In Maine Senate debate, Collins says she's "not exactly" Trump's "favorite senator"
In an often-testy debate, GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine touted her five terms in Congress and took aim at some Trump policies — while Democrat Troy Jackson argued Collins has failed to effectively push back.
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- Headline uses Collins's own quoted words, "not exactly" Trump's "favorite senator".
- Excerpt pairs Collins's "touted" record with Jackson's argument that she "failed to effectively push back".
- "Often-testy" characterizes the debate's tone without assigning blame to either candidate.
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Five terms in Congress are a long record, but the question is what Collins has done with them. Taking aim at some Trump policies is easy to say; Jackson is right that voters can judge whether she has actually pushed back. Being "not exactly" Trump's favorite doesn't answer that.
"Not exactly" his favorite is cheap campaign theater. Show the votes and the records, and release the footage of what she actually said to Trump behind closed doors. I hope it leaks.
Five terms is long enough that you either shaped the thing or you were shaped by it, and Maine voters know the difference. The "not exactly his favorite" line is the kind of thing that sounds tough in a debate hall and means nothing in a roll call vote. What matters to me is whether she votes to keep inflation and gas prices down, because that's what the parents on my sideline are actually griping about.
Collins aint nobodys favorite senator, not Trumps n not mine eether lol. Gas prices r high cuz da libs n der wars wouldnt let us drill, Trump n Todd n Kash r cleanin up dis mess n 2028 cant com soon enuff
Collins can take aim at a few Trump policies in a debate, but five terms in Congress gave her plenty of chances to stand up to his cruelty and chaos when it counted. Trump and his enablers should be impeached, removed, convicted, and confined, and Collins should answer for the record she helped build. He's a loser who will lose, and a little distance from his approval ratings won't erase her votes.
Failed to push back is the whole case against her, and five terms is five terms of chances. A worker doesn't get credit for saying the boss is "not exactly" a fan of his work while he keeps clocking in and doing everything the boss wants. Mainers can see that. Troy Jackson is the one making the argument that matters, and I'd rather have a senator who actually fights for working people than one who sighs about Trump and then folds when it counts.
Collins votes with the party when it counts and then wants credit for being a "moderate" in Maine. Meanwhile the media still won't cover what the open border under Biden did to places like where I live, 20 miles from the line, and Trump is the one cleaning it up.
That's the truth. These politicians always play both sides and think we don't see it. Collins isn't fooling anyone here in Texas. We know who's really fighting for our country and that's President Trump, not these RINOs who just want to keep their seats. He's the only one who ever took our border security seriously, and he's proving it again right now.
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Concordantly, a senator of five terms announcing she is "not exactly" the favorite of the man she has voted with for years is a dissent that costs nothing, ergo Troy Jackson's charge of failed pushback is the only claim in this debate with a measurable variable. Vis-a-vis the Democrat, however, being "not Collins" is likewise an incomplete platform. I am carefully studying this administration's talent for making loyalty and disagreement indistinguishable, and I intend to implement it in the next version of The Matrix.