Dear MoveOn member,
Last year, Senator Susan Collins cast the deciding vote to give Brett Kavanaugh a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.1
Not only did she vote for Kavanaugh, but she delivered a 43-minute Senate floor speech in support of his confirmation, disregarding the harrowing testimony from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.2 That act did enough damage to women's rights to more than undo everything Collins has done for women during her two-decade career in the U.S. Senate.
Now, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, Collins is in real trouble, and we have a clear chance at defeating her. Her Senate seat—which is one of only two Senate seats currently filled by a Republican in a state won by Hillary Clinton in 2016—just moved to the "toss-up" category from "lean Republican."3
Will you chip in $5 a month to support MoveOn's campaign to defeat Susan Collins, end GOP control of the Senate, and defeat Donald Trump in 2020?
Yes, I'm in! I'll chip in monthly.
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
For years, Maine voters thought that Collins stood with women and was a defender of Roe v. Wade. But now:
They are facing the hard reality that Collins chose to vote for a sexual predator hell-bent on taking rights away from women.
They are facing the hard reality that she chose to value the career advancement of a predator over the experiences and traumas of the women he victimized.
They are facing the hard reality that she sided with Trump and Mitch McConnell over the needs of millions of women, in her words and deeds, again and again, in recent years.
And they are facing the hard reality that while Collins sometimes speaks like a moderate, she acts like a right-wing extremist when it comes to her votes to further the Trump-McConnell agenda. (Often, when Trump does something repugnant, she rushes in front of TV cameras to say how concerned and disappointed she is. She's done it so many times that it's become a joke on Saturday Night Live. But the reality is that under Trump her voting record became MORE partisan, setting a new personal record for the most party-line votes in her entire career.)4
Not only can we defeat Collins, but her seat is critical in our fight to end Republican control of the Senate. But to defeat Collins, we need to spread the word about her record. MoveOn has a long history in the state of Maine, and that's our secret weapon: an army of MoveOn members who can knock on doors, host house parties, fill phone banks . . . Whatever it takes to get out the vote and win.
Will you chip in $5 a month to support MoveOn's campaign to defeat Susan Collins, end GOP control of the Senate, and defeat Donald Trump in 2020?
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
The majority of Maine voters are independents—"unenrolled" with any particular political party.5 For years, Collins convinced independents that she was one of them.
But now the truth will come out—if we can raise the funds to spread the truth. With your help, we'll make sure Maine voters know that Collins:
Polls show that Collins is increasingly unpopular and that we can defeat her and end GOP control of the Senate. But only if we get going now. Which is why we're asking:
Will you chip in $5 a month to support MoveOn's campaign to defeat Susan Collins, end GOP control of the Senate, and defeat Donald Trump in 2020?
Yes, I'm in! I'll chip in monthly.
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Allison, Seth, Karine, Schuyler, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Susan Collins Announces Deciding Vote: 'I Will Vote To Confirm Judge Kavanaugh,'" HuffPost, accessed August 22, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/85433?t=8&akid=243771%2E40999114%2ElH98da
2. "Watch Sen. Collins's full speech on Kavanaugh vote," The Washington Post, accessed August 22, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/85435?t=10&akid=243771%2E40999114%2ElH98da
3. "Cook Political Report moves Susan Collins Senate race to 'toss up,'" The Hill, August 16, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/85437?t=12&akid=243771%2E40999114%2ElH98da
4. "Susan Collins was a more reliable vote for GOP in 2017 than any other year," CNN, July 11, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/83872?t=14&akid=243771%2E40999114%2ElH98da
5. "Registered voters in Maine by town and party," Portland Press Herald, accessed August 22, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/85438?t=16&akid=243771%2E40999114%2ElH98da
6. "Susan Collins Announces Deciding Vote: 'I Will Vote To Confirm Judge Kavanaugh,'" HuffPost, accessed August 22, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/85433?t=18&akid=243771%2E40999114%2ElH98da
7. "Susan Collins Raised More Money From Brett Kavanaugh Supporters Than Mainers," HuffPost, February 6, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/85439?t=20&akid=243771%2E40999114%2ElH98da
8. "Susan Collins' opponents are hitting her on the GOP tax plan. Here's what it did.," Bangor Daily News, August 21, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/85440?t=22&akid=243771%2E40999114%2ElH98da
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