Sen Collins on Face the nation....She needs to be voted out, complete sell out.

[sunonmars]

Link to tweet

SenatorCollins says she doesn't support legislative efforts to stop family separation because she thinks the bills on offer are "far too broad." Adds that she supports building the wall as part of a comprehensive solution.


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I want her gone, the people of Maine need to make life hell for her. She has gone completely to the dark side.

[vi5]

1. There are a bunch of Dems who also need to state their position....

...I saw the list yesterday of the 10 or so Democratic Senators who have not yet signed on to Feingold's bill.

This is not something that is negotiable. This is not something that depends on one's state or constituents. This is human rights and I don't want to hear any bullshit about how any of them vote with us 75% of the time or will vote for Majority Leader Schumer or any of the other excuses. This is a matter of being for or against tearing children away from their parents and putting them in concentration camps. If you can't go on record as being against that and in favor of a bill that will clearly do that then I haven no use for you, 75% voting and Majority Leader Schumer or not.

[Anon-C]

10. ...

I agree, if ever there was a litmus test...

[Demsrule86]

18. Leave Democrats out of this.

The Republicans did this...not Democrats. And red state Democrats need to win their elections...unless we can get a bill there is o need to risk it. Can you imagine what will happen if Republicans win more senate seats and we don't get the house which is still gerrymandered and won't be a walk in the park. I am tired of seeing Democrats blamed for what Republicans do.

[Lars39]

23. These red state Democrats need to educate their citizens

and they can start by acting like humans and voting with the rest of the Democrats against this shit.

[NCTraveler]

24. But an op about Collins is the perfect place to fault Democrats.

If not now, when?

Oops. That’s right. It’s kind of proof that always is the right time.

[NewJeffCT]

29. I believe the only one left in the Senate is Manchin

I saw a tweet this morning that went something like "and with senators X and Y now supporting Feinstein's bill, we're at 98% of Senate Democrats opposing child separation, and 0% of Senate Republicans opposing child separation."

[vi5]

32. Good.....

Thanks for the information. And this doesn't fall under Manchin's 75% of the time he votes with us then I don't even have words for how unacceptable that is.

[NewJeffCT]

34. UPDATE - Manchin is now on board

So, all the Democrats, plus Sanders and King.

Can we have at least 2 Republicans sign on?

[vi5]

35. HA! Good one..

..I needed that laugh today. Thanks.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. In most cases, you get whatcha vote for...

the presidential election being the glaring exception.

[dalton99a]

3. No surprise. Collins voted to kill Obamacare and voted for the tax scam

[shraby]

4. She was always there. She will put out a little protest in that quavery voice she has then turn

right around and vote for the abominable legislation she protested about.

[gratuitous]

5. If you won't hold the administration accountable for crimes against humanity, Susan

I'll bet the voters of Maine can find someone else who will.

And if you build a wall, Susan, we'll tear it down, just as surely as that other wall erected by a dictatorial regime got taken down piece by piece. You're on the wrong side of history, and we will remember your cowardice in the face of oppression.

[Desert grandma]

6. She will only change her position on this

if enough of her constituents rise up in protest as they did for health care. We MUST make it riskier for these Republicans in swing-able states to support these outrageous immigration policies then it is for them to parrot the administrations words to the "base". Republicans are more concerned about power and keeping it than anything else. Let's make them own their policy positions in the midterms.

[awesomerwb1]

7. She's awful, but no one should be surprised

We give reps way too much credit when they get one vote right because they'll revert back to serving their party first, donors second, and constituents last almost immediately.

[MurrayDelph]

8. She likes to play moderate

because she is only 99% fascist, where the rest of the Republicans In Congress are between 125 and 437% fascist

(yes, I know it's mathematically impossible but ...)

