Anti-Collins donation site crashes due to overwhelming traffic.

[RandySF]

Minutes after Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced her decision to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a site raising money for Collins' eventual opponent in her 2020 reelection bid crashed.

Collins was one of the undecided votes in the judge's controversial nomination. In an effort to convince Collins that there would be consequences if she voted to support him, a group of people from Maine launched a crowdfunding campaign on a site called Crowdpac.

The campaign asked people to pledge money to back the person who will challenge Collins in 2020 if she voted to confirm Kavanaugh. If she doesn't vote for Kavanaugh, the pledges would be void.

The site was so overwhelmed with people rushing to donate to the campaign that its internet connection couldn't take the traffic, pushing it offline, Crowdpac confirmed to Business Insider.

As of September 12, when The Washington Post reported on the fundraising effort, it had raised more than $1 million from 37,000 pledges. Some had questioned whether the campaign violated federal bribery statutes, which prohibit giving or offering anything of value to government officials in exchange for any acts or votes.



https://www.businessinsider.com/site-taking-donations-for-senator-collins-opponent-overwhelmed-2018-10

[Stargleamer]

1. This brightened an otherwise dreary day n/t

[MLAA]

2. I just pledged $. Made me feel a tiny bit better.

[ProudLib72]

3. That last sentence

Can anyone say NRA?

[roamer65]

4. Her political future is over.

Done...toast.

[dawg day]

5. If you can't get through on that site, there's a great young veteran running for Congress in Maine

https://jaredgoldenforcongress.com/

Jared Golden

[riversedge]

6. kick 🌊🌊🌊 #FlipItBlue #BlueWave2018 #VoteThemOUT

[peequod]

8. Just donated to Jared Golden

Looks like he'd make a fine Congressman.

[rpannier]

15. donated

Thanks for the heads up

[RKP5637]

7. Collins is history, she's playing by the old book. n/t

[LiberalLovinLug]

9. I hope she is aware of this

[denbot]

10. 2,713,614 as of 21:42 cst

She got $20.20 out of us.

[gay texan]

12. same here. will get more on payday... n/t

[green917]

11. As heartening as this is...

Her vote on Kavanaugh is more evidence that, as I've thought for some time, she isn't going to run for re-election. This is her auditioning for a think tank or pundit gig.

[ouija]

13. She gone

[SoCalDem]

16. Exactly..she's ready to retire anyway

There were rumors that she might run for governor..they do elect oddballs there, so she may win that seat..

[tavernier]

14. She won't be respected by women

and certainly not by men, in any future position. She better learn to carry coffee cups and ask “cream or sugar?”