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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.)......

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by Anonymousreply 66January 13, 2021 12:57 AM

I find this all quite concerning....

by Anonymousreply 1January 11, 2021 8:40 PM

...I was very concerned.

by Anonymousreply 2January 11, 2021 8:40 PM

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 Anonymousreply 3January 11, 2021 8:43 PM

Well, she's learned her lesson.

by Anonymousreply 4January 11, 2021 8:43 PM

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 Anonymousreply 5January 11, 2021 8:44 PM

He's been impeached. That's a pretty big lesson!

by Anonymousreply 6January 11, 2021 8:44 PM

You voted her back, Mainiacs

by Anonymousreply 7January 11, 2021 8:44 PM

unsettling and quite disappointing

by Anonymousreply 8January 11, 2021 8:45 PM

Unnerved in fact.

by Anonymousreply 9January 11, 2021 8:45 PM

I'm sure Trump has learned his lesson!

by Anonymousreply 10January 11, 2021 8:47 PM

She's typing up a letter right now about it

by Anonymousreply 11January 11, 2021 8:47 PM

No sympathy 💐

by Anonymousreply 12January 11, 2021 8:53 PM

Thoughts & prayers Susan

by Anonymousreply 13January 11, 2021 8:55 PM

How is her old, Parkinson's riddled ass wearing high heels at her advanced age?

by Anonymousreply 14January 11, 2021 8:56 PM

Too bad she didn't get hit on the head with a fire extinguisher and learn an important lesson.

by Anonymousreply 15January 11, 2021 8:58 PM

[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 Anonymousreply 16January 11, 2021 9:03 PM

That’s what you get when you are a fickle bitch Republican!

by Anonymousreply 17January 11, 2021 9:05 PM

R4 - yeah, she learned her lesson alright, the way she said Donald Trump learned his lesson a few months ago.

by Anonymousreply 18January 11, 2021 9:07 PM

Quite interesting insight into what happened, given the absence of official briefings.

by Anonymousreply 19January 11, 2021 9:10 PM

From all her shaking, she thought there was an earthquake.

by Anonymousreply 20January 11, 2021 9:11 PM

She’s a cunt. She had her chance to take a stand, and she didn’t. Fuck her right in her goat ass.

by Anonymousreply 21January 11, 2021 9:11 PM

[quote]My first thought was that the Iranians had followed through on their threat to strike the Capitol,

Stupid old bitch.

by Anonymousreply 22January 11, 2021 9:17 PM

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 Anonymousreply 23January 11, 2021 9:19 PM

You learned your lesson, Suzie? Or are you still just "concerned"?

by Anonymousreply 24January 11, 2021 9:29 PM

[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 Anonymousreply 25January 11, 2021 9:32 PM

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 Anonymousreply 26January 11, 2021 9:36 PM

All I could think was how much worse things would be if the president hadn’t learned his lesson.

by Anonymousreply 27January 11, 2021 9:37 PM

[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 Anonymousreply 28January 11, 2021 9:40 PM

I just can't with this woman, and to think Maine just gave her another six years in office.

by Anonymousreply 29January 11, 2021 10:29 PM

[quote]My first thought was that the Iranians had followed through on their threat to strike the Capitol

Is this bitch for real??!

by Anonymousreply 30January 11, 2021 10:36 PM

"I wasn't sure why all the Iranians were carrying Confederate flags...."

by Anonymousreply 31January 11, 2021 10:57 PM

The congress people who were in the Capitol now know how the kids during school shootings felt.

by Anonymousreply 32January 11, 2021 11:19 PM

I'm disappointed.

But I'm sure the president has learned his lesson, as my dear friend Roy Blunt has said.

by Anonymousreply 33January 11, 2021 11:21 PM

Susan, I want you know how much sympathy and CONCERN I have for your horrifying experience. 🤭

by Anonymousreply 34January 11, 2021 11:27 PM

My lips are pursed!

EXTREMELY pursed!

by Anonymousreply 35January 11, 2021 11:29 PM

Thankfully, the comments on the Bangor Daily News are not kind. I was really expecting more support for Collins from right-wing Mainers.

by Anonymousreply 36January 11, 2021 11:31 PM

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 Anonymousreply 37January 11, 2021 11:33 PM

Poor traumatized Sue. Imagine how much worse it would have been had Trump not learned his lesson.

by Anonymousreply 38January 12, 2021 12:05 AM

[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 Anonymousreply 39January 12, 2021 12:12 AM

R35 That made me laugh! 😄

by Anonymousreply 40January 12, 2021 12:14 AM

You are very mean people. I was shaking like I was made of jello. And, yes, even my boobies.

by Anonymousreply 41January 12, 2021 12:15 AM

Exactly how many DLers do you think live in Maine r7?

by Anonymousreply 42January 12, 2021 12:16 AM

She's a bit concerned....

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by Anonymousreply 43January 12, 2021 12:24 AM

Not THIS Mainiac...that is one race that should be looked at for interference...like Mitch McConnell's...

by Anonymousreply 44January 12, 2021 12:26 AM

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 Anonymousreply 45January 12, 2021 12:42 AM

I'm sure he's learned his lesson THIS time.

by Anonymousreply 46January 12, 2021 12:45 AM

She has a good intentions. She is just a slow leaner.

by Anonymousreply 47January 12, 2021 12:57 AM

It was horrific!

I spent the night at Lisa Murkowski’s home, and she only had single ply toilet paper.

by Anonymousreply 48January 12, 2021 1:10 AM

I'm sure Susan's begging taught Dump a lesson.

by Anonymousreply 49January 12, 2021 1:14 AM

Her stroking out from all the excitement would be too good to be true

by Anonymousreply 50January 12, 2021 1:16 AM

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 Anonymousreply 51January 12, 2021 1:21 AM

Both of them are disingenuous cunts. R51 So maybe?

by Anonymousreply 52January 12, 2021 1:22 AM

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 Anonymousreply 53January 12, 2021 1:30 AM

They hate her. She most certainly did not win that election fairly. They all cheat.

by Anonymousreply 54January 12, 2021 1:34 AM

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 Anonymousreply 55January 12, 2021 2:20 AM

We now return to our Lifetime feature movie “An Ambivalent Inconvenience: The Susan Collins Story”....

by Anonymousreply 56January 12, 2021 2:22 AM

R56 Good!

by Anonymousreply 57January 12, 2021 2:23 AM

Why didn't this dumb broad remove her heels to run for her life. sheesh.

by Anonymousreply 58January 12, 2021 2:26 AM

“Remember the black ice on the road last March? Or the fire alarm at Ramada? It was worse than that.”

by Anonymousreply 59January 12, 2021 2:35 AM

[quote]Mainiac

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

by Anonymousreply 60January 12, 2021 2:44 AM

Susan had time to think about her reaction while she was returning to Maine.

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by Anonymousreply 61January 12, 2021 2:52 AM

“I tell you I was shaking, shaking I tell you.” It reminded me of the orgasms I had 50 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 62January 12, 2021 2:52 AM

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 Anonymousreply 63January 12, 2021 3:28 AM

Her Senate seat probably can't be flipped Blue until more than two black people live in Maine.

by Anonymousreply 64January 12, 2021 10:33 PM

Someone should take her aboard a trawlah and throw her into a pile of unbanded lobstahs!

by Anonymousreply 65January 13, 2021 12:04 AM

If only she were a dear old friend of Jessica Fletcher!

by Anonymousreply 66January 13, 2021 12:57 AM
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