actually i kind of disagree. because she is associated with women’s issues, she is taking and will take a terrible pummeling. of course we all say you should stand up for what is right - but the level that demonstrators and critics have descended to is brutal. i know she is now in physical danger and being maligned in a most ugly way by former supporters across the aisle. she and Kavanaugh now have that in common. doing what is right will carry quite the price for her. i give her credit.
actually i kind of disagree. because she is associated with women’s issues, she is taking and will take a terrible pummeling. of course we all say you should stand up for what is right - but the level that demonstrators and critics have descended to is brutal. i know she is now in physical danger and being maligned in a most ugly way by former supporters across the aisle. she and Kavanaugh now have that in common. doing what is right will carry quite the price for her. i give her credit.
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I agree. What’s “heroic” isn’t so much her speech, but the fact that she was willing to take SO much leftist hate on her shoulders because she saw an injustice being done.
Maine Republicans are just about fed up with Sen. Collins. If she had voted No she would have lost her seat on 2020 and would be run out of the State!
She’s no different than all the other Republicans who’s voting for Kav. Any one of them could have been the swing vote.
She’s merely the one that took the longest time to reach the correct conclusion.
Like the father of prodigal son, we are extremely glad she finally made the right decision. But she is no more a hero than the rest of the yes votes.