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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 01:43 PM Mar 2019

Collins 'surprised' and 'appalled' by Trump health care move


BY ZACK BUDRYK - 03/27/19 01:18 PM ED



Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she’s “surprised” and “appalled” by the Trump administration’s decision to argue in court that the Affordable Care Act should be thrown out, according to Axios.

Collins told Axios she intended to write to Attorney General William Barr about the Department of Justice’s decision.

“I’m appalled," she told Axios. “I think the Justice Department has a duty to defend the duly enacted laws … “I was surprised and disappointed. If the president disagrees with a law, then he should should ask Congress to repeal or change that law. He should not try to get rid of it through the courts.”

“This is something I vehemently disagree with, and I hope that the courts do not go along with what the Justice Department has requested,” Collins told News Center Maine. “This is many times worse because now the Justice Department is trying to strike down the entire law, rather than trying to invalidate just provisions that the Department views as unconstitutional.”

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Collins 'surprised' and 'appalled' by Trump health care move (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2019 OP
That's one Republican on record. What about the hundreds of others? manor321 Mar 2019 #1
You're kidding, right? Collins on record? Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #7
+1 n/t area51 Mar 2019 #16
+1 my thought exactly. Chin music Mar 2019 #25
You really think she will stick to it MiniMe Mar 2019 #24
E X A C T L Y Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #32
What a phony C_U_L8R Mar 2019 #2
I bet the letter she writes will be REALLY STERN!! Demit Mar 2019 #3
But, she'll be just fine with it all being gone Bettie Mar 2019 #4
Just wait until Susan is CONCERNED! NotAPuppet Mar 2019 #5
Surprised, really? She's already been "appalled" by Trump's behavior. Eugene Mar 2019 #6
+1 That's a fact. Chin music Mar 2019 #26
"Surprised and appalled" is the new "thoughts and prayers"... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #8
Whatever efhmc Mar 2019 #9
Ohio's Rob Portman will be next, going on record Ohiogal Mar 2019 #10
I bet she'll be "deeply concerned" too. bearsfootball516 Mar 2019 #11
In other words: "I find it somewhat annoying" dalton99a Mar 2019 #12
That I have to bother to answer questions about this from you Worthless Peons. Volaris Mar 2019 #17
...'.And am now open for business on taking ever escalating bids, until I'm no longer shocked.' Chin music Mar 2019 #28
Of course Trump can't achieve his aims by going through Congress gratuitous Mar 2019 #13
Seriously? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2019 #14
I'd be surprised if she is really appalled. Sorry, Susan, but we've heard that tale before. Arkansas Granny Mar 2019 #15
No kidding. Tipperary Mar 2019 #30
Where's a good shaving cream pie when you need one? Because I Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2019 #18
Sorry in advance for the vulgarity, but Susan Collins can just eat shit. BigDemVoter Mar 2019 #19
Collins: Little Senator Who Cried Wolf Irishxs Mar 2019 #20
"...but I won't actually do anything about it." JHB Mar 2019 #21
STFU, Suzy liberaltrucker Mar 2019 #22
Is there a more empty suit in Washington? She is a hack. JDC Mar 2019 #23
Who? sheshe2 Mar 2019 #27
Watch out! She's being vehement! Blues Heron Mar 2019 #29
Susan Collins is concerned! Well clutch my pearls! yellowcanine Mar 2019 #31
Her letters are all along the lines of, "I'm shocked! Shocked!... LisaM Mar 2019 #33
I'm shocked and appalled at what a phony Collins is. MontanaMama Mar 2019 #34
Her lips are moving again. CentralMass Mar 2019 #35
So, Susan - WTF do you plan to do about your "concern"? jpak Mar 2019 #36
Just as surprised and appalled... regnaD kciN Mar 2019 #37
One of my favorite bumper stickers says peacefreak2.0 Mar 2019 #38
Sure she is. Tanuki Mar 2019 #39
 

manor321

(3,344 posts)
1. That's one Republican on record. What about the hundreds of others?
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 01:45 PM
Mar 2019

C'mon media, ask every single Republican about this!

Wounded Bear

(58,704 posts)
7. You're kidding, right? Collins on record?
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 01:49 PM
Mar 2019

Good luck with that. She'll whine and bitch, then she'll vote with her party like always.

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
25. +1 my thought exactly.
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 04:04 PM
Mar 2019

Getting out there early so she can have an evolving process to OK'ing trumps wishes. Shes fooling nobody.

MiniMe

(21,718 posts)
24. You really think she will stick to it
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 03:52 PM
Mar 2019

This is her usual move. She is surprised and appalled, and then ends up voting to agree with it. This could be what loses her the next election in Maine.

C_U_L8R

(45,020 posts)
2. What a phony
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 01:45 PM
Mar 2019

Are we supposed to believe that she's suddenly surprised by the Republican strategy of the last forty years??? !!! C'mon.

Bettie

(16,124 posts)
4. But, she'll be just fine with it all being gone
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 01:47 PM
Mar 2019

because she gives a little squeak of protest and then falls right in line. Every. Single. Time.

Eugene

(61,939 posts)
6. Surprised, really? She's already been "appalled" by Trump's behavior.
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 01:49 PM
Mar 2019

Remember the Bart O'Kavanaugh mess? Sen. Collins, please don't insult our intelligence by claiming to be shocked, SHOCKED that Trump is a demagogue and a sadist.

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
28. ...'.And am now open for business on taking ever escalating bids, until I'm no longer shocked.'
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 04:08 PM
Mar 2019

She'll get her number and be just fine. She's getting out ahead bc if you wait too long, the payola pile is sorely diminished.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
13. Of course Trump can't achieve his aims by going through Congress
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 02:05 PM
Mar 2019

And, while Collins is all surprised and appalled and stuff, neither she nor any of her Republican colleagues in the Senate will do anything. If the courts do the work for them, they will piously and ostentatiously wash their hands, say an earnest "Tut, tut" and go back to campaigning to save their phony baloney jobs.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,505 posts)
18. Where's a good shaving cream pie when you need one? Because I
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 02:40 PM
Mar 2019

would never advocate wasting any actual food on that.

BigDemVoter

(4,156 posts)
19. Sorry in advance for the vulgarity, but Susan Collins can just eat shit.
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 02:42 PM
Mar 2019

Fuck her! Goddamn, I hate that woman.

JHB

(37,161 posts)
21. "...but I won't actually do anything about it."
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 02:46 PM
Mar 2019

...is the unspoken ending of every Collins mild pro forma disagreement with Republican policy.

Blues Heron

(5,939 posts)
29. Watch out! She's being vehement!
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 04:09 PM
Mar 2019

She's going to write a strongly-worded letter! That should settle the matter once and for all!

LisaM

(27,829 posts)
33. Her letters are all along the lines of, "I'm shocked! Shocked!...
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 04:15 PM
Mar 2019

that there's gambling in this establishment...."

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)
37. Just as surprised and appalled...
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 04:51 PM
Mar 2019

...as you'll be when Kavanaugh casts the deciding vote overturning Roe, Susie?

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