MaddowBlog-'Shame!' Republican Sen. Susan Collins faces heckling, boos at public event in Maine

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When a senator is getting shouted down at a ribbon-cutting ceremony a year out from a re-election campaign, that’s not a great sign.

Around this time eight years ago, after Susan Collins helped derail her party’s ACA-repeal plan, she was greeted with spontaneous applause at her local airport.

Now, she’s being greeted in Maine with heckling and booing — ahead of her re-election bid next year. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-28T15:53:09.750Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/shame-republican-sen-susan-collins-faces-heckling-boos-public-event-ma-rcna227723

Eight years later, the GOP incumbent is facing a very different kind of public reception in her home state. NBC News reported:

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was heckled and drowned out at times by demonstrators at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in her home state Tuesday, the latest in a series of confrontations between protesters and members of Congress. ‘Shame! Shame! Shame!’ protesters yelled at Collins as she cut the ribbon to mark the completion of the long-running Route 1 construction project in Searsport.

“Could you please just listen, for just one ...” Collins said at one point, before she was interrupted again. “We’d like you to listen!” one of the demonstrators yelled, while another chastised Collins for not holding any town halls with constituents.

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.....The University of New Hampshire and the American Association of Public Opinion Research released a statewide poll in April that found 71% of Mainers don’t believe Collins deserves to be re-elected. Watch this space.