It’s time for Susan Collins to go | Letter
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In past elections, thousands of Democrats in Maine have voted for Susan Collins because of her powerful role on the Senate Appropriations Committee and her ability to keep Bath Iron Works funded for the production of destroyers.
Her highly touted earmarks, however, pale in comparison to the damage she has done by her support for legislation that has slashed funding for Medicaid, food stamps, national parks and a host of other programs that benefit regular people, while providing obscene tax breaks for the wealthiest members of society.
She has blindly supported Donald Trump’s highly unqualified nominees, enabled his war of folly in Iran and voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, who betrayed their confirmation promises and ended long-standing protections for women’s health. She voted to give ICE billions in additional funding that they have used to further terrorize our neighborhoods and kill our neighbors.
Her shell game, however, has been exposed. While taking credit for millions of dollars in earmarks, she has cut billions of dollars in critical programs upon which regular Mainers depend.
Spending $400 million in campaign ads over the next 100 days will not erase her record. It’s time for her to go.
Peter Blachly
Bath
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