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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:10 PM Jul 2020

Susan Collins, CONCERNED about the "devastating effects the pandemic has had..."

Too bad that "concern" didn't extend itself to her two votes to keep Needy Amin in office.

Sen. Susan Collins
@SenatorCollins

The Fourth of July is typically the height of Maine’s busy summer tourism season, but near-empty hotels, inns, B&Bs, and restaurants underscore the devastating effects the pandemic has had on many of our state’s small businesses and jobs.
11:16 AM · Jul 4, 2020·Twitter Web App


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Susan Collins, CONCERNED about the "devastating effects the pandemic has had..." (Original Post) Miles Archer Jul 2020 OP
Well Susan. What are you and your party doing to make it better? MontanaMama Jul 2020 #1
That's it right there gratuitous Jul 2020 #11
Preach it. Could not be said any better than this. nt crickets Jul 2020 #15
She can blame herself Eliot Rosewater Jul 2020 #2
Sorry, but this post MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #3
Too bad the President that you support 100% didn't do a better job. Enjoy your retirement Susan. dem4decades Jul 2020 #4
And then... Newest Reality Jul 2020 #5
What was the point of her tweet? Does she suggest we sacrifice for the economy? Start with her then lettucebe Jul 2020 #6
She's gonna need some new pearls. Wbrady10 Jul 2020 #7
Susan the problem solver dalton99a Jul 2020 #8
Here is the test of the message: JDC Jul 2020 #9
"Needy Amin"! Qutzupalotl Jul 2020 #10
If only someone in the Republican Party had stepped up to call Trump out rurallib Jul 2020 #12
A strongly worded letter of concern central scrutinizer Jul 2020 #13
Here's another little hint for Susan... llmart Jul 2020 #14

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. That's it right there
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:58 PM
Jul 2020

The American people went to great lengths and sacrifice in March, April and May to buy time to come up with a plan. You and your party utterly wasted that effort, locked in pointless disputes about the efficacy of masks and social distancing, chasing after red herrings like injecting disinfectant or hydroxychloroquine, and ignoring or discounting the best advice from the medical professionals.

Two months later, the first wave never broke, and the pandemic has come roaring back worse than ever because Republicans couldn't stand the idea that someone somewhere might be getting more money from the CARES Act band-aid than they could from their shitty minimum wage job. So Collins and her party went against the best practices because the selfish madman in the White House and his yammering idiot cadre couldn't abide looking weak in the face of the pandemic. We abandoned our efforts that were working, started clustering together without precautions, and the epidemiologists were proven 100% right while Trump's hunches turned out 100% wrong.

So now you're concerned, Senator Collins? Eat a heaping, steaming plate of shit, you ghoul.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
2. She can blame herself
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:14 PM
Jul 2020

She’s had many opportunities to remove the traitorous murderer and she was a coward each time

MyOwnPeace

(16,920 posts)
3. Sorry, but this post
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:15 PM
Jul 2020

isn't meaningful without the "levels of concern" chart that Senator Collins uses to show her care/concern/worry.
When I see that I'll really know how she is feeling until she hears from Moscow Mitch.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
5. And then...
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:16 PM
Jul 2020

And then, her concern gland was completely empty. Not even F's to give.

No concern about illness, death and disabilities, (not to mention job losses and evictions) in the midst of an exponentially exploding pandemic.

Well, it's a tiny concern gland, so that would explain it.

JDC

(10,117 posts)
9. Here is the test of the message:
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:42 PM
Jul 2020

"I am continuing bipartisan negotiations on a bill to allow especially hard-hit businesses to be eligible to receive a second forgivable PPP loan."


rurallib

(62,387 posts)
12. If only someone in the Republican Party had stepped up to call Trump out
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 02:02 PM
Jul 2020

before things got out of hand.

If only, Susan.

llmart

(15,534 posts)
14. Here's another little hint for Susan...
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 02:08 PM
Jul 2020

Maybe some of us would have vacationed in Maine this year but decided not to until you are voted out of office?

I had planned a trip to Maine this year, but decided against it and it had nothing to do with the pandemic. After her vote on impeachment and her sorry show with Kavanaugh, I decided I'll visit Maine once she's gone.

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