Company officials and Maine’s senators will scrutinize the decision to award patrol cutter work to a Florida shipyard, as the community and state brace for the impact.
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Clinton campaign uses statement from Sen. Collins in anti-Trump ad
The campaign says the ad is playing on television in key battleground states and on national cable networks.
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National monument designation triggers clashing political reactions
Maine’s congressional delegation offers a mix of praise, objections and hopes for economic benefits in the Katahdin region.
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Bill Nemitz: Collins eclipses colleagues with courageous disavowal of Trump
Breaking ranks with her beloved Republican Party was a complicated decision for Maine’s popular U.S. senator.
Posted inElections, Politics
Social media reactions to Susan Collins’ rejection of Trump
On social media this morning, liberals praised Sen. Collins’ decision, while conservatives generally avoided the subject.
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On the record: Sen. Susan Collins’ evolving views on Donald Trump
In May, Sen. Susan Collins said she had always supported the Republican party’s nominee; by August, she’d concluded that Trump was ‘unworthy’ of the presidency.
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Poliquin practices art of the dodge when it comes to Trump
A day after Sen. Susan Collins said she won’t vote for the Republican presidential nominee, a spokesman for Rep. Poliquin would not comment on Trump’s candidacy.
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Collins’ rebuke comes at bad time for troubled Trump campaign
It could worsen his recent slide in the presidential polls and add votes for Clinton, but Maine’s senior senator says her only intent was to do ‘the right thing.’
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Susan Collins: ‘I will not be voting for Donald Trump’
‘My conclusion about Mr. Trump’s unsuitability for office is based on his disregard for the precept of treating others with respect, an idea that should transcend politics,’ she writes in a Washington Post op-ed.
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Sen. Susan Collins, ‘increasingly dismayed’ by Donald Trump, says she won’t vote for him
Maine’s Republican senator writes an opinion column that lays out her case for why her party’s nominee shouldn’t become president.