Press Releases

Press Release / Thursday Oct 29, 2020

FACT CHECK: Senator Collins Opened Last Night’s Debate With A String Of Falsehoods About Health Care

In last night’s fifth and final debate in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, Senator Collins wasted no time getting to her latest round of desperate and misleading attacks. Collins used her opening statement to sling a series of blatantly false attacks in a flailing attempt to distract from her own record of voting to eliminate Mainers’ health care.

Let’s take a closer look at how Collins parroted pharma and insurance industry propaganda and claims that have been debunked by independent fact checkers:

Press Release / Thursday Oct 29, 2020

As Trump Campaign Flouts Public Health Guidance And Maine COVID Cases Spike, Will Senator Collins Condemn The Trump Campaign’s Reckless Behavior?

This week, new reporting revealed that following Mike Pence's rally in Maine, at least one elected official was notified they may have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-

Press Release / Wednesday Oct 28, 2020

In Final Debate, Senator Collins Misleads Mainers About Her Record Of Rubberstamping Trump’s Agenda

With less than one week left to Election Day, Collins refused to be honest about her support for Trump and doubled down on misleading campaign tactics

Press Release / Wednesday Oct 28, 2020

REFUSIN’ SUSAN’S LAST HURRAH: After 682 Days of Refusing To Be Honest With Mainers, Collins Dodges Again In Final Debate

In the final debate of Maine’s U.S. Senate race, Senator Collins refused what will likely be her last best opportunity to tell Mainers the truth about who she thinks should be leading the country.

Press Release / Wednesday Oct 28, 2020

Trump’s Threats to Social Security and Medicare Have Endangered Older Mainers

When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he made a cacophony of promises about protecting Social Security and Medicare, but since taking office, he’s repeatedly attacked the two earned benefit programs, threatening the lifeline of the one in four Mainers who rely on Social Security and Medicare to survive.

Press Release / Wednesday Oct 28, 2020

NEW REPORT: Private Equity Billionaire Ramped Up Donations To Senator Collins After Her Pivotal Vote For GOP Tax Giveaway

A new report in Beacon digs into how Senator Collins’ biggest billionaire backer escalated his political giving following her key vote for the 2017 GOP tax bill.

Press Release / Wednesday Oct 28, 2020

ICYMI: Press Herald Editorial Board Slams Republicans For Failing To Pass COVID Relief After Senator Collins Was “Unable” To Secure An Adequate Offer

“There simply is a fundamental difference in how the two major parties are approaching the response. Democrats are offering substantial aid [...] Republicans, for the most part, have given up trying to do anything.” 

A new editorial from the Portland Press Herald excoriates Senate Republicans for ramming through a partisan Supreme Court confirmation in record time and then leaving town without passing a desperately needed coronavirus aid package.

Press Release / Wednesday Oct 28, 2020

REFUSIN’ SUSAN’S FINAL SHOT: As She Takes the Debate Stage for the Final Time, Collins Is Still Refusing to Tell Mainers Whether She’s Voting for Trump

Collins has already requested an absentee ballot to vote in the presidential election, but continues to dodge questions about who she’s supporting

Press Release / Wednesday Oct 28, 2020

Maine Democratic Party Statement on Trump Bus Tour Stop in Gorham

In response to the Trump Bus Tour

Press Release / Tuesday Oct 27, 2020

Trump Plowing Ahead With Lawsuit to Derail Maine’s Health Care System Made Possible by Senator Collins

In Two Weeks, Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments to “Terminate” Affordable Care Act