Most long-time DailyKos readers are familiar with Susan Collins. Despite representing the blue leaning State of Maine, Collins has marched in lockstep with the extremist right-wing agenda of Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump, infamously feigning “concern” about every right-wing power grab before turning around and voting for it. Just in the last session, Collins provided critical votes for the GOP tax giveaway and the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Fortunately, we now have a chance to hold Collins accountable for her extremism. This morning Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon announced that she was running for Senate to hold Susan Collins accountable for her far-right record. Sara has spent six years fighting for Progressive values in Augusta and is ready to go to Washington to fight for them in the U.S. Senate.
There’s a lot of diversity of opinion here, about who we should nominate for President, and that’s fine and healthy. But whoever we nominate, their agenda will be a dead letter from day one unless we can take back the senate from the clutches of Mitch McConnell. This seat will be key to determining whether Democrats can take back the Senate in 2021 and make real progress for this country, or whether Republicans will maintain their majority and block anything an incoming president tries to do. Collins has a long-cultivated moderate image, and she will not be easy to beat. However, with your help, Speaker Gideon can can educate Mainers about Collins’ real record of consistently enable Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell, and can win this fight.
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