US Sen. Susan Collins says she will once again not vote for Donald Trump in 2024
Source: ABC News/AP
July 12, 2024, 5:15 PM
PORTLAND, Maine -- Sen. Susan Collins didn't vote for Donald Trump for president in 2016 or 2020, and the third time will not be the charm because she is writing in Nikki Haley.
Collins, a longtime moderate Republican senator from Maine, told reporters on Friday that she intended to write in the former South Carolina governor's name on the ballot in November. The move recalls 2016, when Collins said she wrote in then-House Speaker Paul Ryan for president over Trump.
Collins is the only New England Republican in Congress and the only Republican holding statewide office in Maine, where Trump has twice won an electoral vote. She said Friday that she is sticking with her endorsement of Haley despite the fact Haley will not be on the ballot.
I publicly endorsed Nikki Haley, and I wanted her to win. Shes still my favorite candidate, and I think she could do a great job. Shes my choice, and thats how Im going to express it," Collins told WMTW-TV.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-sen-susan-collins-vote-donald-trump-2024-111896954
But this won't get the hysterical media jackals "excited" because an actual "vote" is not important.
emulatorloo
(45,463 posts)Whats the point of this symbolic vote? Besides Haley has embraced and endorsed Trump.
BumRushDaShow
(137,638 posts)I expect there are many others who will be doing the same (or not voting the top of the ticket) - at least those who refuse to vote for any Democrat. And at this point, that is fine. That's less votes for 45.
elleng
(134,701 posts)Traurigkeit
(1,290 posts)If you are a Republican, you already left moderate WAY BEHIND.
BoRaGard
(2,139 posts)You know what I mean
Captain Zero
(7,290 posts)To write a stern letter to somebody.
I feel sorry for them receiving that in their US Mail.
Pinback
(12,667 posts)Freethinker65
(10,741 posts)Did Collins not hear that after trying desperately to expose Trump's self-serving, vindictiveness, and disqualifications, that spineless, ethics don't really matter, Haley turned around and vowed to vote FOR Trump.
Dan
(3,912 posts)Zilli
(240 posts)the FLAMING PANTS BRIGADE..........
tazkcmo
(7,419 posts)She is a Republican, after all.
JoseBalow
(4,384 posts)J_William_Ryan
(1,966 posts)No one should.
Shell be voting for Trump, along with Liz Cheney, Bill Barr, and Adam Kinzinger.
LisaL
(46,138 posts)NT
CurtEastPoint
(19,026 posts)BumRushDaShow
(137,638 posts)CurtEastPoint
(19,026 posts)Quanto Magnus
(974 posts)what I thought of after reading the OP...
Excellent image there!
Funtatlaguy
(11,524 posts)actually vote for the person running against him.
She is such a douchebag.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,142 posts)Screw Susan Collings...she's kissed the ring like they all have. She had her chance but her level of "concern" never went high enough to vote to impeach that bastard. "Learned his lesson" my ass.
Really don't care about your symbolic gesture. A vote for anybody but Joe Biden this November is a vote for Trump. Pound sand, Susan.
republianmushroom
(16,427 posts)patphil
(6,736 posts)Nikki Haley isn't running for the Presidency, so Collin's support for her is irrelevant.
I seriously doubt she will write in her name in the fall election.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,732 posts)Also she's "concerned".
TexasBushwhacker
(20,589 posts)No one gives a shit.
cstanleytech
(26,802 posts)Old Crank
(4,277 posts)She needed to go a decade ago.
catrose
(5,199 posts)BaronChocula
(2,129 posts)Yeah, right.
Blue Owl
(53,720 posts)I was wondering how the queen of concern herself was doing ..
lark
(23,765 posts)She's a reliable R vote and for that she has my total disdain and I wish I lived there so I could work against her, knocking on doors and telling folks how much she lies and lies and lies.
niyad
(117,943 posts)tavernier
(13,024 posts)It says clearly that you no longer desire a democracy.
If the nation survives despite your vote, your legacy will be in the toilet. If it doesnt, we will no longer have history books, so legacy wont matter.
Im still amazed at what has happened to Congress. I guess I always assumed that they all had at least some knowledge of how our nation was formed and how much it requires true patriots to lead. I guess I didnt factor in power and money on the other end of the scales.
I think the forefathers did. Thats probably why they all were somewhat skeptical about the outcome.
keithbvadu2
(39,063 posts)"I pledge that if I'm elected I will only serve two terms..."
Susan Collins pledges to serve only two terms.