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Susan Collins’s Kavanaugh vote sparks calls to boycott Maine products, tourism
The Hill ^ | 10/09/18 | TAL AXELROD

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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: 115th; buycott; fish; kavanauagh; me2018; susancollins
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1 posted on 10/09/2018 8:53:54 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

That reminds me, I have something I’ve been meaning to order from LL Bean.


2 posted on 10/09/2018 8:54:37 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Soon the snowflakes will have to boycott EVERYBODY and EVERYTHING!!!


3 posted on 10/09/2018 8:55:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Sure, boycott! That’ll work real well for the lefties. Like with Chick Fil-A and Hobby Lobby. It won’t backfire at all /s


4 posted on 10/09/2018 8:55:27 AM PDT by scottinoc
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To: yesthatjallen

Yeah, the last 11 of these “boycotts” worked so well.

How many states does California currently forbid its state workers from traveling to because they don’t go along with the positions of the California State Democrat Party? I forgot.


5 posted on 10/09/2018 8:56:26 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: yesthatjallen

They’re not gonna boycott lefty Stephen King’s Maine, too? Yeah, that’ll work.


6 posted on 10/09/2018 8:56:30 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: yesthatjallen

Yes, yes, because some schlub from Oregon had visiting Maine as his top priority....

These people are pathetic.


7 posted on 10/09/2018 8:57:01 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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“actor and comedian John Fugelsang”

WHO!?


8 posted on 10/09/2018 8:57:42 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: yesthatjallen

Rediculous, asanine BS.


9 posted on 10/09/2018 8:57:54 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: yesthatjallen

Planning a nice dinner with the wife tomorrow for our anniversary. Think I’ll look for a place serving live Maine lobsters. Not always easy to find on the left coast, but worth the support!


10 posted on 10/09/2018 8:58:12 AM PDT by ssaftler (US Senate race in CA: Feinstein the feeble vs. deLeon the Socialist. Lord, have mercy on CA)
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Gee, Democrats want to see an innocent man essentially convicted and his supporters punished

And hilLIAR says they can be “civil”?

My gosh, how screwed in the head are these idiots?


11 posted on 10/09/2018 9:00:04 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Mods/Independents/Dems/Non-voters" Are CRAZY DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: goldstategop

Maybe Stephen King will move out of state. Or the country.


12 posted on 10/09/2018 9:00:07 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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Looks like Christmas presents from LL Bean again...did same 2 years ago when Lands End went bonkers for Hillary


13 posted on 10/09/2018 9:00:18 AM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: yesthatjallen

I am glad my son is hiking in Maine for 7 days.


14 posted on 10/09/2018 9:00:55 AM PDT by etabeta
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Good, the state will be less crowded with annoying libs and more enjoyable for the regular tourists.


15 posted on 10/09/2018 9:03:25 AM PDT by Cecily
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LOL-—Yeah, like liberals/progressives go to Maine and hike, bike and vacation. If anything, now I know they’re not going to Maine, I will! Free from liberals!


16 posted on 10/09/2018 9:03:43 AM PDT by mikelets456
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maybe i should ski at Sunday River or Sugarloaf this year instead of Killington.


17 posted on 10/09/2018 9:04:19 AM PDT by Jaysin
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Oh wait, is this the same group of people that ridiculed conservatives for boycotting Nike?

Yeah, what I thought, hypocrites.


18 posted on 10/09/2018 9:05:49 AM PDT by BluegrassCardinal
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To: yesthatjallen

These kinds of boycotts by either side are BS and do nothing.


19 posted on 10/09/2018 9:06:07 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Stop The Madness. Do Not Respond To Vanity Posts.)
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To: yesthatjallen

I have some Tom’s of Maine toothpaste I have to buy.


20 posted on 10/09/2018 9:06:44 AM PDT by conservative98
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