Susan Collins recalls her horrific ordeal during the riots and begging Trump to stop the attack!
The proceedings began calmly enough. Around 1 p.m., we senators proceeded to the House for a joint session. Soon there was an objection, baseless in my view, to accepting the electoral count from Arizona. We returned to the Senate to begin our two-hour debate with senators, beginning a series of 5-minute speeches. Sen. James Lankford had just started speaking when, all of a sudden, the Capitol Police and staff from the Sergeant at Arms burst into the chamber and removed Vice President Mike Pence who was presiding. Shortly thereafter, the two Senate leaders were also rushed away.
My first thought was that the Iranians had followed through on their threat to strike the Capitol, but a police officer took over the podium and explained that violent demonstrators had breached the entire perimeter of the Capitol and were inside. Several of us pointed out that the doors to the press gallery were unlocked right above us. That tells you how overwhelmed and unprepared the Capitol Police were, although many, many of them were very courageous.
We were told to stay put in the chamber, which did not seem wise to me, because the rioters’ purpose was to disrupt the counting of the electoral vote, so they were clearly headed our way. Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, who had served in the Marines, moved over near Sen. Lisa Murkowski and me. Only later did I learn that he was positioning himself to repel the rioters and defend us.
Some time passed, and we were informed that we would be put on buses, which, it seemed to me, would make us sitting ducks had it been carried out. Finally, we were ushered out of the chamber and taken through the tunnels under the Capitol, with the police urging us to “hurry, hurry!” (Unfortunately, I had chosen to wear high heels that day so it was hard to run.)......
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 66 | January 13, 2021 12:57 AM
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I find this all quite concerning....
by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 11, 2021 8:40 PM
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In fact, I was very concerned right into my Depends brand undergarments.
Fortunately, Matty Gaetz was right there to take them off my hands.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 11, 2021 8:43 PM
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Well, she's learned her lesson.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 11, 2021 8:43 PM
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Susan, I recall how you won your seat in the recent senate election with a margin much, much, much higher than polls predicted. How that come to pass concerns me. I’d even go so far as “saddened” and “outraged”.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 11, 2021 8:44 PM
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He's been impeached. That's a pretty big lesson!
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 11, 2021 8:44 PM
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You voted her back, Mainiacs
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 11, 2021 8:44 PM
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unsettling and quite disappointing
by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 11, 2021 8:45 PM
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I'm sure Trump has learned his lesson!
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 11, 2021 8:47 PM
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She's typing up a letter right now about it
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 11, 2021 8:47 PM
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How is her old, Parkinson's riddled ass wearing high heels at her advanced age?
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 11, 2021 8:56 PM
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Too bad she didn't get hit on the head with a fire extinguisher and learn an important lesson.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 11, 2021 8:58 PM
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[quote] Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, who had served in the Marines, moved over near Sen. Lisa Murkowski and me. Only later did I learn that he was positioning himself to repel the rioters and defend us.
This actually choked me up a little
by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 11, 2021 9:03 PM
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That’s what you get when you are a fickle bitch Republican!
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 11, 2021 9:05 PM
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R4 - yeah, she learned her lesson alright, the way she said Donald Trump learned his lesson a few months ago.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 11, 2021 9:07 PM
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Quite interesting insight into what happened, given the absence of official briefings.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 11, 2021 9:10 PM
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From all her shaking, she thought there was an earthquake.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 11, 2021 9:11 PM
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She’s a cunt. She had her chance to take a stand, and she didn’t. Fuck her right in her goat ass.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 11, 2021 9:11 PM
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[quote]My first thought was that the Iranians had followed through on their threat to strike the Capitol,
Stupid old bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 11, 2021 9:17 PM
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Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) proves to be Susan Collins's soulmate.❤❤❤
Asked about the current call to impeach Trump, Blunt commented
[quote] My personal view is that the president touched the hot stove on Wednesday and is unlikely to touch it again.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 11, 2021 9:19 PM
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You learned your lesson, Suzie? Or are you still just "concerned"?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 11, 2021 9:29 PM
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[quote]My first thought was that the Iranians had followed through on their threat to strike the Capitol,
What? After all the publicity these protests got before the day of the event, her first thought was Iranians? Does she even know where she is at any given time?
by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 11, 2021 9:32 PM
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While I couldn't be certain because I wasn't there, Susan. I might put it on my radar to possibly consider at a later point in time.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 11, 2021 9:36 PM
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All I could think was how much worse things would be if the president hadn’t learned his lesson.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 11, 2021 9:37 PM
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[quote] After all the publicity these protests got before the day of the event, her first thought was Iranians?
Well, she is a repig, and they are brown, so....
by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 11, 2021 9:40 PM
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I just can't with this woman, and to think Maine just gave her another six years in office.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 11, 2021 10:29 PM
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[quote]My first thought was that the Iranians had followed through on their threat to strike the Capitol
Is this bitch for real??!
