Senator Susan Collins may have skipped the Republican National Convention this week to avoid Trump, but she wasn’t able to hide from scrutiny of her refusal to be honest with Mainers about how she’s voting for the last 621 days.
Here are just a few of the things that went wrong for Senator Collins this week:
TUESDAY: Maine GOP Chair Gives Away The Store While Collins Dodges Questions On Trump Twice In One Day
After Maine GOP Chair Demi Kouzounas tipped her hand by revealing to reporters that Collins and Trump “both support each other,” Collins spent her day on the campaign trail dodging questions from both television and radio reporters about her presidential vote.
THURSDAY: Collins’ Wall Street Backers Get Desperate, Launch New Ads To Save Her Seat
Senator Collins was already a banking industry darling but just in case Mainers need any more proof that she’s in the pocket of Wall Street, now all they need to do is turn on their TVs. That’s because this week, the American Bankers Association launched new ads praising Collins for her work on a program that allowed banks to collect up to $24 billion this year.
FRIDAY: Collins Tries To Paper Over Abysmal Health Care Record With Misleading Ad On Pre-Existing Conditions
It’s clear that Collins is feeling the heat on her record of voting to put Mainers’ health care at risk because today her campaign launched a deceptive new ad attempting to paint her as a champion for people with pre-existing conditions. In reality, she voted a dozen times to repeal or undermine the ACA, which guaranteed protections for Americans with preexisting conditions. Now, her vote for the GOP tax bill has set the stage for a Republican lawsuit that could strike down the entire health care law and eliminate coverage for nearly 100,000 Mainers.
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