CSPAN2 — Campaign 2026 U.S. Senate Candidate Mike Collins R-GA Speaks to...

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U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins (R-GA) delivered a concession speech to supporters on election night in Atlanta.<br /><br />Sponsor: Collins (Mike) Senatorial Campaign

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00:00:01CHEAP AND MIGHT MAKES RIGHT.
00:00:05SEE, WHEN EVA IS OLD ENOUGH TO
00:00:08ASK WHY I LET THIS HAPPEN, I'M DETERMINED TO ANSWER
00:00:13>> [APPLAUSE] >> TRUTHFULLY THAT I DIDN'T
00:00:16>> [APPLAUSE]
00:00:19>> I'LL TELL HER HOW. THE SAME YEAR SHE TURNED FIVE, GEORGIA
00:00:23OVERCAME EVERY DOUBT AND DIRTY TRICK NOT >> [APPLAUSE] >> JUST TO WIN, BUT TO SET A NEW
00:00:27COURSE FOR OUR STATE AND OUR
00:00:29COUNTRY AND OUR WORLD. THAT WE
00:00:33DEFENDED VOTING RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT HOME. THAT WE RESTORED
00:00:36AMERICAN LEADERSHIP TOWARD PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE
00:00:40WORLD. THAT WE FINALLY ACTED TO BAN CORPORATE MONEY AND SECRET
00:00:44MONEY FROM OUR POLITICS, AND
00:00:47THAT WE GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE
00:00:50FOR EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN. THANK
00:00:52YOU, GEORGIA. TONIGHT, WE
00:00:56CELEBRATE THIS VICTORY. AND
00:00:58TOMORROW WE GET BACK TO >> [APPLAUSE] >> WORK. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:02>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GEORGIA. >> [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:05>> THANK YOU. >> [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
00:01:08>> [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC]
00:01:15>> NOW, THE CONCESSION SPEECH IN THAT U.S. SENATE RACE
00:01:18>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:01:24>> MY GOODNESS. WELL, HELLO, GEORGIA.
00:01:27>> [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO
00:01:31GET TO THE MESSAGE IN JUST A SECOND. BUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I THAT I REALLY WANT TO
00:01:35SHARE WITH YOU. AND I JUST WANT
00:01:37TO SAY, Y'ALL, I HAVE HAD AN
00:01:40AMAZING AND BLESSED LIFE. I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE BEEN
00:01:43SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD. I'VE
00:01:46BEEN MARRIED FOR 37 YEARS NOW.
00:01:49WE'VE, WE'VE GOT THREE GREAT GROWN, GROWN KIDS AND, UH, SEVEN
00:01:53INCREDIBLE GRANDKIDS. AND THEY'VE BEEN WITH ME EVERY STEP
00:01:56OF THE WAY AND EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE, YOU AND I ALSO, I'VE,
00:02:00I'VE FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS
00:02:02OF A, OF A GREAT MAN WHO ALSO
00:02:05TOOK HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PUBLIC LIFE
00:02:09AND SERVED HIS STATE AND COUNTRY
00:02:13IN CONGRESS. AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET ON THIS
00:02:16JOURNEY THAT, UH, THAT HE ALSO
00:02:19TOUCHED AND THAT THEY ALSO HAVE
00:02:21THEIR OWN MAC COLLINS STORY. SO,
00:02:24BUT, UH, THAT I COULD TAKE THAT
00:02:27SAME EXPERIENCE, Y'ALL. AND THE
00:02:29SAME INDUSTRY AND GO TO WASHINGTON AND DELIVER RESULTS
00:02:33AND BE PRODUCTIVE AND PUT OUR,
00:02:34OUR STATE FIRST. IT'S BECAUSE
00:02:37I'D ALREADY WATCHED A GREAT MAN DO THAT. AND, AND ON THAT NOTE,
00:02:41Y'ALL, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'VE, WE'VE SUCCEEDED.
00:02:44WHETHER, WHETHER THAT BE THE, THE TRACK ACT TO GET DRUGS OFF
00:02:46OUR STREETS, TAKING CARE OF THE
00:02:49PORT OF SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK
00:02:52AND AUGUSTA'S WATER OR, OR THE LAKEN RILEY ACT. ARE Y'ALL JUST
00:02:55ANYTHING IN BETWEEN AND AND, AND
00:02:58IT, IT WASN'T JUST MY DAD OUT
00:02:59THERE, Y'ALL. IT WAS MY MOM. SHE
00:03:03WAS ALWAYS WITH HIM. AND AND HAS BEEN A BIG PART IN, IN ALL OUR
00:03:07LIVES. YOU KNOW, SHE OFTEN, SHE OFTEN LOOKS AT THE PICTURES OF,
00:03:10OF US OUT THERE ON THE ROAD. AND
00:03:12SHE TELLS ME, MIKE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALWAYS SO HAPPY AND
00:03:16YOU'RE ALWAYS SMILING. AND YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ALWAYS JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME. AND, YOU
00:03:19KNOW, THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU. IT'S BECAUSE OF
00:03:23MY SUPPORTERS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT THAT SMILES ALL THE
00:03:27TIME. I MEAN, MY STAFF KNOWS
00:03:28THAT. BUT Y'ALL, WHEN I GET OUT
00:03:31OF THAT TRUCK AND, AND GET IN A CROWD, Y'ALL GIVE ME THE FUEL.