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 11, 2021 10:36 PM
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"I wasn't sure why all the Iranians were carrying Confederate flags...."
by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 11, 2021 10:57 PM
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The congress people who were in the Capitol now know how the kids during school shootings felt.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 11, 2021 11:19 PM
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I'm disappointed.
But I'm sure the president has learned his lesson, as my dear friend Roy Blunt has said.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | January 11, 2021 11:21 PM
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Susan, I want you know how much sympathy and CONCERN I have for your horrifying experience. 🤭
by Anonymous | reply 34 | January 11, 2021 11:27 PM
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Thankfully, the comments on the Bangor Daily News are not kind. I was really expecting more support for Collins from right-wing Mainers.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 11, 2021 11:31 PM
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Who give a Flyin' FUCK what Shaky Sue says. The female Ms. Graham Cracker blows with the wind and is so irrelevant. By Girl!
by Anonymous | reply 37 | January 11, 2021 11:33 PM
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Poor traumatized Sue. Imagine how much worse it would have been had Trump not learned his lesson.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | January 12, 2021 12:05 AM
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[quote]My first thought was that the Iranians had followed through on their threat to strike the Capitol,
As if! She knew full well what was going down the minute it started
by Anonymous | reply 39 | January 12, 2021 12:12 AM
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R35 That made me laugh! 😄
by Anonymous | reply 40 | January 12, 2021 12:14 AM
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You are very mean people. I was shaking like I was made of jello. And, yes, even my boobies.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 12, 2021 12:15 AM
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Exactly how many DLers do you think live in Maine r7?
by Anonymous | reply 42 | January 12, 2021 12:16 AM
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She's a bit concerned....
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 43 | January 12, 2021 12:24 AM
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Not THIS Mainiac...that is one race that should be looked at for interference...like Mitch McConnell's...
by Anonymous | reply 44 | January 12, 2021 12:26 AM
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She didn't have the sense to take off the heels? or was it vanity?
Good grief, Susan. What do those Mainers see in her. But I shouldn't complain too much - she was one of what? 3 people who saved Obamacare?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | January 12, 2021 12:42 AM
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I'm sure he's learned his lesson THIS time.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | January 12, 2021 12:45 AM
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She has a good intentions. She is just a slow leaner.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | January 12, 2021 12:57 AM
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It was horrific!
I spent the night at Lisa Murkowski’s home, and she only had single ply toilet paper.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | January 12, 2021 1:10 AM
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I'm sure Susan's begging taught Dump a lesson.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 12, 2021 1:14 AM
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Her stroking out from all the excitement would be too good to be true
by Anonymous | reply 50 | January 12, 2021 1:16 AM
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Do you think Sue Collins and Sue Sarandon would make good scissors sisters. Seeing as they are concerned yet useless in fact destructive actors in the public arena.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | January 12, 2021 1:21 AM
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Both of them are disingenuous cunts. R51 So maybe?
by Anonymous | reply 52 | January 12, 2021 1:22 AM
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Somebody has convinced Susan Collins and the people of Maine that this is just a special season of “Murder She Wrote.”
Sue, you have the presence of a special guest star who eats paste.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 12, 2021 1:30 AM
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They hate her. She most certainly did not win that election fairly. They all cheat.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 12, 2021 1:34 AM
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Cherry on the cake for me is some journalists quietly investigate VOTER FRAUD by the republicans and just dump the facts all at once, sometime in the future.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | January 12, 2021 2:20 AM
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We now return to our Lifetime feature movie “An Ambivalent Inconvenience: The Susan Collins Story”....
by Anonymous | reply 56 | January 12, 2021 2:22 AM
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Why didn't this dumb broad remove her heels to run for her life. sheesh.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 12, 2021 2:26 AM
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“Remember the black ice on the road last March? Or the fire alarm at Ramada? It was worse than that.”
by Anonymous | reply 59 | January 12, 2021 2:35 AM
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[quote]Mainiac
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 12, 2021 2:44 AM
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Susan had time to think about her reaction while she was returning to Maine.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 61 | January 12, 2021 2:52 AM
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“I tell you I was shaking, shaking I tell you.” It reminded me of the orgasms I had 50 years ago.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 12, 2021 2:52 AM
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R32, you mean well but the children in a school massacre don't have police and other secret service types to rush in at the first sign of trouble, guide them to an impenetrable location within the school and babysit them (with TV) till the threat is over. There are very few ex-marines hanging around in classrooms to move over and defend the more vulnerable kids (or as in the case of Susan Collins, defend the indefensible).
So no, Senators don't have a clue what kids in that position feel. Were the kids who've been in such situations triggered by what they saw on the news, though? Very probably.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 12, 2021 3:28 AM
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Her Senate seat probably can't be flipped Blue until more than two black people live in Maine.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 12, 2021 10:33 PM
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Someone should take her aboard a trawlah and throw her into a pile of unbanded lobstahs!
by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 13, 2021 12:04 AM
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If only she were a dear old friend of Jessica Fletcher!
by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 13, 2021 12:57 AM
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