"The lesson Collins taught Trump is that she, along with nearly all Republicans in Congress, will not stop his law-breaking and corruption and therefore fail to do their jobs in our constitutional system of checks and balances."
#TrumpChaos
#mepolitics
My cousin; an infectious disease nurse had to worry about PPE while Donald lied and Susan Collins patted him on the head for doing a lot that was right. Vote them all out. .
#TrumpKnewVoteBlue
.
@SenatorCollins
LIED to a constituent. Collins’ campaign received $2300 from Jonathon Sackler & insists she is not influenced by campaign contributions. I disagree. She must return the funds NOW and apologize for lying to her constituent. 1/
Susan Collins just launched a 16 county campaign tour.
We cannot find a single public notice of her events.
Sign our Petition asking her to publish her campaign schedule so she can hear directly from Mainers.
#StopSusan
#mepolitics
#DemcastME
@funder
@SenatorCollins
@mfalpac
I agree. We chose to not play by her rules so she gave permission for her staff to yell at our members even after notes to her Chief of staff. She calls the cops rather than face us. Those actions shut down democracy. We’re fighting to keep it
@SenatorCollins
is not.
#mepolitics
.
@SenatorCollins
your vote for the tax scam paved the way for the Texas v. U.S. lawsuit that will undo protections for the 548,300 people like me who have RARE diseases and other pre-existing conditions. 1/
Children with rare diseases wait 5-7 years on average before being properly diagnosed. For anxious parents, answers cannot come soon enough. I introduced a bipartisan bill to help families get the right diagnosis from the start.
In the third ad placed in the
@PressHerald
Erik Mercer and hundreds of Mainers are now calling for a Town Hall with
@SenatorCollins
.
I am a name on the list and I've been asking for a Town Hall on behalf of thousands of Mainers for almost 3 years through our org
@mfalpac
. 1/
@Taniel
We (
@mfalpac
) met w/her in 2017 and asked her to vote for the BRIDGE Act. Answer? NO.
In 2018 we brought 3 DACA recipients to DC to meet with her. She told them to their face she refused to vote for the Dream Act.
It is 2020.
This video is not accessible for people with disabilities.
It is imperative that it be taken down and edited immediately to add subtitles.
Do not tell me you represent the people and make careless ableist mistakes like this
@SenatorCollins
.
#mepolitics
Seniors and homeless individuals are particularly at risk of the coronavirus and related complications. At a Housing Appropriations Subcommittee hearing I chaired, I urged
@SecretaryCarson
to prioritize the work HUD is doing to protect these vulnerable populations.
I met with
@SenatorCollins
& asked her to hold a Town Hall 3 times. She ignored the question. Mainers shouldn't have to take out full page ads to ask her to answer their questions, but that's where we are. Add your name to Erik Mercer's next letter.
I'm ashamed that
@SenatorCollins
told my friend Jill that she should be at her job rather than asking for a town hall and advocating for issues that impact Mainers. This is unacceptable.
#mepolitics
#CollinsIsNotForME
And when I asked
@SenatorCollins
for a town hall, she asked me why I was out talking to her instead of being at my job. Senator Collins, doing the right thing is a job we must all do.
I worked on the Senate Floor as a page for Former Majority Leader George Mitchell.
This is not 6 feet
@SenatorCollins
.
Come on; be an example not a punchline for what not to do.
#mepolitics
@ASFried
Maybe if she was reading the bill rather than making sure she ingratiated herself with her proverbial check book she would have more insight into why the bill was offensive.
This is shameful. You can read more here about Collins’ lies and her campaign contributions from big PHARMA and watch the FULL video of
@SenatorCollins
lies. Vote her out! 2/
Just because we're social distancing, doesn't mean we can't be social!
Molly Donlan at
@holidaytouch
keeps retirees having fun and socializing -- while distancing!
I love this!!
