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Press Release / Friday Oct 30, 2020

Health Care on The Ballot: 11 Days Ahead of The Case That Could Strike Down The ACA, Senator Collins Still Has No Health Care Plan

This week,

Press Release / Friday Oct 30, 2020

With Just Four Days To Election Day, Trump Cannot Hide From Four Years of Broken Promises and Failed Leadership

With four days remaining until the election, Donald Trump has run out of time to hide his track record of four years of broken promises and failed leadership from Mainers. He promised better health care, better trade deals, and to protect Social Security and Medicare.

Press Release / Friday Oct 30, 2020

REFUSIN’ SUSAN CROSSES HER FINGERS: As Race Nears End, Collins Hopes She Won’t Be Held Accountable For Refusing To Be Honest About Support For Trump

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

Press Release / Friday Oct 30, 2020

WATCH: Senator Collins’ Refusal To Admit Support For Trump Exposes Her Inability To Hold Him Accountable

Last night on MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber, writer and journalism professor Jelani Cobb laid into Senator Susan Collins’ strategy of refusing to answer questions about whether she’s voting for Donald Trump. As Cobb pointed out, Collins’ cowardice has only increased skepticism of her ability to hold Trump accountable, and compared it to “trying to put out a grease fire by dumping water on it. You only spread the fire by continuing to refuse to actually talk about the moral issues at stake.”

Press Release / Friday Oct 30, 2020

ICYMI: Ahead of Trump Jr.’s Visit, Maine Democrats Slam Trump’s Four Years of Broken Promises, Failed Leadership 

Ahead of Donald Trump Jr.’s visit to Maine yesterday, the Maine Democratic Party

Press Release / Thursday Oct 29, 2020

Senator Collins Scoffs At The Idea Of Listening To The Will Of Maine People — Says She “Didn’t Take A Poll” On Her Kavanaugh Vote

Last night, Senator Collins was asked if she believes that her pivotal vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh “reflected the will of Maine people.” In response, Collins laughed and said she “didn’t take a poll” when making her decision to install Kavanaugh in a lifetime seat on the most powerful court in the country.

Press Release / Thursday Oct 29, 2020

REFUSIN’ SUSAN NETS A HAT-TRICK: In Final Debate, Senator Collins Triples Down On Refusal To Be Honest About Support For Trump

Last night, in the final debate of Maine’s U.S. Senate race, Senator Collins dodged questions about whether she believes Donald Trump deserves another term not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES—proving that she will evade even the most straightforward of questions.

Press Release / Thursday Oct 29, 2020

ICYMI: As Trump Jr. Brings Father’s Flailing Campaign to Maine, Democrats Blast Trump’s Four Years of Failed Leadership

Congresswoman Pingree: “I spent a little time watching the president at his rallies. He is very fond of saying ‘promises made, promises kept.’ I don’t think we’ve ever had a president who’s kept fewer promises.”

Press Release / Thursday Oct 29, 2020

ICYMI: Senator Collins “Backed Down From A Fight” With the Private Equity Industry, Saving Them Billions—Now, They’re Bankrolling Her Reelection Campaign

New report details how Collins reversed her position to benefit the private equity industry, and now they’re rushing in to fund her campaign

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: