Susan Collins: Kavanaugh vote "ranks right up there" with the most difficult votes she has cast

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

Sen. Susan Collins said her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court "ranks right up there" with the hardest votes she has ever cast in the Senate. John Dickerson spoke to Collins in an interview airing on "Face the Nation" on Sunday, just one day after the vote.

"There have been out there very difficult decisions but this was a tough one," Collins said.

Collins gave an impassioned 45-minute speech on Senate floor Friday as she announced she would be voting to confirm Kavanaugh. She said the reaction has been "overwhelming on both sides."

Kavanaugh's nomination had been vehemently opposed by sexual assault survivors, but Collins said it causes her "huge pain" that some believe she is denying their voice.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/susan-collins-kavanaugh-speech-senate-hearing-confirmation-vote-face-the-nation-today-2018-10-07/

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She's certainly polishing her credentials as an attention whore.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. STFU, senator.

[targetpractice]

2. Clean up on aisle twelve... n/t

[LisaL]

3. Cry me a river.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Sit down, Susan. We don't want to hear it.

[Still In Wisconsin]

5. With Collins it's all sooooo predictable.

First she has concerns. She might even be distressed. She will wring her hands and furrow her brow.

Then she will acquiesce and vote the way she is told to.

Then, when the inevitable happens and she is "betrayed" by the latest far-right pig she's enabled, she will express her "shock and dismay"

Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

Fuck you Collins.

[mucifer]

9. you left out that she wants us to grovel to her for her the most important vote in congress

I hate her so much!

[Socal31]

6. I'd love to see the rest of her list.

[Voltaire2]

7. I think Collins and Dershowitz would make a lovely couple.

[Fred Sanders]

12. Anyone ask her why she demanded Franken resign with little evidence, and refused an investigation?

Gave Franken no benefit of the doubt at all!

Hypocrisy.... forever will you be known as "Collins"...at least Murkowski could not live with this level of hypocrisy.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. This

[LisaL]

36. Exactly. She had no issues believing accusations against Franken.

Close to half of those were anonymous, and neither of the accusers testified in front of Senate. Add to that Franken wasn't accused of attempted rape. But she was all outraged by Franken's alleged bad behavior.

[Fred Sanders]

38. Yes. Why is the media not asking the obvious questions? Maddening criminal negligence by media.

[Still In Wisconsin]

13. Oy vey...

God forbid.

[mucifer]

8. Pure evil greedy power hungry evil monster.

I hate her and all the republicans who voted for kavanaugh and the tax bill and destroying the Violence Against Women Act. They are all effing evil monsters. I'm including you Murkowski for voting for the non kavanaugh evil crap. I'm including you Manchin for being an evil effing monster who for some reason wants a "D" after his ugly name.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Political suicide is kind of a tricky situation.

This time she came up on the short end.

[jpak]

11. I suspect her political difficulties have just begun.

It's going to be interesting to see how she is welcomed home in Maine.

[blue-wave]

14. Oh, Poor Susan!

You just screwed over 99% of your fellow citizens and I should feel sorry for you?!! Their entire party is full of evil minded people who only want to destroy the decent hard working people of our country. Heck, they want our entire country destroyed. Please Susan, crawl back into whatever dung filled cave from whence you came.

[Gore1FL]

15. Her speech on Friday didn't make it sound all that difficult. nt

[BeyondGeography]

26. No kidding

The search for political cover was the only difficulty she faced. And that was obviously handled with ease.

[dalton99a]

16. Greedy soulless self-promoting backstabbing trash

[C_U_L8R]

17. Tell it to the hand, Collins

and the tremendous backlash that's coming your way.

It's time to shun and boycott Republican everything.

[Nasruddin]

18. Oh the humanity

[Bengus81]

19. Collins: Ford was assulted but she doesn't know who did it

That's how she's now spinning her vote. Yup,Ford was too stupid back then to recognize who was assaulting her.

[jpak]

25. Ford identified Kavanaugh under oath

Fucking lying sack

[BlancheSplanchnik]

33. They have no respect for that

Because they couldn’t give a crap about oaths themselves.

[lark]

20. Shut up you lying traitor to women, Susan Collins.

You made s choice to support rape, assault, rage, partisanship & rich entitled white men over many women, the truth and decency. You showed yourself to be a 100% fraud and liar and totally untrustworthy. You will get your due and it will be so hurtful, but not hurtful enough to what you have done, exposing all women to rape and assault and non-belief. Rage and hate for women & white male entitlement & blind oligarchal partisanship won the day due to your fata horrific vote. I will do everything I can to ensure she is defeated if she ever runs for office again, although she's such a coward, I'd bet big $$ she retires or maybe runs for Gov.

[olegramps]

21. You did your fascist duty. You sold your soul. We will put it on you tombstone.

[disndat]

22. S. Collins is crying all the way to the bank

dragging her pile of pay-off $$$ dough behind her.

[LoisB]

23. I don't think they had to pay her, just "promise" to do so.

[Autumn]

24. Is she ever going to shut the fuck up with her lies?

She is a disgusting human being.

[Adrahil]

27. Bullshit.

We need to recruit and support a candidate to oppose her.

[Scarsdale]

28. What a load of CRAP.

Collins does this every time there is a decision to be made. She pretends she is carefully considering doing the right thing, then ALWAYS sides with the gop. She is their "go to girl". I hear she lunched a few times with GW Bush. No doubt he told her to do the right thing (her usual ploy) I hope she loses her next election.

[Bengus81]

29. From Twitter and says it all without words...........

[meadowlark5]

30. Now I hear she gets to be on 60 Minutes tonight to explain it all

Is Collins asking to be on all of these shows to explain herself or are the news outlets reaching out to her?

Who cares, Susan. I hope this is your last Supreme Court vote. I hope you lose your job.

[llmart]

31. Fuck you, Collins.

That's all.

[Ruby the Liberal]

34. GFY Aunt Lydia.

[SWBTATTReg]

35. Collins is now damaged goods. Unworthy of any respect since obviously she sold herself out. NT

[keithbvadu2]

37. Her acting was the toughest part... to watch.

[kimbutgar]

39. F that bitch

[Oneironaut]

40. That's what happens when your party is racist misogynists, and you don't want to alienate them.

This wasn’t due to a moral crisis - it was a political calculation to try and appease both sides.

[Greybnk48]

41. Yup. And for you it's going to be a career ender,

"Aunt Lydia Collins."

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

42. I really don't care, do you?

[True_Blue]

43. She believed Dr. Ford, she just simply doesn't care.

In fact, I think all the Republicans believed Dr. Ford, otherwise they wouldn't have tried to limit and cover up the pathetic FBI investigation. This confirmation was a slap in the face to all women. This is exactly why sexual assualt victims don't want to come forward.

[BlueStater]

44. Jesus Christ.

[Solly Mack]

45. Typical republican liar.

[raccoon]

46. Susan, you and Lindsey both shut the fuck up!

Susan, you and Lindsey both shut the fuck up!Nobody wants to hear anything else out of either one of you.

[Turbineguy]

47. Well, Aunt Lydia,

there's a clue in there somewhere.