Democrats Take Aim At Susan Collins' Lobbyist Husband As Maine Race Heats Up

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The senator backed policies that benefited her husband’s consulting business. Republicans target Sara Gideon’s husband in attack ads, too.

By Kevin Robillard
09/01/2020

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) pushed and voted for policies that benefited her husband’s consulting and lobbying business, positions Democrats are set to attack in what is quickly becoming one of the most contentious and expensive Senate races in the country.

Collins is in a tight race with Democratic state House Speaker Sara Gideon in a race Democrats almost certainly need to win to have a chance at taking back control of the U.S. Senate. The race, which has brought an unprecedented barrage of tens of millions of dollars worth of television advertising to Maine, has become increasingly nasty. Democrats and Republicans are now airing television ads attacking the husbands.

“Collins’ husband, a former lobbyist, profited off the opioid crisis,” the male narrator says in an ad from Duty and Honor, a Democratic nonprofit controlled by allies of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

“She tried to raise her taxes, but her family didn’t pay their own taxes on time,” a female narrator says in an ad slamming Gideon, referring to tax liens levied against a condo project her husband invested in. The ad is from 1820 PAC, a super PAC whose largest donors are ultra-wealthy Wall Street executives.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-susan-collins-lobbyist-husband-maine-senate-race_n_5f4da0b8c5b697186e3a2a5c

[Cha]

1. KR!

[stillcool]

2. Democrats are being so mean...

poor concerned Susan.

[calguy]

3. Take off the gloves

and throw them away. Use every tool we have to beat them into the ground.

[Maine-i-acs]

4. He also profited off Ukraine / Russia energy deals

Made millions which is now in her household bank account.
How can she have been unbiased toward the Ukraine based impeachment trial?

[Karadeniz]

5. So she and hubby benefited from Ukraine business...like Hunter Biden?