Susan Collins: Democrats' Climate Deal May Doom Bipartisan Efforts On Same-Sex Marriage

[riversedge]

Source: huff post


The GOP senator said the surprise move by Democrats could make it harder to convince fellow Republicans to get on board.

Jonathan Nicholson
Jul 28, 2022, 03:01 PM EDT
|
Updated an hour ago
00:05
01:48

WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins, one of a handful of GOP senators working to garner support in her party for a bill to codify gay marriage, said the Democrats’ surprise embrace of a tax and climate change bill made her job much harder.

“I just think the timing could not have been worse and it came totally out of the blue,” the Maine senator told HuffPost Thursday about Senate Democrats’ unveiling of their bill to raise taxes on some companies, boost IRS enforcement and spend the resulting money to fund anti-climate change efforts.

The news that West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) had arrived at an agreement broke like a thunderclap over official Washington early Wednesday night. The bill still faces hurdles, including ensuring all Senate Democrats are on board and will be available to vote on it when it comes to the floor. But if Democrats pull it off, it could be a big political victory for the party and the White House.



Still, Collins warned that the manner in which that victory was secured, where it appeared Democrats kept Manchin and Schumer’s negotiations under wraps until a separate bipartisan computer chip production incentive bill was passed by the Senate, hurt the effort to gather support among Republicans to bring the gay marriage bill to the floor...............................

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/collins-same-sex-marriage_n_62e2d05ae4b0d0ea9b751b87

---

I want to say this is horrible but that is too kind of a word to usel

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=4l6vCrqHTRBlqeC3ttP1hA

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=XWkX8jBBUDpO5pjkVA3Wug

[Midnight Writer]

1. "Look what you made me do!" says every abusive partner, ever.

[Me.]

2. She Must Be Concerned

as much as a lying hypocrite can be. She would endanger people's lives because of a fit of pique especially when she and the cons have been doing sort of thing this for years.

[Ray Bruns]

4. I think she is unsettled.

[SouthernDem4ever]

36. Lying hypocrite she is!

and I am concerned about that.

[patricia92243]

3. I thought same-sex marriage was already the law. What is the GOP trying to

do to it? I looked up "codify" and could not understand what it meant in this situation.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. There's no Federal Law explicitly making same-sex marriage legal i.e. one passed by Congress

Just like there was not for Roe, hence it being overturned by SCOTUS (since that just involved reversing an earlier SCOTUS decision).

Marriage Equality is on similar grounds. Hence why people so often refer to Obergefell when describing what authorizes it.

"Codify" in this context means "A law passed by Congress", which is ostensibly harder for SCOTUS to overturn.

[patricia92243]

11. Thank you for the answer. My son is gay and it always scares me when sombody

starts fooling around with things.

[Slammer]

42. ba dum bum clang

"My son is gay and it always scares me when somebody starts fooling around with things."

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. The bullshit gaslighting never stops with this collection of deplorable RePuQ asshats (nt)

[robertpaulsen]

6. WeThePeople took the words right out of my mouth. n/t

[NNadir]

8. The coat hanger lady wants to hold the world's climate hostage because they tricked her fellow...

...petulant children?

I note she didn't give a fuck when she was "misled" (wink wink wink) by a drunk piece of shit misogynist fascist freak decided to make small children bear the children of rapists.

[ToxMarz]

9. Susan "It'd be a shame if something happened to your same-sex marriage equality" Collins

[Submariner]

10. Sort of feels like watching an unqualified coney island barret

get rushed through in a month to pack the court, huh Susie?

[Meadowoak]

12. I'm very concerned Susan Collins might lose her Senate seat next time around.

[Rebl2]

24. Oh darn

That would be to bad-not

[KPN]

46. You'll have to wait another 4 years for that to

possibly happen.

[sakabatou]

13. Concern troll Collins is at it again.

[Brainfodder]

14. I would NOT save her if she was drowning in front of me, enough said.

[agingdem]

18. allow me to improve on that

if, by some quirk of fate, Susie should suddenly drop dead in front of me I would step over her body and keep going but, if on her way down, she hit her head on the pavement and her blood splashed on my shoes, I would step on her, back up and step on her again, and then keep going..just saying

[Slammer]

43. Shame on you.

I'd definitely offer her a cup of water if she were drowning in front of me.