[riversedge]

9. @SenatorCollins needs to submit her own bill if she thinks the current ones are

to broad. What a complete SOB

[hedda_foil]

11. I'm no Collins fan but she's absolutely right that the bill is far too broad.

It's not just the wall. As far as I'm concerned, I'd gladly let him build the damn wall in exchange for stopping this filthy policy and reuniting the currently separated families. The wall is just a thing. It won't stop illegal immigration any more than the Great Wall of China protects that country. It's a medieval solution at best.

The problem is that the bill Trump favors would, among other things, stop extended family reunification as an immigration policy, preventing people who are here legally from sponsoring other family members. In fact, it doesn't even provide for the reunification of the refugee mothers with their children.

[Demsrule86]

19. She didn't say the bill but a bill...she doesn't want a bill. The bill the GOP have The one she was

asked to join was the Democratic bill which was pretty good. The GOP bill would actually allow them to keep children indefinitely....of course no one should support that. She said we don't need any legislation...and in my opinion Republicans are never right. I would never defend this evil woman.

[LiberalArkie]

12. Why don't the conservatives go ahead and build a 16,000 volt 8 ft tall fence.

That way they could sell tv rights and make money watching the bodies fry on the wire.

[blue-wave]

13. I thought she was

one of the good ones. Not any more. I turn my back on any and all republicons now. They are all the same. What's next assholes? Concentration camps and reeducation for half the country?
There is a special place in hell for them all.

[Demsrule86]

21. Children are imprisoned and wearing numbers...we already have concentration camps.

[rockfordfile]

14. Sell out? she has always been a far right republican. Nothing new.

[flying-skeleton]

15. She's scared SHITLESS...

She's scared SHITLESS of trump voters.

[Demsrule86]

20. We need to show up in such numbers in 18 that they are terrified of us...

[NewJeffCT]

30. Agreed

After Mark Sanford was primaried and lost because of a few mild criticisms of Trump, I think any resistance from Congressional Republicans is going to drop to near zero now. They're terrified of the Trump base.

[Achilleaze]

16. She's a sad case

weak

[Demsrule86]

17. I hope someone is running against her...she voted to hurt healthcare pretending

she got some sort of deal which was a lie...she needs to be hammered everyday until she is gone...she is complicit in the kidnapping of children and must go.

[VOX]

22. A fair-weather moderate, she still points rightward when a breeze comes up.

Anyone who's Republican and either going along with the fascist dictator, or worse, remains SILENT in the face of totalitarianism. From the party that likes to toot its own horn about how much they LOVE the Constitution and ADHERE to it, they're sure having a whale of a time shredding that piece of paper.

[mainer]

25. Unfortunately she's not up for reelection this year

My hubby is headed to her office to protest on Weds.

[Buns_of_Fire]

26. Yet another one whose stated opinion means less than nothing.

On Sunday, she'll mealy-mouth her general disapproval (or general approval, depending on what's being discussed).

On Monday, when the rubber meets the road, she'll be lined up like the rest of her party to give a wet, sloppy kiss to Rump's enormous ass.

Guaranteed.

[Bleacher Creature]

27. She did NOT sell out.

Saying so implies that she was ever compassionate and/or moderate. That's never been the case.

[spanone]

28. there isn't a decent republican on earth

[workinclasszero]

31. No such thing as a good republican or a moderate one either

The GOP is now the Cult of Donald J Trump, fascist POS and child abuser, PERIOD!

They will not cross him, they can and will break the Constitution for him, sell out this country to the Russians for him, help him commit atrocities against innocent little children, and tell monstrous lies.

The GOP is a criminal org and an evil child abusing cult, period.

They need to be eradicated from the face of the earth, period.

[pwb]

33. They always have that smile that is suppose to signal all is well.

What it signals is I am a smiling liar. It doesn't fool most of us anymore.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

36. We'll work on it, but not an election year for her this year.

King is the one up for reelection this year. Going to using ranked choice voting in these US senate races now, so that might have an interesting outcome if an independent runs. It means the 50% of the vote is required to win.