Susan Collins says Trump's comments on Somalis are 'unhelpful'

[jpak]

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2016/08/05/susan-collins-says-trumps-comments-somalis-are-unhelpful/1971693#comments

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says Donald Trump's recent comments about her state's Somali community were "disparaging" and "unhelpful."

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Merrill Auditorium in Portland.

Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, appeared at a rally in Portland on Thursday. He cited the state's Somali community as an example of refugees "coming from among the most dangerous territories and countries" and added that "has to stop."

The comments drew widespread criticism in Portland, a liberal city that is the largest by population in the state. Collins released a statement Friday that said Maine has a long history of benefiting from immigration, "including our friends from Somalia."

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[cali]

1. gosh. how courageous of her

They were lies and much worse than her description

[Gabi Hayes]

3. did she endorse him? based on that, I'm guessing no.

media aren't exactly touching this one are they?

have to keep up the constant email obsession. every fifteen minutes or so on both cnn/msnbc

[cali]

4. Here ya go- a true profile in... chicken shitness

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Susan Collins: UNDECIDED
The moderate Maine senator tells Time that she is in wait-and-see mode. “I’ve said from the point that it became obvious that Donald Trump was going to be the Republican candidate that I’d always supported previous presidential nominees of my party but that in this case I was going to wait and see what happened and that is what I am continuing to do.” (June 7, 2016)

Having previously said that her backing from Trump would be contingent upon a shift in his rhetoric, Collins then said she would support the nominee. (May 6, 2016)

Collins said: “I have always supported the Republican nominee for president, and I suspect I would do so this year, but I do want see what Donald Trump does from here on out.” To win her vote, “He’s going to have stop with gratuitous personal insults,” she said, amusingly. (May 4, 2016)

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/where-republicans-stand-on-donald-trump-a-cheat-sheet/481449/

[Gabi Hayes]

5. is it me, or is she as stupid as she sounds on tv? does she have some sort of

organic deficit?

thanks for posting that; pretty much sounds like her. she has to be pushed into a corner before she'll come out on one side or the other of any serious issue

[cali]

6. I don't think she's stupid- I do think that she has some speech problem

She's better than most republicans but she's no Jim Jeffords.

[orwell]

2. "Winning" the hearts and minds...

...one state at a time!