Maine Republican Party To Consider Censuring Susan Collins Over Impeachment Vote

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Source: huff post





POLITICS 02/16/2021 12:39 am ET



The Maine Republican Party is considering censuring Sen. Susan Collins (R) over her vote this month to convict former President Donald Trump, according to several media reports.

Local GOP officials are set to meet on Monday to discuss how to handle Collins’s vote after she was among seven Republicans to join all 48 Senate Democrats and two independents in calling for the conviction of Trump for his role in inciting the deadly mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last month. The 57-43 vote, however, was 10 short of the required two-thirds majority for the conviction to stand.
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“My vote in this trial stems from my own oath and duty to defend the Constitution fo the United States,” Collins added in a statement after Saturday’s vote. “The abuse of power and betrayal of his oath by President Trump meet the constitutional standard of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,’ and for those reasons I voted to convict Donald J. Trump.”

Other Republican senators have already been penalized by party members for their votes to convict Trump. The North Carolina GOP unanimously voted to censure Sen. Richard Burr on Monday, and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy was censured by his state party shortly after the vote.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maine-gop-censure-susan-collins_n_602b4c9dc5b6d667582f1469

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The state and local GOP folks would follow someone over a cliff.

[muntrv]

1. Repukes doing cancel culture.

[AllyCat]

2. So many posts today about state GOP doing this.

Is this how they are going to swing the GOP? Push the states to censure anyone who doesn’t support their lord and savior?

[Butterflylady]

3. And it is ridiculous too.

What good will it do.

[Walleye]

4. Let the GOP keep doing this shit. It's a power trip.They won't come back from this.

[lkinwi]

6. I agree!

They are following someone who lost them the presidency, house and senate. Hopefully their stupidity will make them lose some state and local races also.

[question everything]

5. What does it mean, in practical terms? She has six years for the next elections.

By then, his losing an attempt to run again would vindicate her.

[JohnnyRingo]

7. Is Trump the second coming of Jesus?

You'd think so at the outrage these republicans across the country are acting. Like she's committed blasphemy, or downloaded kiddie porn.

I'll never understand these republicans. No one acted like this when Hillary lost. We didn't fly our flags upside down or leave up billboards in the yard. We didn't make death threats to people who didn't absolutely love Clinton.

[llmart]

8. Her concern level may ramp up a bit.

I think she'll learn a lesson.

[mdbl]

21. LOL

even though not funny it made me laugh.

[3825-87867]

9. The Hypocrisy is infinite!

For a month all we heard was 1st Amendment! Free speech!

Then when members of the party screaming for free speech use it, those same dimwits censure their own for using free speech!

Free speech - just another Amendment to be amended by the Republicans when they can. Except for Number 2! And isn't that number a prime example for what that amendment stands for? Gotta keep "Number 2" in the ReQublican Party where it belongs.

[samsingh]

10. i don't like Susan Collins but her party is making their fascist direction clear

repugs are enemies of Democracy. They made America. I don't believe the party can be turned around. Any decent republicans that are left should change to the Democratic Party or start a new third party immediately.

[cstanleytech]

11. I wonder if she is concerned?

[debsy]

12. It is time for responsible republicans (if there are any) to censure the a-holes who voted to acquit

goddammit! wtf is it with these people? they need to be countered in a big, bad way!

[keithbvadu2]

13. Big deal! It was a safe vote for her.

[MurrayDelph]

14. Does she take

any other kind?

[marieo1]

15. self seeking lunatics

This says it all. This is what the republican party has become and what they will stoop to to hold onto power. It isn't about making our country a better place to live, it's about holding onto power. I am a firm strong democrat but have always had respect for the rep party but not any more. They have become the party of self seeking lunatics. They are disgusting. How they even can justify putting someone like DJT and others like him in office says it all!!

[Escurumbele]

16. Can someone answer this please?

If GOP in Maine were to censure Collins, could she retaliate by switching parties? And if she did, would she remain a Senator, and now Democrats would have the majority by 51-49???

[Gore1FL]

17. A similar scenario played out in 2001 with Jim Jeffords of Vermont--though not due to censure.

He was re-elected as a Republican in 2000, but switch to an independent, caucusing with the Democrats. He was replaced by Senator Sanders in Jan 2007.

[Escurumbele]

18. Great, so it is possible they could do that if they wanted

Thank you very much for answering the question.

[Mr.Bill]

19. Every republican Senator who is being censured

by their state organizations should immediately switch their affiliation to Democratic. That would shake things up in their little clubhouse.

[mdbl]

20. Of course the GOP twists everything backwards

Just like they name their polluting laws " clean energy " they are punishing any member that stands up for our Country and Constitution. Law-breaking assholes.