Conservative groups rallying to protect their investment in Kavanaugh and Collins dutifully helps
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Conservative groups spent a great deal of money on Republican senators in order to get their boy Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. That includes an investment in one «moderate» Republican senator from Maine, Susan Collins. She's been well-rewaConservative groups rallying to protect their investment in Kavanaugh and Collins dutifully helps
Conservative groups spent a great deal of money on Republican senators in order to get their boy Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. That includes an investment in one «moderate» Republican senator from Maine, Susan Collins. She's been well-rewarded for her vote, and is still paying back that debt. One of the groups behind the nomination, the Article III Project, has distributed talking points to the White House, key congressional offices, and other groups on how to respond to the newest sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh and the charge that the FBI helped cover his past up by refusing to investigate claims witnesses brought to them. The gist of those talking points are what we saw last time around—blame and shame the victims and cry «fake news.» And guess who ate those talking points up and spit them right back out? Not Collins directly, her spokesperson Annie Clark instead. «These news stories today are not adding anything to what has already been reported,» says Clark. Fake news, in other words. «The only new part of the story was an alleged incident reported by former Clinton aide Max Stier,» Clark said, making sure to get that «former Clinton aide» in there front and center. The talking points sent by Article III Project: «Media reports that Stier was a longtime supporter of the Clintons and an adversary of Justice Kavanaugh. He was a member of President Bill Clinton's defense team during the Lewinsky investigation.» Look at Collins being a good little soldier to the far-right extremists, doing her bit to defend the life-time appointment of a guy who will do everything in his power to destroy pretty much everything she used to run on—LGBTQ rights, women's rights, civil rights, the environment. The whole shebang. And she calls it «integrity.» Enough is enough. Please give $1 to help Democrats in each of these crucial Senate races, but especially the one in Maine! Read more