Cases in Ohio and Georgia reveal specific instances where campaign personnel have used Nazi imagery, participated in white supremacist reenactments, or hosted neo-Nazi individuals. For example, Stephen WoTek, a political director for Ohio Senate candidate John Hustead, displayed SS soldier profile photos and joined a group that portrays Adolf Hitler’s bodyguards, while a former staffer for Mike Collins in Georgia shared swastikas and Nazi-related content.

Additionally, Mike Collins’ chief of staff was found in nationalist group chats, and a neo-Nazi was reported to have lived at Collins’ home, producing hate propaganda while promoting his political campaign. These actions demonstrate a pattern of extremist behavior within GOP ranks, with many candidates refusing to disclose full records of their interactions with white supremacists. Critics argue that the party lacks adequate vetting processes and shows systemic disregard for harmful ideologies.

The speaker urges voters to support Democratic opponents—such as Senator John Ossoff in Georgia—who have directly addressed these issues and stand against hate. This crisis reflects deeper issues of accountability, integrity, and moral leadership within the Republican Party, raising serious concerns about its viability and credibility in national politics.

FAQs

A former campaign staffer, Stephen WoTek, used a photo of SS soldiers as his Facebook profile and participated in historical reenactments involving Nazi military units. The campaign fired him after being contacted by the Washington Post, but did not disclose whether they vetted his social media history before hiring him.

WoTek stated he regretted posting content online and claimed he lacked judgment, saying he did not want it to distract from Hustead's campaign. He expressed heartbreak over being fired but did not apologize for his past activities.

WoTek followed and participated in a military reenactment group called LAH Living History Unit, which portrays itself as dressing up as Adolf Hitler’s bodyguards and reenacts activities associated with the SS.

Yes, a former staffer posted images of swastikas and KKK robes, and a chief of staff was found in a group chat with white nationalists. These incidents have raised concerns about ties to racist ideologies within Collins' campaign.

Yes, reports indicate that a neo-Nazi with a large following produced neo-Nazi propaganda at Mike Collins' residence while also creating promotional content for Collins' business.

Yes, when questioned about whether he paid the neo-Nazi or endorsed white nationalism, Collins refused to answer, reportedly fleeing a press conference and showing signs of fear and discomfort.

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