After Floor Speech, Collins Says She Decided On Kavanaugh Thursday Night

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) waited until Friday afternoon to reveal that she will support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but she made the decision Thursday night, she told reporters after giving a lengthy speech on the Senate floor.

“I spent all day yesterday reviewing every single interview that the FBI did,” she told reporters, adding that only then did she decide she would back Kavanaugh.

Though Collins offered her full support for Kavanaugh and defended his confirmation process, she also told reporters that it was a difficult decision.

“Believe me I struggled with it for a long time,” she said. “I was very disturbed by the allegations.”

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  1. Avatar for aiddon aiddon says:

    “Yeah, I did this just to get attention. Fuck you, got mine.”

  2. But obviously not THAT disturbed, right Susan?
    Not disturbed enough to ask that the FBI review the allegation that the next supreme court justice stuck his penis in a woman’s face? Because there is corrorboration out there.

  3. “Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) waited until Friday afternoon to reveal that she will support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but she made the decision Thursday night, she told reporters after giving a lengthy speech on the Senate floor.”

    Shorter Collins: “LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!”

  4. So concerned, so disturbed. FU Senator Collins.

  5. Avatar for aiddon aiddon says:

    No kidding; she’s clearly a press addict. And the press enabling people like her because they desperately pine for the “good ol’ days” is what keeps getting us into this mess.

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