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They waited for her at the airport. the last time the republican tax bill came to a vote in the senate, senator susan collins from maine voted yes. she cut a deal with her republican colleagues. after that vote her constituents in maine drove in pretty large numbers to the bangor airport just in case she flew home for the weekend because after that vote they wanted her to see their backs turned on her when she got off the plane. senator collins stayed in d.c. so she didn t see the backs of her constituents at the bangor airport. but if she has kept one eye barely open, she has seen a lot of people like those constituents asking her, begging her to vote against the final version of the tax bill. her constituents have repeatedly visited her senate offices all across maine in bangor, portland, louiston and held sit-ins on the carpet, they have held die-ins on the tile floor, they have protested on the side of the road, they have stood out in the snow and in the wind and ....
Constituents who sang her songs and said prayers that she would soften her heart and change her mind. her constituents who dressed up like the monopoly man and the grinch and the treasurely secretary, people who put on chicken suits, people who held up giant checks cut out to the wealthiest 1%. they stood outside star wars screenings with darth traitor costumes with her face on them. they got big groups of people in a room to cold call the senator. they occupied her offices until they closed and were then told to go home and they said no. so those folks were zip tied and arrested and taken to jail. this has been going on for months. all across maine and in d.c. people in maine pushing every single pressure point to try to get susan collins to vote no tonight on the republican tax bill. she s one of the few republicans who is seen as a possible get on that vote. susan collins has now told her ....
Shemeshe meant was people wouldn t be arguing with a male senator. for her constituents to suggest that she gabargained her vote ay for promises that won t come due, that the republicans won t give her that they promised her they d give her. what s your reaction to that? what s your take on this? around 70% of maine s resistance is female, so it would be the women perpetuating sexism, which is possible, but unlikely in this case. i think she s trying to shift the subject and her position, she is always a top three target on every single vote. that is her position. that is what she has set up and it s disappointing that she wants to change the discussion. do you think that this is going to have consequences for her in maine? she s obviously a pretty popular politician at home. she s entertained the idea of potentially running for governor. ....
Her independence is certainly an asset for an independent-minded state like maine, to the extent that she acts independently instead of just talks independently. do you think this will have consequences for her? it already has. three of the women who traveled down to d.c. with me last week had voted for her. they supported her. they believed in her. and they are no longer believers that she is protecting their welfare. and that s the trend. co-director of mainers for accountable leadership, an organizer for the moral movement maine, i really appreciate your time tonight. as i said, we ve been following your work in maine, really wondering if it was going to pay off in maine, pay off for the country. please stay in touch and keep us apprised. absolutely, thank you very much. will do. all right, we ll be right back. stay with us. ....