Democrats sell their souls to defeat Susan Collins, of all people
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Insomuch as it ever did, character matters less now in American politics than ever. Our history is littered with deeply flawed men. Andrew Jackson was wildly corrupt, and JFK had his many thinly veiled issues with women. Heck, Grover Cleveland married a woman 28 years his junior, whom he had known since birth. Scandals are […]
Insomuch as it ever did, character matters less now in American politics than ever. Our history is littered with deeply flawed men. Andrew Jackson was wildly corrupt, and JFK had his many thinly veiled issues with women. Heck, Grover Cleveland married a woman 28 years his junior, whom he had known since birth. Scandals are nothing new.
By any metric, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is uniquely unfit for office. Aside from the infidelity, use of a hookup app known for child sex trafficking, and fabricating much of his biography, Platner is a true-red Marxist who despises America’s founding principles and seeks to upend the capitalist system that allowed him to attend a $75,000-a-year prep school in Connecticut growing up. He mocked fallen U.S. soldiers on Reddit, blamed rape victims, and, of course, there is the Totenkopf tattoo.
Yet, Democrats are still almost uniformly supporting him. Not that there would be any excuse for this behavior by the Left and the press, regardless, but you could understand it if Platner were running against anyone besides Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). We are not talking about a constitutional conservative such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) or a principled fiscal hawk like Rand Paul (R-KY). Collins is a centrist Republican and has been one of the most moderate voices in American politics for three decades.
The senior senator from Maine has been outspokenly pro-choice throughout her career and has repeatedly stated that abortion should remain legal. She spent years defending Roe v. Wade, supported legislation to codify abortion rights into federal law, and continued that support after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall in Ogunquit, Maine, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
The pro-abortion group Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL) gives Collins a 75% grade, the highest of any Republican senator, alongside Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Collins favors the same irresponsible, pork-ridden spending packages that Democrats champion and some conservatives oppose. She routinely votes for massive omnibus bills, including President Biden’s $1.7 trillion 2022 omnibus, where she joined 17 other Senate Republicans in support.
Collins joined Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and other GOP turncoats in support of the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the worst new gun control law in decades. She voted against the eminently qualified now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation and against current Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Collins was one of only seven Republican senators to vote to impeach President Trump in 2021, citing Jan. 6.
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“On January 6, this Congress gathered in the Capitol to count the votes of the Electoral College pursuant to the process set forth in the 12th Amendment to the Constitution,” she said on the Senate floor. “At the same time, a mob stormed the Capitol determined to stop Congress from carrying out our constitutional duty. That attack was not a spontaneous outbreak of violence. Rather, it was the culmination of a steady stream of provocations by President Trump that were aimed at overturning the results of the presidential election.”
Democrats used to erroneously claim that Susan Collins was the type of Republican that they wanted holding public office, and their ends-justify-the-means support of Platner exposes their true motives.
Brady Leonard (@bradyleonard) is a writer, musician, and host of The No Gimmicks Podcast.