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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins blasted Democrats as “shameful” for opposing a resolution honoring Charlie Kirk and condemning his assassin — but he didn’t vote on the bill himself.

The Senate candidate posted the broadside after Friday morning’s vote, only to delete it after journalists and others pointed out his own absence from the roll call.

A Collins aide told us the Jackson Republican mistakenly walked off the House floor believing he had cast his vote. “He owns it,” said the aide.

The lapse handed fresh ammunition to critics of Collins, who is one of three prominent Republicans competing to challenge incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff .

Derek Dooley, the former football coach turned Senate rival, delivered his sharpest direct attack y

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