Sen. Collins a no-show at Portland town hall

[CatWoman]

More than 100 Mainers gathered at the Portland Public library Tuesday evening and fired off questions about GOP tax cuts for the wealthy, the precariousness of the Affordable Care Act’s patient protections, judicial oversight, opioid response, and reproductive rights to an empty chair stationed at the front of the room.

The chair was set out for Senator Susan Collins, who declined an invitation from Sanford resident Connie Garber to come to the public meeting to discuss her voting record. It was the first of two open forums organized by the progressive 16 Counties Coalition and the national Town Hall Project and it showcased the distance Collins has put between herself and her constituents.

The Town Hall Project said it was interested in getting Collins in front of voters because she had not taken questions in an open public forum since early in her senate career. They told 16 Counties director Willy Ritch, a former communications director for Rep. Chellie Pingree, “‘You got to make it a real, open invitation. You got to make it open to the public. You can’t limit questions. This has to be the real deal,’” Ritch said at the beginning of the meeting.

The town hall also previewed some of the issues that may activate progressive voters to turn out against Collins, who is currently seen as one of the most vulnerable Senate Republicans.

http://mainebeacon.com/sen-collins-a-no-show-at-portland-town-hall/?fbclid=IwAR0SWqvimk_hwycUxDGkUq6IGAIjBsfN0W_Nncfj6tj-b1tDpcMnpvHA4vg

[Clash City Rocker]

1. But of course she's very concerned about all those issues

Don’t let her voting record convince you that she isn’t very concerned.

[UTUSN]

6. Thread winner!1

[htuttle]

7. ...and disappointed

Very disappointed.

[efhmc]

9. Where is that ad? I love it.

[uponit7771]

16. +1

[malaise]

18. ROFL

Spitting coffee - that was hilarious

[BigmanPigman]

2. Bye bye Collins!

Good riddance in the next election.

[llmart]

3. What a coward!

Cowardice seems to be a personality trait in the GOP these days.

Hope the good people of Maine get rid of her.

[Meadowoak]

4. Hope she drops out.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

5. And: questions about tax cuts, Kavanaugh

Lots of questions about how she helps billionaires at the expense of average Americans.

[Celerity]

8. she is a gutless coward and a RW POS, she needs to GO nt

[RainCaster]

10. She shows her concern in different ways

She has to continue taking rubles from "concerned citizens", and then at the last minute she will withdraw from the campaign. With all her rubles intact and ready for her retirement.

[AllaN01Bear]

11. these town halls put on by the rs are a joke . a no show eh? she dosent give a hoot about

the people who elected her and others of her ilk dont either . time to show them the door.

[bronxiteforever]

12. She has a written excuse signed by Mitch McConnell.

[Volaris]

13. She must be at home being concerned about something...

[keithbvadu2]

14. Susan Collins was a 'right time, right place' candidate...

Susan Collins was a 'right time, right place' candidate...
She was in a three person primary race and so far back she could not even see the other two candidates' tail lights.

The millionaire candidate sponsored an investigation of the evangelist candidate who got run out of a southern state because he was boinking his twelve year old babysitter.

The millionaire denied his involvement but the public turned against both him and the evangelist, leaving Susan Collins as the sole remaining candidate.
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[lindysalsagal]

15. Susan is having a sad? Thoughts and prayers.

Hey, Susan: Shutting up is finally happening from you. Let's see you no-show everything from now on. You're on a roll!

[babylonsister]

17. So these clowns are off for 6 weeks in the summer

to meet with their constituents, and she won't?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. I am deeply concerned that Collins is concerned about answering to voters