[Lonestarblue]

15. What the hell does a climate deal have to do with same-sex marriage? Nothing.

Grow up, Susan. Your party was outsmarted this time after years of Republican obstruction and utter lies. And you’re the one who helped put these right-wing religious zealots on the SC, making a law necessary to protect same-sex marriage from this ecclesiastical Court.

[femmedem]

16. She's telling us that the GOP doesn't care about peoples' rights, only about perceived slights.

Last edited Thu Jul 28, 2022, 06:15 PM - Edit history (1)

I realize she's trying to blame the Democrats, but she's actually saying the quiet part out loud about how the GOP senators operate.

[rurallib]

17. She old bullshit, Susan? You would never have voted for it anyway

You would have created some excuse.

[keithbvadu2]

26. A phony excuse. Another phony excuse.

[turbinetree]

19. Yepper still the same blackmailing BS.... it is still blackmailing BS from the "concerned" .........

kleptocratic fascist party.......now what are they going to run on with there gaslighting coming home to roost... the planet is literally dying in front of our eyes and she and her fascist party are worried about someone being in love with another human being....and she and her ilk are in positions of power......

[wiggs]

20. Always the dems' fault. I hope media doesn't play along. nt

[aeromanKC]

21. What "WethePeople" said!!

[Raven123]

22. Never had the 10 GOP votes. Just looking for an excuse

[Turbineguy]

23. Good separation technique

If the planet overheats and we all die we can blame teh Gays.

Because nobody would ever think that republicans helped block climate change legislation.

[Gore1FL]

25. You made us curtail inflation! No rights for you!

She cannot possibly be the best Maine has to offer.

[groundloop]

27. If GQPers are pissed off it must be a good bill.

[IronLionZion]

28. Or she could do the right thing for once in her life

Maine is a relatively liberal state. I doubt she would be punished for it by her constituents.

[paleotn]

29. Shut the hell up, Esmeralda.

[Warpy]

30. Oh, prod off, Susan

You weren't going to vote for it anyway. Neither was any other Republican kissing Mitch's butt and that means all of them.

[xocetaceans]

31. The polite response is: "Senator Collins, fuck off!" n/t

[BlueIdaho]

32. Fuck You Susan.

You disingenuous hag.

[GB_RN]

33. This.

I hate her with a passion.

I fail to see how she was re-elected trailing as badly in the polls as she was, except that I understand Maine uses untraceable ES&S voting machines (like Kentucky and South Carolina. I don’t believe in conspiracy nuttery, but too many coincidences in all three places if that’s correct).

[NewDayOranges]

34. "Phuck Susan Collins!", I say breathlessly...

[DownriverDem]

35. I don't see how

the two are even related. Go ahead MAGA repubs and keep pissing off the voters.

[Bristlecone]

37. She is the emptiest suit in the Senate. Still.

[barbtries]

38. of all the bad faith republicans,

she's one of the worst. bullshit from the top of her head to the tip of her toes.

does anyone ever run against her?

[Martin68]

39. Really?

[Marcuse]

40. Republicans: "Ask not what I can do for my country. What's in it for me?"

[Cheezoholic]

41. I'd tell her to GFY but

it's becoming pathetically obvious she rather enjoys that. I think the cucumbers and zucchini's in her fridge are safe but the bulbous yellow squash probably has a civil case for abuse.

[Grins]

44. LBJ would be so proud!

Two can play hardball, Susie.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

45. How did she get her job, why does she keep it

She is dense.

Both are the right thing to do Susan, how can you, as a human being not agree ?



A souless loon, come on Maine rise up and rid your self of this very concerned cancer of a person!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

47. Oh Susan

If you're so concerned do what's right.

[liberaltrucker]

48. Would someone PLEASE duct tape her mouth?

[Novara]

49. See what happens if Manchin actually acts like a Democrat?

Collins holds the Senate hostage.

[Samrob]

50. She really doesn't know whom she is messing with...nor do most GOP. nt

[Politicub]

51. How republican to pit gay rights against the environment.

The GOP is societal cancer.

[BigDemVoter]

52. FUCK that whining sack of SHIT. . . .

[machoneman]

53. Oh, fuck her, that dried up old windbag! Put a fork in her, she's done.

[LudwigPastorius]

54. Moscow Mitch got played like an Xbox.

Deal with it, you sour, old puff adder!

[Brainfodder]

55. I am concerned, too much Susan, more about people please you transparent AF dingbat idiot!

Keeping it real sweet, IKR!



Follow her money trail$, she has to be dirty AF like the other$, acts 90+ is 69 atm.