I was in the room where it happened when Susan Collins threw her support by Kavanaugh. Just before she spoke, in come a cluster of GOP congressmen - ones that all look like they’re over 100 - & sit behind her like vultures. My first thought was, ‘peer pressure from Cryptkeepers’
But, they know where the cameras are in the Senate Chamber and clearly carefully positioned the visual for a speech about accepting a Supreme Court Judge who had been accused of sexual assault - not investigated- drawing thousands of protesters from across the country. #MeToo
About 2 minutes into her speech, we saw where it was going and got up and stomped out as loudly as we could without getting arrested - they had already arrested some of her Maine constituents. Senator Collins glanced up as we exited.
(Hear at about 1.50 )
Anyhow, I just bring this all up as a reminder of how she cannot be counted on in any way to do the right thing even though she was one of the 16 Republicans who originally voted in support of the restoration of the #VotingRightsAct to push for passage of the #FreedomToVoteAct.

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19 states have enacted 34 laws making it harder for Americans to vote.
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We NEED the #FreedomToVoteAct to #SaveDemocracy
Here's a THREAD of those laws, State-by-State, with Postcards.
RETWEET YOUR STATE!
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19 states have enacted 33 laws that will make it harder for Americans to vote.
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We NEED the #FreedomToVoteAct to #SaveDemocracy
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I did a THREAD of those laws, State-by-State, with Postcards.
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