Well
@senatorcollins
we have already raised $1.8million for your future opponent if you dont vote NO. Can you imagine how much more we will raise if you vote YES? Pledge $20.20 now
I’m the only masked patient in the cancer iv clinic in Scarborough, Maine. My providers mask because I have an ADA accommodation and I have my own room with a door. It breaks my heart to witness so many at risk. I tell my covid story here a lot and give out masks.
It is chilling to read that
@SenatorCollins
is dismissing - again - our concerns about the future of democracy as "alarmism." There will be no satisfaction in being right. For those of us who know this moment - never stop sounding the alarm.
.
@SenatorCollins
's program is a bust. Now small businesses are scrambling for help competing with each other for funding and many are left behind. Read the story of one small business owner below
@MainerNewsCoop
.
#mepolitics
#DemcastME
"the PPP has also been a colossal failure: inaccessible to huge numbers of business owners, insufficiently funded, and structured in a way that makes it impossible for many who do receive a loan to have that loan forgiven." -Chris Busby of
@MainerNewsCoop
#mepolitics
“Until there are nine.” - RBG. Tonight women of MDI celebrate the confirmation of Justice Jackson outside the home of
@FedSoc
Leonard Leo. Leo pushed through the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh and Gorsuch.
Way to go
@shennabellows
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shenna is the Dem nominee for Maine Secretary of State and would be Maine's first woman SOS.
#mepolitics
@traceyecorder
@chargrille
This is why we lose. Oh, we can't ask for Medicare For All. We can't ask for impeachment. We can't. We can't. because they have to win is always the refrain. We give up our voice, our power for what? A political calculus that doesn't work?
Together-- we will ensure that Susan Collins will never pretend to represent us again.
Team
#StopSusan
with
@BeAHeroTeam
and
@mfalpac
is working night and day to take back our senate seat.
A one-time payment of $1,200 does not pay the bills.
A one-time payment of $1,200 does not pay the bills.
A one-time payment of $1,200 does not pay the bills.
A one-time payment of $1,200 does not pay the bills.
A one-time payment of $1,200 does not pay the bills.
Susan Collins' leadership PAC donated to Maine Rep who said, "Constitutional Carry. Maine Militia can ensure peace” calling on them to confront
#blacklivesmatter
.
This is not the first extremist or white nationalist Susan has donated to.
Vote her out.
#mepolitics
#DemcastME
We shouldn't be surprised that Susan Collins' Dirigo PAC gave the maximum donation to Rep. Beth O'Connor, who urged armed militias to confront Black Lives Matters demonstrators in Portland yesterday.
After all, she also once endorsed white nationalist Larry Lockman.
#mepolitics
Cheers to
@SenatorCollins
: your 'leadership' is so ineffectual that you are now a national joke on
@ShannonSharpe
's sports commentary.
I'm concerned and disappointed for Susan Collins' legacy. How do you come back from this?
#StopSusan
#mepolitics
@morgfair
Growing up he and Gilda lived around the corner from me in Connecticut. They would dance in the rain in the streets like a Fred estaire movie and my 7year old eyes believed Willy wonka was my neighbor. Magic.
We believe Christine Ford.
We believe survivors.
@FedSoc
and
@SenatorCollins
installed a sexual predator in the Supreme Court.
Instead she voted to confirm.
We will not forget and thousands of Maine voters will cast a ballot in 2020 in honor of Christine Blasey Ford.
Have you read flag code? Folks eating on paper plates with American flags also are desecrating the flag according to the code. The Bank of America and patriots logo is a flag code violation. If you don’t properly dispose of your flag pin that’s a violation.
Trump: "You burn an American flag, you go to jail for one year. Gotta do it. You gotta do it. They say, 'sir, that's unconstitutional.' Well make it constitutional."
@rtraister
Yeah-- those are my friends. My friends were carried out of the room. ADAPT members dragged in wheelchairs.
But white men.. they roll out the red carpet and let them through.
Day 1 of chemo. I find comfort donning my
@BeaHero
t-shirt & am so grateful for the years of partnership. If I close my eyes I can hear
@AdyBarkan
chanting, “I believe that we will win.” I believe I can beat cancer.
