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BY ZACK BUDRYK - 03/27/19 01:18 PM ED
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said shes surprised and appalled by the Trump administrations 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 Justices decision.
Im 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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https://thehill.com/homenews/news/436061-collins-surprised-and-appalled-by-trump-health-care-move
manor321
(3,344 posts)C'mon media, ask every single Republican about this!
Wounded Bear
(58,704 posts)Good luck with that. She'll whine and bitch, then she'll vote with her party like always.
area51
(11,920 posts)Chin music
(23,002 posts)Getting out there early so she can have an evolving process to OK'ing trumps wishes. Shes fooling nobody.
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)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.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)She has all the spine of a wet noodle.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)Are we supposed to believe that she's suddenly surprised by the Republican strategy of the last forty years??? !!! C'mon.
Demit
(11,238 posts)Bettie
(16,124 posts)because she gives a little squeak of protest and then falls right in line. Every. Single. Time.
NotAPuppet
(326 posts)Eugene
(61,939 posts)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)Wounded Bear
(58,704 posts)efhmc
(14,731 posts)Are there strong Dems who have suggested they will run against her yet?
Ohiogal
(32,054 posts)with his usual comment, I find it troubling
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Volaris
(10,274 posts)Chin music
(23,002 posts)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)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.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,183 posts)This is Donald Trump we're talking about. It's what he does.
Arkansas Granny
(31,528 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)That seems to be her stock response.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)would never advocate wasting any actual food on that.
BigDemVoter
(4,156 posts)Fuck her! Goddamn, I hate that woman.
Irishxs
(622 posts)I dont believe anything she says anymore.
JHB
(37,161 posts)...is the unspoken ending of every Collins mild pro forma disagreement with Republican policy.
liberaltrucker
(9,130 posts)JDC
(10,132 posts)sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Blues Heron
(5,939 posts)She's going to write a strongly-worded letter! That should settle the matter once and for all!
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)LisaM
(27,829 posts)that there's gambling in this establishment...."
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)jpak
(41,758 posts)I know...
NOT
A
FUCKING
THING.
yup
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)...as you'll be when Kavanaugh casts the deciding vote overturning Roe, Susie?
peacefreak2.0
(1,023 posts)"Bye Bye, Susan".