COLLINS: "The president has broad discretion to consider a nominee's philosophy, whereas my duty as a senator is to focus on the nominee's qualifications as long as that nominee's philosophy is within the mainstream." It sure sounds like she is going to announce a yes vote.pic.twitter.com/Ok5OgzTJX3
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Collins says she said found Dr Ford's testimony "compelling," but doesn't believe there's enough evidence to draw the conclusion that Kavanaugh is guilty of anythingpic.twitter.com/EgDV48Fyht
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COLLINS is trying to poke holes in Ford's testimony: "She testified that although she does not remember how she got home that evening, she knew she got a ride. Yet nobody has come forward to say that they were the ones that drove her home or were in the car with her that night."pic.twitter.com/2tMA41dACV
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Collins claims Dr Ford's accusation does not meet the "threshold of more likely than not" that she just made up. She still wants you to know that she takes sexual assault allegations seriously though!pic.twitter.com/yR7zWfu3p9
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COLLINS: "I have been alarmed and disturbed that some people have suggested that unless Kavanaugh is rejected, the Senate is somehow condoning sexual assault. Nothing could be further from the truth... The
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@SenatorCollins shamefully suggests Ford is actually a victim of a left-wing conspiracy: "Watching her, I could not help but feel that some people who wanted to engineer the defeat of this nomination cared little, if at all, for her well-being." What a joke.pic.twitter.com/STKkHXhbNcShow this thread -
COLLINS, SHORTER: Sure, sexual assault is bad, but the real villain here is whoever leaked Dr. Ford's letter detailing her sexually assault allegation against Kavanaugh to the media!pic.twitter.com/XBIoKWWaki
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COLLINS makes a plea for
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@SenatorCollins concludes on this entirely absurd note: "My fervent hope is that Brett Kavanaugh will work to lessen the divisions on the Supreme Court... I will vote to confirm."pic.twitter.com/jcaJlKg43kShow this thread -
At no point during her ~45 minute speech did
@SenatorCollins address the perjury Kavanaugh appeared to commit when he lied about his heavy drinking and high school antics
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With exception of Clarence Thomas, all of the Justices in SCOTUS’ conservative majority were nominated by Republicans who lost the popular vote.
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