With scrutiny intensifying over her absurd excuses to dodge questions about Trump, Senator Collins continues to slip in the polls

 

A new poll out today from Public Policy Polling shows Speaker Sara Gideon leading Senator Susan Collins by five points -- an even larger lead than PPP reported earlier this month in a poll that showed Collins’ approval rating in Maine was even lower than Donald Trump’s.

 

Senator Collins’ continued decline in polls comes amid a week of intensified scrutiny over her continued refusal to tell Mainers the truth about whether she supports Trump’s reelection. As journalists attempted to untangle her web of contradictory excuses they found that even if you follow Collins’ “tortured logic,” an analysis of the facts proves that her reasoning “doesn’t add up.” 

 

Follow along on a few of the other highlights from Collins’ grim week on the campaign trail:

 

Collins Contradicts Her Latest Excuse For Refusing To Say If She's Voting For Trump

 

Collins’ latest justification, that she can’t answer questions about her presidential vote because she’s in a “difficult race,” was contradicted by her own assertion that her 2008 reelection was a “very tough campaign.” In 2008, Collins enthusiastically supported John McCain and even served as a campaign co-chairwoman for him in Maine, even when she was running her own campaign against an opponent she describes as “very formidable.” 

 

Campaign Finance Filings Reveal Collins Continued To Take Money From Big Pharma Exec Who Downplayed Threat Of Coronavirus

 

FEC filings for the second quarter showed that after attending a high dollar fundraiser at the home of big pharma executive and Trump campaign finance chair Bob Hugin earlier this year, Senator Collins accepted an additional five figures in contributions from the price gouging executive and his wife this spring.

 

Votes In Favor Of Plans To Cut Social Security And Medicare Continue To Haunt Collins’ Reelection Effort

 

This week marked the nine year anniversary of Senator Collins’ vote for a Republican spending plan that would have necessitated “draconian” cuts to Social Security and Medicare. As Collins attempts to make her case for reelection, the hundreds of thousands of Mainers who rely on these critical programs won’t forget her votes to put their benefits at risk.

 

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