Collins: Abortion ruling 'inconsistent' with what Gorsuch, Kavanaugh told me

[AZProgressive]

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Friday said conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch misled her about their views on the importance of Supreme Court precedent during their confirmation proceedings in 2017 and 2018.

Collins, who voted to confirm then-President Trump’s first two conservative nominees to the court despite her support for abortion rights, has said she believed those justices would hold up important precedents such as Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. A court majority that included Kavanaugh and Gorsuch struck down that right on Friday.

“This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon,” Collins said, explaining her votes for those nominees during the Trump administration.

Collins joined Democrats Friday in denouncing the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3536066-collins-abortion-ruling-inconsistent-with-what-gorsuch-kavanaugh-told-me/

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Oh please.

[FalloutShelter]

2. Go away Susan.

Resign in disgrace.

[Blue Owl]

3. Awww... poor Simpering Susan was told there would be cake...

[Deuxcents]

4. She's shocked. Just shocked

[unblock]

5. "Golly gee I'm just such a poor judge of character! Vote for me again please!"

[Bluethroughu]

6. This is important because everything that represents freedom is next.

When you put lying, unethical, immoral nuts on the court, you get rights our country has already done the work for, taken away.

Thanks Republicans for managing to drag us back 100 years.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. Glitch your pearls and stomp your feet. Susie!

You were LIED to! Go fuck yourself ! You are worthless!

[Volaris]

8. Well, then that means they lied to you UNDER OATH. The next question is,

What will you do about it?
Be concerned, I suppose.

[budkin]

9. "Concerned" once again

At least we have her for another 4+ years!

[agingdem]

10. shut the fuck up, Susie..

you have the credibility of a cockroach of which you are one

[Baked Potato]

11. Easily misled Susan says, what?

[Claustrum]

12. Reporters need to ask her if she could vote again, would she vote for them again? n/t

[NowISeetheLight]

13. Of course they lied...

And you were more than happy to drink their kool-aid.

[Mike Nelson]

14. Well...

... I don't know what they said to her in person, but I suspect it's the same as their public stance... "It's settled precedent..." YES, true, until it's unsettled! I think Susan's lying... they were obviously being evasive and deceptive. She's smart enough to know that... she's really stupid, or she thinks we are.

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. Fuck you Susan. I can call you Susan, right.

Denounced? What are you gonna do about it? Not a GODDAMNED thing.

[elleng]

16. It's VERY good that she has said this,

and FOOLISH for those who complain about her on this matter.

[Karma13612]

37. Interesting take on it.

Most of us knew all along that she was prevaricating.

There was nothing we could do about it unless we were Maine voters. They seemed to still believe in her even after the Kavanaugh hearing. Enuf to re-elect her.

Sigh

Why are we foolish to complain about her?

[DFW]

17. Will Collins now vote for laws that protect women's rights?

Will she in fact do anything at all to protect the rights of the women whose lives she just ruined?
Don’t hold your breath.
Godot will show up first.

[BannonsLiver]

18. Is seppuku still a thing in Japan?

[DBoon]

19. Does Susan still believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny too?

[3catwoman3]

20. Well, then, you got snookered, Susie.

Big time.

[dweller]

21. Once more with an angry feeling

✌🏻

[delisen]

22. And what is she going to do about it?

[spooky3]

23. I think Susan has learned her lesson now. Nt

/sarcasm

[Thomas Hurt]

24. Media still can't a call a liar, a fn liar.

[onethatcares]

25. does she have a case of the vapors now?

or was she so overcome with their judicial acumen that she couldn't help herself?

[Baltimike]

26. She's sooo concerned, she might talk to her Russian asset hubby abut it. nt

[milestogo]

27. DUH.

[CentralMass]

28. Hey Susan, go fuck yourself.

[NNadir]

29. Bullshit. Like most republicans, Susan, you're a liar. The reality is you never gave a shit...

...about women's rights to control their own bodies. You're in a party of male white supremacists, and you fucking know it.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

30. Here's a bucket of Maine sand, Susan...

Now, POUND IT, Susan. Right up where the sun don't shine. Every last fucking ounce. POUND IT!!!

[dem4decades]

31. Fuck Susan and fuck Maine too.

[jpak]

33. No just fuck Suzie

Yup

[dem4decades]

35. Well then, Bless their hearts, the good people of Maine that keep electing Susan Collins.

[uncle ray]

38. Bless their hearts sideways with a 2x4.

[NNadir]

43. I'd rather not.

I've never been attracted to ignorant hicks which shows in who I chose to marry.

I don't know very many Mainers, but I have a low opinion of some of the few that I've experienced.

What I know of the State politically is that they like ignorant hicks enough to keep electing them to high office.

In her own analysis, she's a gullible rube not worthy of a position of responsibility.

Alternatively, in my analysis, she's a member of a party of racist violent thugs who don't give a shit about women, want to overthrow our government and install a theocratic government.

She gets re-elected, again and again and again in Maine.

[jpak]

32. What a stupid POS

Maine people know exactly what you are...

Yup

[dem4decades]

36. Well if the people of Maine knows who Collins is, why defend them.

[Karma13612]

34. They were insistent until they weren't.

Susan honey, HOW did you ever get elected, and re-elected?

You really take the cake. I wonder if you fall for every phone scam when your home phone rings, as well.

Gawd what mess.

[regnaD kciN]

39. Wake up, little Susie...

[UpInArms]

40. I thought this would be from the Onion

Fuck yourself with a chainsaw, Susan

[d_r]

41. I guess they just

Hadnt heard the convincing argument of the Mississippi State legislature yet

[sakabatou]

42. O NOES! The concern troll is concerned.

[LW1977]

44. And that Nigerian Prince that promised you his fortune was inconsistent when you gave him your check

And that Nigerian Prince that promised you his fortune was inconsistent when you gave him your checking and routing numbers and he cleaned you out!

[spanone]

45. If you're at all concerned, why don't you hold congressional hearings on it?

Play the video and have them tell you why they lied to you and America.

[Retrograde]

46. But entirely consistent with their previous actions

Gorsuch ruled that it was OK for a company to let its truck drivers freeze to death. Kavanaugh has been credibly accused of attempted rape, and when he was on a lower court used a number of legal maneuvers to prevent a young immigrant woman in custody from getting the abortion she wanted. So she should have known how they would treat a relatively powerless class.

[Coventina]

47. And what is she going to do about it?

[ArnoldLayne]

48. I bet she's quite upset at being lied to

[Blaukraut]

49. Does she realize she comes across as either a liar or stupid?

Neither option is very flattering

[BumRushDaShow]

50. So Susan, slap your name up as a co-sponsor of a bill that codifies women's health rights

and get 9 more of your "concerned" compatriots to vote for it.

I'll wait....

[Demsrule86]

51. Fuck you Susan...liar. I hope you realize that you have blood on your slimy Republican hands.