Susan Collins is dead to me

[RandySF]

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. I want to say something but in this instance I will censor myself.

[Initech]

5. This clip sums up exactly how I feel about this:

[tavernier]

2. She is just following orders.

[Cha]

3. Will her constituents buy it?

[jpak]

9. A lot of them will

Unfortunately...

[sheshe2]

26. Maine?

Probably.

[notdarkyet]

34. No. They are a state getting hard by the tariffs. Even lobsters, have fun Susan.

[Cha]

35. Thanks, notdarkyet

[awesomerwb1]

4. Not surprised. Please read my signature line. nt

[grantcart]

6. She has been on life support to me for years

Disgraceful.

The Profiles in Courage summary of the Republicans under Trump will fit on a 3 x 5 card with enough room left over to put in my grandmother's recipe for homemade apple pie.

[msongs]

7. perhaps you could say why

[Ms. Toad]

8. Please explain the outrage.

She gave the history of the policy.
She expressed concern for the danger facing immigrant children both in their own country and in the travel to the US
She clarified the difference between the two issues that have been merged in many reports.
She called for enforcing immigration laws in humane ways.

Maybe I missed it - but I've read it tiwce. I do not see any endorsement or rationalization of the separation policy or expression of support for it.

While I fundamentally disagree with her apparent support for restricting immigration - in general - I also disagree with many people on DU becuase I do not believe the right to live and work whey you want to should be dictated by an accident of birth.

It isn't clear what the question was that she was resonding to - it appears to respond to a common confusio mingling two immigration stories that appeared at the same time.

[Leith]

15. People Announcing at the Border That They Are Seeking Refuge and Asylum

are, by definition, NOT ILLEGAL. rethugs are arresting them and taking their children away anyway.

How can a DUer not know this?

[RandySF]

19. This what is going on re. asylum.

They raised the bar to a point where alomost no one qualifies. So, they are deemed, deemed illegal and have their kids taken away.

[kcr]

21. Unbelievalbe, isn't it?

There were more claims that people were conflating and confusing things at first but almost everyone now realizes that's not the case. Anyone still spreading that crap is a troll.

[ooky]

10. She doesn't get that we need to help people trying to escape violence.

Not make it more difficult for them. This is frustrating.

This is a case where I'm tired of hearing about law. If there's a problem with our law, introduce a better law, Senator. In the meantime get rid of this evil policy of separating them. No more f'ing around, FIX IT. NOW. We are Americans, not nazis.

[onecaliberal]

11. There are no good republicans, none! Not even one.

[czarjak]

12. Not even Trump? Pretty sure he's the greatest.

[onecaliberal]

22. He's the largest piece of maggot shit on the entire planet.

[deurbano]

23. MAGAt shit

[onecaliberal]

30. Precisely!

[zentrum]

27. None.

[Dawson Leery]

13. Every Repub must be challenged at the ballot box.

[Freethinker65]

14. Downright evil witch after the McConnell healthcare stabilization vote bribe

[BigmanPigman]

20. That sealed her fate as far as I am concerned.

She is 101% tRumper and has been.

[CakeGrrl]

16. NO Congressional Republican should be trusted to any degree

Not now.

Flake is less than useless - someone in his personal circle should stop him from tweeting his laments about the Republican Party, because he looks more feckless every time he does it and fails to oppose a Trump policy.

[wellst0nev0ter]

17. Anyone who thought there was any such things

as "moderate" Republicans need to have their heads examined.

[NurseJackie]

18. Rest in peace, Susan Collins.

[sakabatou]

24. She's sided with Trump, not the US

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

25. Are people actually surprised at this assclown's level of hackery, nt

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. Was she ever alive?!

[orleans]

29. you know, my take is that she's not even saying much of anything here

she says: jeff sessions says blablabla.
then: protecting children is paramount
then: i am concerned that blablabla, some years ago blablabla
then: sessions announcement has caused confusion blablabla

maybe i'm just tired but i don't see that she's rationalizing trump shit

i just see her doing her same old speal of 1. here's one thing, 2. here's something else, 3. i'm concerned about this. 4. goodbye and thanks for contacting me.

she's dodging the subject rather than taking a stand on it (as usual. "blablablablabla" )

(she's an asshole. years ago she gave me a bit of false hope when she was paired up with olympia snowe. but she's just an asshole)

[UCmeNdc]

31. The problem with the United States government is the GOP.

Not only Trump but the whole GOP is ruining the country.

[elleng]

32. Yes

[Bleacher Creature]

33. This is who she's always been. It's just harder for her to hide it now.

I'm only surprised that people are surprised by this.

[noncliqer]

36. "Moderate Republican"

[Hortensis]

38. :) Don't you know the difference between moderate,

hard-core and extreme conservatives is all relative?



Collins has shown that, when allowed, she will sometimes disagree with the hard cores and extremists, but that just shows that those still capable of opposing destructively hard-line positions are just as corruptible as the rest.

[Hortensis]

37. Repubs who wouldn't be totally corrupted were purged long ago.

All members of the Republican caucuses in the conservative post- New Deal era have agreed to support increasingly intense corruption as a price for being there. Susan Collins has been a Republican senator for over 15 years.