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A new announcement of the Lincoln Project attack has targeted Republican Senator Susan Collins, accusing her of not speaking out against the president.
The announcement, released Wednesday by the Republican anti-Trump Political Action Committee (PAC), calls Sen Collins a “Trump puppet.”
The footage begins with a list of leading Maine politicians, including former Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in both the Senate and House, and who faced Senator Joseph McCarthy during the anti-communist witch hunts from the early 1950s.
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“Sen Collins never confronts Donald Trump,” the announcement announces in comparison, accusing her of being a “fraud.”
“Sen Collins is not an independent,” says the voiceover. “Mitch Mconnell and Donald Trump control their voice”.
Although the PAC is primarily known for its scathing anti-Trump videos, it has also targeted a handful of Republican senators for reelection in 2020. Democrats have been campaigning for several of these seats to secure control control controlled by the Republicans. Senate.
“The Lincoln Project joins at least 13 other billionaire-funded Democratic groups that have tried to come to Maine and buy this race in the Senate with false advertising,” said Riley Ploch, spokesman for the Collins campaign. The Boston Globe on Wednesday.
“Mainers know Sen Collins, and they’ve proven time and time again that this type of DC-style poisonous scorched earth policy doesn’t work in our state.”
Sen Collins had not yet responded to The independent request for comment.
The senator played a key role in Trump’s acquittal during his impeachment as akThey voted for the voter who finally sided with the president.
In February, the senator told CBS News that she believed he had “learned his lesson” from the trial.
He later told Fox News that his previous comment was more “aspirational” than real. “It is more than I hope you have heard the many voices in the Senate that have pointed out that the call was very problematic,” he said.
He also supported Brett Kavanaugh’s ascension to the Supreme Court, saying he did not believe he was the man who assaulted Christine Blasey Ford.
“I think she was assaulted,” said the Maine Republican at the time. “I don’t know by whom and I’m not sure when.”
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