00:03:35Y'ALL GIVE ME THE FUEL TO KEEP GOING. AND, AND SEEING Y'ALL IN
00:03:39THE FIGHT, IT'S JUST THE, THE MAGIC THAT'S ALLOWED ME TO KEEP
00:03:43ON TRUCKING OUT THERE. NOW,
00:03:45Y'ALL, Y'ALL HEARD ME SAY IT
00:03:47TIME AND TIME AGAIN OUT THERE. THE THE GOOD LORD PUT ME ON THIS
00:03:51EARTH TO WORK IN Y'ALL. AND I
00:03:54ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. I LOVE
00:03:56RUNNING HARD. AND, AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING THAT THE THAT THE LORD
00:04:00HAS SURROUNDED ME WITH, WITH A
00:04:01TEAM THAT WOULD PROBABLY TRY TO
00:04:04OUTWORK ME IF I GAVE THEM THE CHANCE. I MEAN, THEY WORK AS
00:04:07HARD AS I DO, AND THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. AND, AND
00:04:11THEY KNOW THE MISSION. AND, AND I COULDN'T HAVE, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT MY TEAM.
00:04:15SO, SO THANK >> [APPLAUSE] >> YOU, THANK YOU.
00:04:19>> [APPLAUSE]
00:04:25>> NOW, NOW, FOLKS, WHEN I, UH, WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR CONGRESS, I
00:04:29TOLD YOU I WAS RUNNING FOR SEVERAL REASONS. I WANTED TO
00:04:32MAKE SURE THAT WE BACK OUR VETERANS, SUPPORT OUR MEN AND
00:04:36WOMEN IN BLUE. BECAUSE, Y'ALL, I WAS SO SICK AND TIRED OF, OF
00:04:39HEARING PEOPLE SAY DEFUND THE
00:04:41POLICE. I JUST COULDN'T STAND IT. YOU KNOW, I ALSO WENT UP
00:04:44THERE BECAUSE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE UPCOMING GENERATION
00:04:48JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME
00:04:49OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAD I BUILT
00:04:53MY FIRST HOUSE AT 22 AND STARTED
00:04:55MY FIRST BUSINESS AT 24. AND
00:04:57THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE
00:05:00OPPORTUNITIES TODAY. AND WE'VE
00:05:01GOT TO GET TAXES AND REGULATIONS
00:05:04UNDER CONTROL. MAKE SURE THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE SENT
00:05:08HOME, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN CHASE THEIR VERSION
00:05:12OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. Y'ALL, TONIGHT. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT
00:05:15THAT WE HAVE DELIVERED ON THOSE
00:05:20FRONTS. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:05:21>> AND
00:05:31IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, AN HONOR,
00:05:33AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE UNDER
00:05:35THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BEST PRESIDENT LIFETIME. THAT IS,
00:05:39PRESIDENT >> [APPLAUSE] >> DONALD J. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:05:43>> TRUMP.
00:05:43>> [APPLAUSE]
00:05:51>> HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE 10th DISTRICT OF
00:05:54GEORGIA. NOW, YOU KNOW THE RESULTS. THE RESULTS MAY NOT BE
00:05:57WHAT WE WANTED TONIGHT, BUT
00:06:00Y'ALL. THAT'S OKAY. UH, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND,
00:06:04AND, AND WHATEVER CAPACITY I'M AFFORDED. AND, AND I LOOK
00:06:08FORWARD TO WHATEVER THE GOOD LORD HAS IN STORE FOR US.
00:06:10LISTEN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY OUT THERE. THANK YOU.
00:06:13I, I, I FELT THEM. I THANK YOU
00:06:16FOR YOUR PRAYERS, FOR YOUR
00:06:18COMFORT, YOUR SUPPORT, AND YOUR
00:06:20TIME. GOD BLESS YOU. AND, AND GOD
00:06:24>> [APPLAUSE] >> BLESS GEORGIA. >> [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
00:06:27>> [APPLAUSE]
00:06:36>> C-SPAN'S CAMPAIGN 2026. COVERAGE OF VICTORY SPEECHES CONTINUES NOW FROM NORTH
00:06:40CAROLINA. THAT'S WHERE DEMOCRAT ROY COOPER HAS WON THE RACE TO BE THE NEXT U.S. SENATOR FROM
00:06:43THE TAR HEEL STATE. MR. COOPER, A FORMER NORTH CAROLINA
00:06:47GOVERNOR, BEAT REPUBLICAN MICHAEL WHATLEY TO REPLACE
00:06:50RETIRING SENATOR THOM TILLIS. HE SPOKE WITH SUPPORTERS SHORTLY
00:06:54AFTER BEING DECLARED THE WINNER
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