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Another Republican turns away from donald trump. It's not clear what his response will be, as he has been generally absent from the public eye for weeks.

Who knows how long his campaign can last with Republican Senators speaking out against him? Maybe a heavily scrutinized press conference might be necessary, with his leadership skills (and mental capacity) in doubt.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 83 points 4 months ago

Susan "learned his lesson" Collins can go fuck herself.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 61 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Susan “piece of shit” Collins who agreed a blatantly corrupt president should just be told to go do it again? That Susan “piece of shit” Collins?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 55 points 4 months ago

"I just want to vote for fascism without feeling bad about it 🥺"

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 40 points 4 months ago

Great. Fuck her.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago

Shoulda convicted. Fuck off and die.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

Dog forbid she'd vote for a Democrat.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How does she keep getting re-elected?

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The same way all of the fascists do: voters who put party over country.

[–] KAYDUBELL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

And gerrymandering

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Any vote for anyone other than Biden (or whoever replaces him if he steps aside) is a de-facto vote for Trump, no matter how you try to justify it to yourself. Susan Collins knows this. She is fooling nobody.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

As low of an opinion as I have about our representatives, Susan Collins will predictably go below it.

[–] 242@lemmy.cafe 10 points 4 months ago

To come out as a never trumper at this point means she's ready to retire. Because this is a guarantee she'll be primaried next cycle. If only she could have shown some backbone and voted against trumps SC picks. Because, despite her lies, she knew they would cancel Roe V Wade in a heartbeat. She's still a piece of shit.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago

Hey, the NYT finally said Trump isn't fit to be President two weeks after they wrote the same about Biden. I'm sure they'll be reporting very soon about how much the Trump campaign is in trouble with another Republican defecting.

[–] c0smokram3r@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago

C U Next Tuesday

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

So brave... so brave.