ME-GOV: Sen. Collins to endorse LePage as he launches campaign for governor

[RandySF]

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will endorse former Republican Gov. Paul LePage Wednesday in a pre-recorded video as LePage kicks off his campaign to challenge Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in 2022.

Collins, who is serving her fifth consecutive term in the Senate, won reelection in 2020 with 51 percent of vote.

“As Maine recovers from the pandemic, Paul is the best candidate to grow our economy,” Collins says in the minute long video, which was released exclusively to the Press Herald on Wednesday afternoon.

“Paul and I believe that Maine’s small businesses our the backbone of our economy,” Collins says. “We must support our job creators and Maine’s hard-working families. Paul is a job creator, that’s his background, he’s done it before and he will do it again.”


https://www.pressherald.com/2021/09/22/collins-endorsing-lepage-as-he-launches-campaign-for-governor/

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

1. Not up for re-election until 2026

Doesn’t have to answer to the voters, so she doesn’t have to pretend to be moderate.

[JohnSJ]

4. She did answer to her voters in 2120, and unfortunately Maine did not distinguish itself by

re-electing her

Obviously LePage's racist remarks and attitude do not bother her

[Norbert]

10. I'm sure she is 'deeply concerned'

for the next five minutes anyway.

[JohnSJ]

12. Exactly

[Bleacher Creature]

2. She's liberated from having to pretend to be moderate.

As happy as I was when Biden won, losing the Senate race in Maine put a huge damper on Election Day 2020. Sigh . . .

[Lovie777]

3. I could be wrong, but I don't think he's gonna win .. .

[JohnSJ]

7. As long as the opposition do not split the vote

[Harker]

5. She's as nuts as he is.

It's very difficult to rank Lepage's atrocious beliefs.

He's utterly deplorable.

[Vinca]

6. File this under "Collins Sinks to New Low."

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Back to Job Creationist Theory? Like these people are Gods?

[PatSeg]

9. How on earth is that woman still in the senate?

Paul LePage was as big a joke as Donald Trump and surely she knows that.

[badhair77]

11. Oh good grief.

These idiots never go away.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Fuck you, Soozie