Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) is facing another white supremacist scandal involving a former staffer, and some Republicans are worried his associations could hurt the party’s chances of winning a Senate seat.

The Georgia Republican is challenging Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in November’s election. But the Washington Post reported Thursday that former intern Preston Parra, 24, posted images of a swastika on his X account and an AI-generated image of himself wearing Ku Klux Klan robes. Parra also told the newspaper that he believes "the white race contributes more to the world."

The report adds fresh scrutiny to a campaign already under pressure to explain repeated controversies involving people around Collins. He has been accused of posting racist and antisemitic content on social media. His former chief of staff, Brandon Phillips, was dismissed after a vulgar post about a rival campaign operative. A later chief of staff, Kip Talley, was replaced last month after a report that he joined a group chat with white nationalists Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer.

Ex-aide William Paul, the son of Sen. Rand Paul, was also caught on video hurling antisemitic insults at Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) at a bar. Collins’s son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, has also shared Nazi imagery online, including polling followers on a video titled "why Gen-Z doesn't hate Hitler."

That has led critics, including some Republicans, to argue the pattern is unmistakable and politically damaging at a moment when Collins is trying to present himself as a viable statewide nominee.

"Swastikas and the Klan," Ossoff said. "Another week, another scandal for the bigot Congressman Mike Collins and his collapsing Senate campaign."

Georgia-based conservative pundit Erik Erikson said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the problem is this is an ongoing pattern with those Mike Collins has hired and he has tended to keep them until it becomes too politically inconvenient."

The Dispatch’s Mike Nelson wrote, "Weird how Collins just keeps having people all over his campaign and family who are outright Nazis. Just crazy bad luck, I'm sure."

Lawfare’s Eric Columbus said, "Why does this keep happening to Mike Collins? He has such bad luck."

Georgia state Rep. Esther Panich, a Democrat, said, "The white supremacists feel welcome in Mike Collins' home and his office. Why is that?"

Retired nuclear scientist Cheryl Rofer said, "This is what the Republican Party Is offering. Nazi is as Nazi does."

Legal expert Marcy Wheeler asked, "Will the GOP disavow Mike Collins, who is ON THE BALLOT and far more extreme than @hasanthehun ?"

Georgia journalist Jay Bookman said, "The first time it happens can be an accident. The second time it happens can be a coincidence. The third time it happens you might be on to something. The fourth time it happens?"

Journalist Zaid Jilani added, "None of you guys believed me when I said Mike Collins is a worse candidate than Herschel Walker. Believe me now?"