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TexasTowelie

(111,285 posts)
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:19 AM Jan 2017

Sen. Susan Collins defends demonstrators, criticizes Trump immigration policy

The demonstrations roiling the country in the wake of Donald Trump’s ascendancy to the White House show “the beauty of America” in the way its people speak up, Maine’s senior senator said Monday.

There’s nothing like it in places such as North Korea, Russia and Iran, said U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican.

But Collins still feels unsettled that “our country seems to be really divided right now in a way I have not seen before.”

She said part of it is that many people are unwilling to accept the results of the Nov. 8 election that put Trump in the presidency, a natural consequence of a tight contest in which nearly 3 million more votes went to his opponent than he racked up.

Read more: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/0001/11/30/sen-susan-collins-defends-demonstrators-criticizes-trump-immigration-policy/2069140

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Sen. Susan Collins defends demonstrators, criticizes Trump immigration policy (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2017 OP
our country seems to be really divided right now in a way I have not seen before. - really? NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #1
a 3 mil vote margin is not "tight" ms collins. your concern is noted nt msongs Jan 2017 #2

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
1. our country seems to be really divided right now in a way I have not seen before. - really?
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:30 AM
Jan 2017

Wow, not too bright there, Susan - your party treated Obama like shit for 8 years. How do these people find their way into office - how do they even find their offices, for that matter.

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