Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon (D), Sen. Susan Collin’s Democratic opponent, took a shot at the Maine Republican after the New York Times published a new allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend.
After a Times report revealed that a former Yale student had allegedly witnessed Kavanaugh pushing his penis into a woman’s hand at a college party, Gideon posted a reminder that Collins had provided the decisive vote to confirm the Supreme Court justice last year.
“I’m running against Susan Collins for Senate,” Gideon tweeted with a link to her fundraiser and an image of Collins and Kavanaugh together. “I’m tired of hoping that Susan Collins does the right thing when she has shown time and time again that she puts Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell ahead of Mainers.”
I’m running against Susan Collins for Senate.
I’m tired of hoping that Susan Collins does the right thing when she has shown time and time again that she puts Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell ahead of Mainers.
If you’re with me, please make a contribution to our campaign today.
— Sara Gideon (@SaraGideon) September 15, 2019
The Democrat also retweeted a post from actor Patricia Arquette, who wrote “Still pissed about @SenatorCollins Kavanaugh vote? Then if you can support her Democratic opponent- @SaraGideon.”
Gideon had attacked Collins over her vote for Kavanaugh when she first launched her campaign against the GOP incumbent, accusing Collins of putting “women’s control over their own health decisions in extreme jeopardy.”
Right thing… Right wing… Whatever.
Hand wring?
How dare they blaspheme Susy “Concerned” Collins, aka America’s Windsock?
Yesterday, I wrote Senator Collins a note on her website (I’m from Maine, she’s my senator), essentially asking her to explain how she feels about the new revelations in the Times, especially in light of her comment of [insert quote from her October 2018 speech in which she defended her vote for Kavanaugh] and [insert another quote that makes her look exceptionally foolish given the recent reporting] and even [insert third quote]. And I asked for a response to my comment. The response I got back today was effectively boilerplate rubbish:
I doubt I’ll get sent another, more detailed accounting of her idiotic hypocrisy when she realizes this is turning into a firestorm. She doesn’t care and she’s not listening. But I did get some joy in writing about it…
Collins is in real trouble, women in Maine are really pissed about this, and the new reporting is going to make that even worse for her. It really shouldn’t even matter if Kavanaugh did it or not, the way he behaved on the stand, and the other lies he told, plus his judicial record, should have been enough for Collins (and other moderate Republicans) to kick him out the door. Collins deserves extra scorn for her floor speech defending her decision, because it gave cover for any other wavering Republicans. She deserves this anchor, and hopefully it pulls her down.