Posted on 10/09/2018 8:53:54 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Activists upset with Sen. Susan Collins’s vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh say they will inflict economic damage on the Republican senator's home state by boycotting Maine products and tourism.
“Dear Susan Collins – I really struggled with this but my tourist $ just voted against ever visiting Maine while you remain in office,” actor and comedian John Fugelsang said Friday in a tweet that has since been deleted, according to the Portland Press Herald.
The tweet garnered hundreds of comments saying they would join Fugelsang in the boycott, with one person canceling a $2,200 reservation at Point Sebago resort, the Press Herald reported.
John Tesar, who owns six restaurants in Texas and is opening a seafood restaurant in California, told the newspaper that he’ll look elsewhere for the “hundreds of thousands of dollars” worth of seafood that he buys annually from Maine.
“I am so disappointed and angry at her,” he said. “My intent is not to hurt the fishermen, it’s to have them vote her out of office. The only way to make a difference in this day and age is economically, and on November 6th.”
One Maine lobster dealer told the newspaper that he has lost a few customers since the boycott call was initiated last week after Collins announced in a Senate floor speech that she would be voting to confirm Kavanaugh the next day.
The senator's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Hill.
Collins, who's considered a swing vote in the Senate, was lobbied by supporters and opponents of Kavanaugh leading up to her announcement. She has personally faced off with anti-Kavanaugh protesters on Capitol Hill, and many have demonstrated outside her offices in Maine.
Kavanaugh’s confirmation process was upended after three women went public with allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh from when he was in high school and college. He issued a fiery denial at a hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he called the accusations “smears” that were part of Democrats’ “revenge on behalf of the Clintons.”
The FBI subsequently opened an investigation into the allegations and sent a report back to the Senate, which Republicans said offered no corroborating evidence. Democrats said the probe was too narrow in scope.
The Senate voted Saturday to confirm Kavanaugh in a 50-48 vote that was mostly along party lines.
I vacation there every summer.
= the reason I said 3 out of 4. The electoral vote in the Portland distict isn’t winnable. The 2 statewide are.
Thanks for pointing that out.
The Cong 2nd covers 90% of Maine. Avoid Augusta and Portland, do business with the rest
Includes map of the 2nd:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine’s_2nd_congressional_district
I spend six days last summer hiking in Maine. Gorgeous mountain scenery and challenging hiking. Much different than the hiking I do in the southern Appalachians. The last night we were there, we enjoyed a staple of Maine-lobster and blueberry pie.
Especially enjoyed driving through the old villages and towns. The church was usually a central feature in the town. A couple of quirks I found interesting-on some older homes, barns were attached to the home. And, my favorite, McDonalds serves lobster rolls. Interesting place.
2) Mainers would probably just as soon folks from away stayed out, anyway.
Crazy. Maine is gorgeous, the lobsters sublime, and of course LL Bean is a terrific store.
Let’s all buy something. Christmas is coming, catalog sales are so useful for far-away relatives.
Need a beeah to go with that
The Knife website list him as “Top Chef” contestant Chef John Tesar, also know as loser on Top Chef.
:o)
Maine is so beautiful.
Picked up a nice weatherproof shell there last time. Around $100 normally, I got it for $15. I use it as a raincoat.
The outlet, however, is not open 24/7/365. Just regular business hours, unfortunately. :-)
The effect of this boycott on Maine will resemble a pimple on an elephant’s ass.
5.56mm
Sorry, You are correct. I forgot that is how they divide them.
Ha ha! I have been boycotting Point Sebago resort ever since my wife and kids, and 75% of the guest became sick overnight. They blamed it on one kid in a dirty diaper playing in the lake
like that does not happen everyday. The owners were down right rude to the guest.
I always wanted to visit Maine for a summer vacation. Now I am more motivated.
Maine is made up of liberals. At least in the cities like Portland, Bar Harbor, Kittery and Kennebunkport. I guess they’ll boycott themselves.
My daughter lives in Maine. I just got back from a 5 day visit. It was packed with leaf peepers. Liberals are unable to boycott anything effectively as most are tattooed gamers who don’t work.
For a similar reason, i.e., a female Senator, I think we should boycott all products and tourism having to do with Alaska dollars.
This door swings both ways, Baby.
save some laabstahs for me
Please, liberals, boycott everything Maine. And if you live here, move away. Connecticut and California are nice this time of year. We’ve way too many carpet bagging (Senator Angus King), tax raising, pro-abortion, anti-constitution, pro-illegal aliens, pro-asylum fools moving here from numerous liberal bastions, and screwing everything up for law-abiding, Jesus loving, tax paying, go-to-work-every day citizens. Boycott Maine. Never clog our highways. And move away if you are already here. The sooner the better.
I once knew a lady who grew up in a remote town in northern Maine. She said more people actually spoke French than English, and they did most of their shopping in Canada.
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