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K-File Report Details Rep. Mike Collins Violent Social Jokes

By Drooid · Oct 24, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC · How we work

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CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski released a K-File report exposing Rep. Mike Collins’s social-media comments.
Collins joked about throwing political opponents, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, from an aircraft.
In August 2021 he shared a Taliban helicopter-hanging video, saying U.S. leaders deserved that fate.
Collins downplayed the Jan. 6 riot in a 2025 post, calling participants “peaceful grandmothers.”
He denied being a white nationalist in the debate and said he condemns hate speech.

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CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski released a K-File report exposing Rep. Mike Collins’s social-media comments.
Collins joked about throwing political opponents, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, from an aircraft.
In August 2021 he shared a Taliban helicopter-hanging video, saying U.S. leaders deserved that fate.
Collins downplayed the Jan. 6 riot in a 2025 post, calling participants “peaceful grandmothers.”
He denied being a white nationalist in the debate and said he condemns hate speech.