Self-described ‘twink fascist’ posted Nazi and KKK images. He worked for Trump’s Georgia U.S. Senate nominee

A conservative operative who called himself a “twink fascist” posted a swastika made from the word “twink,” repeatedly used an anti-Black slur and shared an image depicting him in clothing closely resembling Ku Klux Klan regalia.

He also worked for Rep. Mike Collins, the Trump-endorsed Republican running in one of the most consequential Senate races in the country.

Preston Parra, 24, interned in Collins’ congressional office for two months in 2024 before becoming a contractor for the Georgia Republican’s leadership political action committee, The Washington Post reports. Federal Election Commission records show Overhaul PAC paid Parra $7,700 for fundraising consulting in May 2025. Parra said he worked for the organization for several months.

The revelation would be remarkable in any campaign. Around Collins, it has begun to look less like an aberration and more like a recurring feature.

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It also adds a particularly strange wrinkle to Collins’ record on LGBTQ+ issues. The congressman has built part of his political identity by attacking transgender people, supporting legislation that would criminalize certain gender-affirming care for minors and arguing that transgender women should be excluded from women’s sports.

In April, The Advocate uncovered photographs of Collins in drag, wearing a floral dress and long wig during a high school homecoming tradition in 1985. His communications director responded by attacking people whose brains, she claimed, had been damaged by hormones and “over-sexualization.”

Collins has called gender-affirming care “radical woke ideology.” He mocked Transgender Day of Visibility with a photograph of a car bearing a Confederate flag license plate. He also said Washington Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde should be placed on a “deportation list” after she pleaded with President Donald Trump to show mercy toward LGBTQ+ people and immigrants.

Parra identified himself as a “twink fascist” in his X biography until he changed it and made his posts private Sunday, according to the Post. “Twink” generally refers to a young, slim gay man.

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One of Parra’s posts further intertwined the story with a notorious figure in the anti-LGBTQ+ religious right.

On June 30, Parra responded to a post by Arizona preacher Steven Anderson, who had declared that long robes were an immediate sign of a false teacher. Parra wrote, “My live reaction,” and attached an image depicting him in a white robe with red trim, holding a pointed white hood bearing a red cross. The clothing closely resembled Klan regalia.

Parra told the Post that he created the image using Grok, the artificial intelligence tool built into Elon Musk’s X platform.

Anderson leads Faithful Word Baptist Church and has advocated executing gay people. He also celebrated the 2016 massacre at Pulse, the LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando, by saying the attack meant there were fewer gay people in the world. The Advocate has previously reported on Anderson’s violent anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and his claim that gay and lesbian people are predators seeking to recruit others.

In July, Parra posted an image of a swastika constructed from repeated instances of the word “twink.” His account also included multiple uses of an anti-Black slur and the phrase “White Power.” In December, Parra promoted Collins’ candidacy within hours of posting a German lyric that became closely associated with Nazi rule.

Parra described much of the material as “satirical” and characterized himself as a provocateur. He denied being a white supremacist, citing his religious beliefs and his Colombian father, before adding, “I do think that the white race contributes more to the world.”

His consulting website includes an endorsement attributed to Collins praising the quality of Parra’s digital “product.” Parra said Collins was referring to video clips he created from the congressman’s appearances, not the material on his personal X account, the Post reports.

Parra has also made clear that he expects his political associates to embrace him openly. “If you’re ashamed to associate with me publicly then hell, I don’t even want to know you,” he wrote on X on August 15.

Eleven days later, Parra claimed a direct connection to Trump’s political operation. “Who did Trump hire to win Georgia? ME,” he wrote Wednesday morning.

By Wednesday evening, hours before the Post published its findings, Parra was preemptively dismissing the reporting without addressing any specific allegation. “The Washington Post is doing a hit piece on me tmrw,” he wrote.

Collins’ campaign did not answer the Post’s detailed questions about Parra or say whether the congressman still stood by the endorsement displayed on Parra’s website. A spokesperson said Collins considers antisemitism “abhorrent,” then pivoted to accusing his Democratic opponent, Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, of failing to condemn antisemitism on the left sufficiently, the Post reports.

Parra is only the latest person in Collins’ orbit to face scrutiny involving white nationalism, Nazism or antisemitism.

Collins replaced chief of staff Kip Talley in July after Slate reported that Talley participated in a group chat that included Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer, two prominent white supremacists and antisemites. CNN reported that Collins’ son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, shared Nazi propaganda and considered making a video about why members of Generation Z supposedly do not hate Adolf Hitler.

Another former Collins digital staffer, William Paul, the son of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, hurled antisemitic insults at New York Rep. Mike Lawler during a May confrontation at a Washington bar. Paul later apologized and said he was seeking help for alcohol use.

Collins’ own social media activity has drawn allegations of racism and antisemitism. In 2024, he approvingly shared a video in which a white college student made ape-like noises at a Black protester. Collins later said he had not noticed that portion of the video and disavowed racism.

Collins won the Republican Senate nomination with Trump’s endorsement and will face Ossoff in November. Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority, making Georgia one of the states that could determine control of the chamber.

Several Georgia Republicans told the Post that they increasingly see a pattern surrounding Collins and fear it could cost their party the race.

That is now the question following Collins into the general election: How many provocateurs, racist posts and Nazi references can collect around one candidate before the people surrounding him become part of the candidate’s own record?