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Sen. Susan Collins lost another major endorsement this election cycle when the Human Rights Campaign announced Wednesday that it is backing Democrat Sara Gideon in her bid to unseat the Maine Republican.
HRC, one of the largest LGBTQ advocacy groups in the country, has thrown its support behind Collins reelection campaigns since 2002. But the organization said Wednesday that it could no longer do so.
Despite Susan Collins record of support on certain key LGBTQ issues, her support of Mitch McConnell and Donald Trumps agenda, endorsement of Brett Kavanaughs appointment to the Supreme Court and failure to hold Donald Trump accountable, is simply untenable, said HRC President Alphonso David.
Gideon, who has served as Maines speaker of the House since 2016, will support pro-equality leadership in the Senate, and the Equality Act, a bill that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, David said. Collins is the only Republican co-sponsor of that bill.
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/sara-gideon-human-rights-campaign-susan-collins-193407686.html
bdamomma
(63,654 posts)you will be OUT!! just like Jeff Sessions.
a kennedy
(29,464 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,256 posts)"concern".
LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)Cha
(295,911 posts)how is that supporting Human Rights?
Delarage
(2,182 posts)In a couple weeks. They can't wait to register to vote there to help take out Collins.
Sad thing is they are leaving Pennsylvania.