Susan Collins criticizes Trump's 'painful' treatment of protesters
Source: The Hill
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 06/02/20 02:58 PM EDT
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Tuesday called out President Trump for what she thought was his “unsympathetic” handling of peaceful protesters who were dispersed with tear gas on Monday evening so that Trump could pose with a bible in front of St. John’s church.
She said it was "painful" to watch U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops fire tear gas and forcefully push through a large group of peaceful protesters to clear a way for Trump.
Collins, who faces a competitive reelection race in a state where Trump is expected to lose the popular vote, said Trump’s actions were not what the country needs at a time of widespread racial tensions and high unemployment, which have added to the anxiety surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
“To me at a time like this, the president ought to be trying to calm the nation, pledge to right historic wrongs and be a steady influence. I don’t think he was last night,” Collins told reporters when asked about the president’s controversial walk across H Street between Lafayette Park and St. John’s episcopal church, which had been partially burned over the weekend by rioters.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/500731-susan-collins-criticizes-trumps-painful-treatment-of-protesters
Nice try,
Too late!
= new reply since forum marked as read
Maybe even troubled and disappointed.
That should slow Trump down!
Do I need this? 
for the humor impaired.
to believe a person can posses such a pathetic level of self awareness...... 
She will never live down her fake empathy and cowardly failure to act.
I’m concerned.
I could literally sense her hands shaking and blood pressure rising from her intense anger and frustration! She must really be agonizing deeply over our nation on the brink of destruction!
Or not.
It amazes me how ANYBODY elected to serve our country under oath can allow this to go on.
Sound palatable to your base of fools, faux concern for actual people's needs, then vote again against it?
Publicly tell us how CONCERNED you are and do that quake for sympathy on cue, she acts dirt, but is just barely 60?
I did some basic research.
