WASHINGTON _ A leading national conservative group, the American Conservative Union, is endorsing Republican Rep. Doug Collins in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate special election.
ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp told McClatchy in an interview that Collins' history of support for conservative principles and Loeffler's pandemic stock sales were factors in the endorsement.
Schlapp said that Collins' defense of President Donald Trump during his impeachment trial and concerns that Democrats will use the procedure to try to remove Trump from office again also played heavily in the group's decision-making.
