OPINION/GUEST VIEW: I can no longer support Sen. Susan Collins
By Jane Calderwood
Posted Aug 30, 2020 at 3:54 PM
I was raised to believe I should cast my vote for the person with the best ideas, regardless of their party. My father took me down to Bangor City Hall when I turned 18 to get me registered to vote. He jokingly said he was afraid I would register as a Democrat – perhaps because our neighbor, who was a Democrat, worked there. That had never been my plan. In fact, I remained a registered Republican, even when I lived and worked in Washington DC where I was one of a minuscule number of Republicans.
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Sadly, I can no longer support Senator Susan Collins. She has proven unwilling to stand up to the President and too enamored of political power to speak up for the good people of Maine. I am tired of hearing about how “concerned” she is. These times demand strength and action and she has shown neither.
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America needs more spirited debate and open minds if we are to move forward, together to make our nation stronger. That is why I said yes when I was invited to join the Lincoln Project’s Lincoln Women Coalition. We are a group of current and former Republican women who are fed up with the civil unrest, blatant misogyny and failed leadership of Donald Trump over the last four years.
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Every American president recites the same oath when being sworn in ”...to protect and defend” America ” against all enemies, both foreign and domestic”. I’m tired of waiting for the current president to live up to his oath of office, and that is why I am a Lincoln Woman.
https://www.seacoastonline.com/opinion/20200830/opinionguest-view-i-can-no-longer-support-sen-susan-collins