#MedicareForAll
#FuckCancer
"You don‘t actually get to say you 'support codifying Roe' when you’re about to help bury it in a shallow grave"
You don't but
@SenatorCollins
& her enablers sure are comfortable misrepresenting the truth.
#MePolitics
@SenatorCollins
He may not have learned his lesson but it appears that your comms team has.
Thank you for linking to YouTube where the video is closed-captioned and accessible for people with disabilities.
cc
@annieclark25
So grateful for Dr. David Systrom and the team at
@BrighamWomens
for ordering a small fiber neuropathy biopsy.
Today it came back positive & feels like a miracle.
I researched him & asked for my former pcp to refer me to him. Two years later I got in & I've truly been cared for
The
@PressHerald
needs to examine the requests for Town Halls. The people of Maine have called for a Town Hall with
@SenatorCollins
for years & she says no. She isn't listening & I'm working to unseat her.
Donate to help us
#UnseatCollins
🚨Newsflash “Collins told Fox News.. that she had concerns about how little Jackson's judicial philosophy was defined”
KBj isthe most qualified nominee & was confirmed by the Senate 3 times.
#MePolitics
#ConfirmJudgeJackson
Yesterday
@SenatorCollins
spokesperson
@annieclark25
used meeting with me as an example of how Senator Collins is the most accessible leader in Maine.
I disagree.
Collins is far from an accessible leader according to the
@mfalpac
definition.
We left the meeting and held Town Halls w/out her the next day in Lewiston, Portland and Bangor. To date: 12+ Maine groups have asked her for a town hall representing tens of thousands of Mainers. Still she refuses.
@BarbieHardnHall
I have 4 rare diseases & long covid. I used to live in Ocala & we need long covid advocates in Congress. Do you commit to using your platform to educate your constituents about lc & support Pressley’s bill & the long covid moonshot?
Day 2 of chemo I channeled strength from my sister resisters. I wore my RBG tshirt from Bo(Betsy, linda, Bo & I have them) & my socks from
@LobsterPilates
. I knew I was an official sister when I got my socks and treasure them.
Black people aren't safe in Trump's America
Brown people aren't safe in Trump's America
Muslims aren't safe in Trump's America
Jews aren't safe in Trump's America
Immigrants aren't safe in Trump's America
180,000 are dead because of
#TrumpChaos
in our America.
#DroptheMike
@DemWrite
Day 9 of fever.
Mood is good.. I get wiped out fast, but I also can stay in bed and work so I have privilege.
I'm having conversations w/friends about whether to use a ventilator.
Grateful for my friends.
@brianefallon
@mfalpac
This was one of the times where yelling at buildings is an effective tactic.
As my co-leader
@Gadams1941
says, "This is not normal."
@SenatorCollins
cannot continue to treat this moment as politics as usual.
If you aren't calling for an impeachment inquiry then you aren't paying attention. Mueller said that the Constitution provides a process to formally accuse a sitting President of wrongdoing. That process is an impeachent inquiry.
@RashidaTlaib
's resolution is the path forward.
I’m dying is not a slogan to be co-opted by a ridiculous capitalist opportunist. My movement brother is actually dying .
@AdyBarkan
’s T-shirt is a part of movement that he has built. Shut this company down and make them donate the money to ALS research and
@BeAHeroTeam
I cannot receive all of my care within the state of Maine. We do not have the specialists needed. Leaving Maine led to my diagnosis and the extensive medical tests were self-pay. We need Medicare for All and we need a Senator who will truly
#ProtectOurCare
not just pretend to.
Instead of telling Mainers why we should be 'pissed off'
@RepGolden
why don't you come to a Town Hall and listen to the concerns of your constituents who sure as hell believe healthcare, HCBS, preschool, clean energy & paid FML are the infrastructure we NEED. 1/
In
#Maine
today,
@RepGolden
on
#infrastucture
: "How do you feel to hear that people are holding it hostage, as a negotiating point, as leverage, on a piece of legislation that has nothing to do with infrastructure whatsoever? I think you’ve got to be pretty pissed off about it.”
