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Pressure on Susan Collins backfires. Collins calls crowdfunding to get her to oppose Kavanaugh a 'bribe'

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she is not swayed by crowdfunding aimed at encouraging her to oppose Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, comparing the effort to a "bribe."

"I consider this quid pro quo fundraising to be the equivalent of an attempt to bribe me to vote against Judge Kavanaugh," Collins told conservative news outlet Newsmax.

Two groups of Maine progressives have pledged to donate up to $1.3 million to Collins's next opponent if the Maine senator votes to confirm Kavanaugh, Newsmax reported. Collins is not up for reelection until 2020.

Donors have been asked to pledge money against Collins, but their credit cards will only be charged if she votes "yes" on Kavanaugh.

“If I vote against him, the money is refunded to the donors," Collins said. "If I vote for him, the money is given to my opponent for the 2020 race."

"This effort will not influence my vote at all,” she added. “I think it demonstrates the new lows to which the judge’s opponents have stooped.”

Maine People's Alliance and Mainers for Accountable Leadership have teamed up to crowdsource the effort. They had received $987,922 from 35,317 pledges as of Tuesday morning with a goal of $1.3 million.

"The people of Maine are asking you to be a hero, Senator Collins," the crowdfunding page states. "Your swing vote could decide whether a rubber stamp for Trump’s anti-healthcare, anti-woman, anti-labor agenda gets confirmed to the Supreme Court–costing millions of Americans their healthcare, their right to choose, and their lives."

The statement warns Collins that the groups intend to "get you out of office" following a "yes" vote.

Though Collins has stated multiple times that efforts by liberal activists will not sway her vote, she has faced a barrage of protests in recent weeks.

Activists have reportedly sent Collins more than 3,000 coat hangers, evoking back-alley abortions, in their efforts to persuade her to vote against Kavanaugh's confirmation.

Collins, a centrist Republican, is seen as a swing vote in Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing. She has said she wouldn’t vote to confirm a nominee who was hostile to Roe v. Wade.

After a meeting with Kavanaugh last month, she said she was reassured that the nominee believes Roe v. Wade is “settled law.”

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by Anonymousreply 32September 14, 2018 8:25 AM

It doesn't matter what good she might've done before, it she's going to be a cold-blooded Nazi cunt now. I hope the retarded witch develops exceptionally painful cancer and writhes in agony with it for years until she croaks.

by Anonymousreply 1September 11, 2018 9:04 PM

Colluding

Ugly

Nasty

Twat

by Anonymousreply 2September 11, 2018 9:07 PM

fuck that nasty bitch

by Anonymousreply 3September 11, 2018 9:08 PM

I hate her.

by Anonymousreply 4September 11, 2018 9:31 PM

She's turned out to be a Republican worm after all.

by Anonymousreply 5September 11, 2018 9:42 PM

Fake maverick. Just like McClain.

by Anonymousreply 6September 11, 2018 9:43 PM

Would everyone please stop labeling that despicable old cunt a “Centrist Republican”???? She’s far from it, because that GOP whore almost always votes the party line. She voted to appoint Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and the wretched tax bill. Now, she wants to vote for Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court??? She even has the gall to attack others who question and oppose her decision to appoint another Nazi to the Supreme Court.

by Anonymousreply 7September 11, 2018 9:44 PM

She's a maroon.

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by Anonymousreply 8September 11, 2018 9:48 PM

I never bought the whole "she's a moderate Republican" shtick, she's just as retrograde and repulsive as the rest in that horrible party.

by Anonymousreply 9September 11, 2018 9:52 PM

A moderate Republican is still a REPUBLICAN. Susan Collins is a Republican, occasionally she will be less insane than the rest of her party but she is not a Democrat and will always let down progressives. Getting Maine to elect a Dem is the right course of action.

by Anonymousreply 10September 11, 2018 9:58 PM

She does it for the attention. That's it.

by Anonymousreply 11September 11, 2018 10:35 PM

She needs to be removed from office. If not, Maine must be set adrift and allowed to float to Antarctica.

