So, they couldn't rally 60% of the senators to vote guilty and President Trump is declared "not guilty". As if it mattered, really. A civilian is not a sitting president.
In any event, however, there were 57 'guilty' votes with all of the regular players.......including our own senator Collins.
I, for one, will mark my future calendar to remind me how they voted. She could have played politics with this and allowed the "trial" to move forward but, in the end, show her respect for President Trump by voting "not guilty" but no......she showed him, didn't she? I guess Trump didn't do a single thing for us, that remote lower middle class working man's state rife with old people, right?
Maybe she forgot:
https://bangordailynews.com/2020/09/05/opinion/contributors/president-trump-supports-maines-lobster-industry/
And not just for Maine but in case you didn't know there was quite an ecomony/tourism during his years in office and if this virus had not shed it's terrible pandemic around it would have continued. MAny of the things that Trump did "lifted all boats" like Kennedy declared.
I have no issues with senators or congresscritters voting their consience when critical events call for it but "independant" candidates bother me because they can't make up their minds from the start and let the political winds sway them back and forth claiming this haughty stand of "independant'. Bull. As far as I'm concerned poop or get off the pot.
Susan should be primaried this next election cycle. Frankly, so should Uncle Angus. A prominent solid republican candidate must be found and fight hard against her and we all need to be there in large numbers. What is she going to stand on anyway? What flip-floppy legislation can she claim is based on solid republican platform. What the democrats did over the past four years is embarassing and was a waste of taxpayer's money. We need to start now with making Maine Red again so our state's economy can explode from the pent up desires of our citizens and tourists nationally after this virus dies.
There. I feel better now. I, for one, will be happy to do my part in my little town to help populate the legislature with patriotic conservative politicians with our concerns at heart. 'Nuff said.