After attempting to take political cover in the impeachment trial by getting a hall pass from Mitch McConnell, Senator Susan Collins continues to face an onslaught of criticism from Mainers who can see right through her flimsy charade.
As Collins looks ahead to a final vote in the first impeachment trial in our nation’s history to not include witnesses, she is still claiming to be a champion for a fair trial. But after her twelve votes against including witnesses and evidence throughout this process, it’s clear that voters across the state aren’t buying it.
Portland Press Herald: Bill Nemitz: Back then, Collins called Trump ‘unfit.’ What’s changed?
So, come Wednesday and the final impeachment vote, look for Collins to express her deep concern at how nasty everyone has become, wring her hands over how difficult her life has grown and then, ever loyal to a party that now devours those who dissent, vote to let Trump off the hook. Or maybe vote “present” in the hope it will satisfy both ends of her ever-shrinking base. It won’t. And long after this national trauma passes into history, Maine’s Susan Collins will be forever remembered not for her courage, but for her capitulation.
Lewiston Sun Journal: Victoria Cohen: Where is their honor?
U.S. senators have officially joined hands with President Donald Trump to endanger the nation’s system of fair elections. They corrupt voting by agreeing to not ask for witnesses to a crime they know Trump committed to smear the leading candidate against him. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ vote is too little, too late — she knows that it means nothing because Mitch McConnell has enough votes to make hers irrelevant. Where is their honor?
Bangor Daily News: Stephanie Martin: Time for Susan Collins to let someone else serve
The BDN recently reported that a national survey found U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine had the highest disapproval rating of any senator. I am not surprised by these survey results in the least. Collins has been in Washington too long, and I believe she no longer represents Mainers. I have voted for politicians of all political stripes because, like most Mainers, I care more about who you are and what you stand for than about which letter follows your name on the ballot. In my opinion, Collins started off as someone who exemplified someone standing by their values, even when it went against her party’s majority. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case.
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