More must be done to keep our Secretaries of State safe. They are the frontline leaders of our democracy and they are being targeted.
"People are potentially spiraling out of control"
@shennabellows
#Maine
Gov.
@JanetMillsforME
donated campaign contributions from Eliot Cutler to Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, as few new details in the Cutler child pornography case emerged Monday:
Maine Med Nurses win a seat at the table and vote to unionize!!!!
This is decades in the making and my friend Jess courageously fought for years!!!
DAMN that is strong leadership w/a hell of a team!
We met with her on February 21, 2017. We live streamed our meeting and asked her to hold a Town Hall THREE TIMES. She did not answer our question once. She ignored us. You can watch:
@proustmalone
@Taniel
It enrages me to see chatter about that Aren. People are so in need of a hero they fall for the slight of hand. They do not see behind the mask.
We are the heroes we have been waiting for and any "leader" who does not see this and empower this does not lead or build power with
Portland officials should have had the backs of BLM organizers. Instead they said 'both sides' threatened violence. Both sides didn't. BLM was threatened.
#BlackLivesMatter
#mepolitics
Members of the Proud Boys, a white nationalist street gang, were caught trashing signs and harassing protestors at a BLM protest in Portland, Maine yesterday.
One of the gang members spotted trashing signs, Shaun Hufton, is also good friends with neo-nazi Milo Yiannopoulos.
We defined what it means to be an "Accessible Leader" and we expect that an elected official holds a Town Hall and holds small meetings. So, we began requesting a Town Hall in January of 2017. 2/
"I just cannot support Donald Trump.” -
@SenatorCollins
"If you don't love Joe Biden it is time for some serious introspection."
Susan still won't say whether she will vote for Trump.
#mepolitics
#StopSusan
📺 Trump: A fraud. A race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. Incapable of being a unifier.
Biden: An honorable man. Admirable. A legend in his own time.
These Republicans can NEVER unsay these words.
Eastern Maine Medical Center is putting our health care workers and patients at risk by lowering the standards of an PPE for an airborne virus.
This must be stopped now. Call (207) 973-7000
Lives are on the line.
@SenatorCollins
you might want to use words & ya know.. speak out
I’m recovering from breakthrough Covid-19. A few weeks ago I saw a pulmonologist because breathing & speaking are struggles.
My new doctor ordered a gamut of tests to check my lung functioning as my X-rays show damage & because covid and asthma and fun. 1/
In 2017 I asked you to join the 'rare disease caucus' but your staff said she would pass along the request but never answered. Now, before an election you are pretending to care through legislation while voting to put my health care through the ACA at risk. 2/
Long Covid is now the third leading neurologic disorder in the United States
Long Covid is now the third leading neurologic disorder in the United States
Long Covid is now the third leading neurologic disorder in the United States
#LongCovid
@WesElyMD
We held a cocktail party for my mom’s Catholic sacrament of last rites. She was home w/hospice & me(21) and we sent invitations that read “we end in joy” (roethke) It was an ending akin to how she lived; joy, faith, music, laughter, community & great food and wine.
This is Carrigain.
She is boycotting all classes and teachers because of ableist curriculum violence.
She said, "My whole class is going to read this book and think bad things about disability! I can't deal with this stress!"
1/5
Tell that to
@MaineHealth
who refuses to help us & providers believe brain info from the past is static. It’s scary AF to have an unaware neuro examine you with no foundation of your illness & the impact of it on your brain & rare condition. Even worse when they bring students.
@Leahgreenb
This is my Senator, but she does not represent me. She does not represent Maine values. This is not "humane." This is an
#IntolerableAct
and the time to reclaim our democracy and make it work for
#AllofUs
is NOW.
@SenatorCollins
Major
@SenatorCollins
donor is charged w/ CARES ACT FRAUD, money laundering & bank fraud.
Donor tried to leverage his connections with Susan.
Susan's donors seem to expect a return on their investments.
#StopSusan
#mepolitics
#DemcastME