Sen. Susan Collins — seen as a swing vote in President Trump’s impeachment trial — said Tuesday she supports acquittal, further reducing Democrats’ chances of obtaining a bipartisan guilty vote in the Senate.
She added that voters should have the final say. “We should entrust to the people the most fundamental decision of a democracy, mainly who should lead their country,” Collins said.Her announcement likely leaves Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah as the only remaining GOP senator who has publicly struggled over whether to convict Trump and not yet announced how he will vote. His staff did not return an email Tuesday.
For Democrats, even winning a single Republican vote for conviction would be celebrated as a victory. Likewise, the White House is eager to win over a Democrat.Senators began making their stances known this week in a series of 10-minute speeches that will continue through most of the day Wednesday up to the scheduled 4 p.m. Eastern vote.
Sen. Joe Manchin III , who stressed Monday evening that he still has not made up his mind, proposed censure as an alternative remedy to impeachment, but was largely shot down by Republicans who said it’s too late to pursue that route. Knowing all along that convincing the Senate to impeach Trump would be nearly impossible, lead House Manager Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s closing statement seemed tailored to convincing a single Republican to join Democrats in voting to convict.
“reducing Democrats’ chances of obtaining a bipartisan guilty vote” when has it ever been bipartisan?
This woman must love shenanigans!
this is news?
Hey now, she’s going to enjoy her new property on the Black Sea...
Hillary gonna back up a brinks truck to her house. Or shes gonna commit suicide buy shooting herself three times
another witch hunt hoax shot down in flames
The GOP ! The party of corruption, evil, and wickedness !
Make retirement plans.
History will remember her complicity.
Did anyone expect anything else from her?
SenatorCollins got a $150k down payment on her impeachment vote on December 31st 2019, so no surprise there
That’s old news 🙄
I understand her 2% it just a 98% crime not a 100% crime, so from her green light okay for trump
Not a swing vote. She would have said guilty if democrats didnt doink the witnesses.
Yeah, SenatorCollins - Trump learned he can get away with stealing an election, telling a foreign country to help his campaign, withholding evidence from Congress, and intimidating witnesses. He'll do it again, even worse, thanks to you and RepublicansEnablingTrump.
She never was a swing vote, that's just a bit from her tried shtick.
This is considered breaking news. She has never broken with trump and she never will.
She is. A pathetic bought person.
It takes a first grader to know that he will be acquitted duh!
She was never a swing vote. She’s always going to do what McConnell tells her to do.
Coward
LOL...no one but the Media thinks that SenatorCollins was a 'swing' vote on anything relating to Trump. She attended the Bribe & Threat Luncheon at the White House...now she has some 'mystery' money from 'Hawaii'. GOPCoverup GOPCorruptionOverCountry
She. Was. Never. A. Swing. Vote. Why does this ridiculous narrative keep getting repeated?
Did anyone REALLY expect anything else from the GOP coward?
She was never a 'swing vote.'
So, the USA after: 1. Kids in cages: lost the moral strength for accusing any country of 'human rights violations' 2. Abandoning the kurds: lost the moral strength of talking about allies 3. Trump's impeachment: lost the moral strength of talking about 'rule of law' got it!!
SenatorCollins You’ve learned NOTHING.
Who's the gullible rube who thought she was a 'swing vote?' I wanna play poker with you.
People need to stop calling Collins a swing vote. She always voices “concerns”, but then invariably votes with MoscowMitch. She is a coward.
Why oh why does anyone EVER doubt what Susan Collins will do?
All of that faux pearl-clutching for nothing SenSusanCollins
Crime of the century, yet they can’t even get the whole party to agree.
She will lose her seat as Senator
Hahaha, liberals lose....again!!! Trump2020LandslideVictory America First 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👌🇺🇸👌👌🇺🇸👌🇺🇸👌🇺🇸👌🇺🇸👌🇺🇸👌🇺🇸👌🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
B' BYE SenSusanCollins LYING trumpsucker
Breaking would be if she actually did something right
SaraGideon is running to unseat Susan Collins by the way.
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Duh
Traitor
Can she ever make up her mind? like ever?
If there was only a way for her to change her mind.
I am disappointed in Senator Collins! She knows better in her heart.
Shocking that he won’t be found guilty
Spineless.
Did anyone truly expect her to do otherwise?
All of Senator Collins' actions have been to acquit Trump.
She was never a swing vote.
I am shocked to learn this.
Shocking. Absolutely shocking (said no one ever).
Hilarious
Are we surprised? Let's throw her out of the Senate.
they're all the same
Good
Shocking absolutely no one, except maybe DC press corps.
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