by Anonymousreply 12September 11, 2018 10:39 PM

Susan Collins: One of the more courageous republican cowards.

by Anonymousreply 13September 11, 2018 10:41 PM

There is no such thing as moderate Republican in 2018. Nixon would be considered a socialist at this point.

by Anonymousreply 14September 11, 2018 10:43 PM

The EPA and the Endangered Species Act happened under Nixon, those stances would make him a crazy leftist to the current GOP.

by Anonymousreply 15September 11, 2018 10:45 PM

Politicians love making bold statements about how they won't be swayed by outside pressure but the truth is normally the opposite. Until Collins actually votes we won't know the outcome of this, what we do know is that if she eventually votes against Kavanaugh she will claim it was despite the pressure and still claim the fundraising had no effect on her vote.

by Anonymousreply 16September 11, 2018 10:48 PM

Exactly, R15.

You'd think the fact that people are going so far as to raise money to keep this Nazi off the bench, would be enough of a wake-up call for this so-called "moderate." To call yourself a Republican in this day is to admit you have no conscience and you're just some far-right slime who thinks John Bolton should be in power rather than in prison for being an absolute monster.

by Anonymousreply 17September 11, 2018 10:48 PM

Her slow-talking makes Mary Steenburgen sound like Barbra Streisand by comparison.

by Anonymousreply 18September 11, 2018 10:51 PM

This cunt's voice reminds me of Uncle Arthur on Bewitched.

by Anonymousreply 19September 11, 2018 10:52 PM

So she is basically admitted that she is voting for Kavanaugh no matter what her constituents want. Adios Suzy.

by Anonymousreply 20September 11, 2018 10:55 PM

Honestly it was obvious that Collins was going to vote for him, things she said weeks ago made that clear.

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by Anonymousreply 21September 11, 2018 10:58 PM

Despicable cunt.

by Anonymousreply 22September 11, 2018 11:00 PM

She must be planning to retire. She legislates via poll, and there was one that clearly stated that if she voted to confirm him, she would never win another election.

I do take solace in the fact that if Olympia Snowe was still in the Senate, she'd likely either have switched parties or at least become an independent. And Margaret Chase Smith would absolutely be a Democrat today.

And you, Susan Collins, are no Olympia Snowe.

by Anonymousreply 23September 11, 2018 11:06 PM

Stand your ground Susan! So great to hear she’s standing up for her Republican values. And please don’t use words like cunt when speaking of a respected congresswoman.

by Anonymousreply 24September 11, 2018 11:39 PM

R24, do you prefer "pussy" - like the asshole you worship uses?

by Anonymousreply 25September 11, 2018 11:42 PM

The old twat pretends to be a centrist and friend of the people. She's just another run of the mill Repub cunt like the rest of them. R24 is likely another Russian troll that doesn't know the difference between a senator and a congresswoman....or just homegrown ignorant.

by Anonymousreply 26September 14, 2018 7:40 AM

I agree with everyone else above.

Susan Collins has pretended for years to be a Moderate Republican.

And while it's true that she is not as extreme as most of them, she almost always votes to support the Republican agenda.

And yes, Olympia Snowe deserves credit for packing it in a few years ago. She was tired of how extreme the Republican Party had become.

I hope Maine finally ejects Collins in 2020.

by Anonymousreply 27September 14, 2018 7:48 AM

Yup. Agree R27, everyone on this thread has her number.

by Anonymousreply 28September 14, 2018 7:53 AM

She won't vote for Kavanaugh once the info about his rapist phase surface.

by Anonymousreply 29September 14, 2018 8:07 AM

Oh, shut up, Susan.

by Anonymousreply 30September 14, 2018 8:10 AM

Kill it with fire.

by Anonymousreply 31September 14, 2018 8:23 AM

Wait, I thought she was retiring from the senate?

What happened? Or do I have her mixed up with someone else?

I'm confused.

by Anonymousreply 32September 14, 2018 8:25 AM
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