Desperate Must-Win Republican Throws Trump Under the Bus
CSPAN Maine Sen.
Susan Collins has thrown President Donald Trump under the bus during a fiery debate.
Collins, 73, took part in her third debate with her Democratic challenger for Maine, Troy Jackson, 58, on Tuesday.
The vulnerable Republican has represented Maine in the Senate for nearly 30 years and is seeking to win her sixth term in the U.S.
Senate, something no senator from the state has done before.
But Collins faces an uphill battle, with Jackson scoring 50 percent support in a Washington Post poll, compared to 46 percent backing her re-election.
The poll was conducted between Sept.
30 and Oct.
5.
Last month, she revealed having a tremor she medicates, a health condition she kept secret for decades.
In August, she begged supporters for as little as $5 to “help us put gas in the tank” of her campaign bus, a controversial move given Collins’ husband holds thousands of dollars worth of oil and gas stocks, and she has voted multiple times to back Trump’s war with Iran.
During Tuesday’s debate, both politicians were discussing the ongoing war with Iran, which began on Feb.
28, when Collins distanced herself from the president.
Jackson said Trump got America into the war, then noted, “he doesn’t have a plan about how to get out of it.
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