I don’t know the situation in Maine, but being a deciding vote usually means you get a lot of concessions. It’s quite possible Maine residents get what they want from her via these concessions.
I don’t know this bill specifically, but bills have a lot of weird unrelated shit tacked onto them. Sometimes that stuff is state-specific stuff. There have been lots of cases where senators have opposed a bill but changed their tune after something specifically for their state was added. They can then brag about these wins during primaries.
Maine residents are, as a whole, very nice people. Certainly a lot friendlier as a population than many other states I’ve spent time in. Calling them hateful and racist based purely on (by your own admission) their voting records is like saying the majority of US residents are MAGA because Trump got elected.
Man, I’ll never fully understand what the fuck is wrong with Maine residents and their obsession with her.
I don’t know the situation in Maine, but being a deciding vote usually means you get a lot of concessions. It’s quite possible Maine residents get what they want from her via these concessions.
What does someone in Maine get out of this? Maybe Collins is getting shit for it but the average person is getting fucked.
I don’t know this bill specifically, but bills have a lot of weird unrelated shit tacked onto them. Sometimes that stuff is state-specific stuff. There have been lots of cases where senators have opposed a bill but changed their tune after something specifically for their state was added. They can then brag about these wins during primaries.
Maybe we’re looking for nuance where there isn’t any, and the majority of Maine residents are just hateful and racist.
Source: they keep electing Susan Collins
Maine residents are, as a whole, very nice people. Certainly a lot friendlier as a population than many other states I’ve spent time in. Calling them hateful and racist based purely on (by your own admission) their voting records is like saying the majority of US residents are MAGA because Trump got elected.
Source: Previously lived there for 26 years.
And?
You aren’t even from here australian lol, just shut up and listen like you’re supposed to
So bribery. Maine residents are okay with immoral national politics, as long as they get their kickbacks for making it happen.
I’m thinking concessions for being the deciding vote should not be a thing.