'Aunt Lydia' Collins, Betrayer of Women, gets 'thanked'

[deminks]

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A conservative group is spending six figures to thank @SenatorCollins for her vote for Justice Kavanaugh.

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/13/collins-blasted-dark-money-groups-in-kavanaugh-fight-one-just-paid-to-thank-her-for-her-vote/

Collins blasted ‘dark money’ groups in Kavanaugh fight. One just paid to thank her for her vote

A conservative group that poured more than $5 million into a campaign to defend Brett Kavanaugh launched a new ad buy this week: thanking Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, for her vote supporting the nominee.

“In the midst of the chaos one leader stood out,” one of the Judicial Crisis Network’s ads says. “She did the right thing, supporting him. Thanks Susan Collins, for being a reasonable voice in Washington.”

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Collins, who was the focus of a sustained effort by activists concerned by the prospect of Kavanaugh’s confirmation on the court, was one of the loudest of these voices. During a 44-minute speech from the Senate floor last week in which she announced her support for Kavanaugh, effectively sealing his confirmation, she lambasted special-interest groups that spent an “unprecedented amount of dark money” to oppose him.

On Friday, she did not immediately respond to a request sent to a spokeswoman about whether she disavowed the use of “dark money” in the campaign to support her.

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[Freddie]

1. It's one of their strategies

In the middle of the most ridiculously ultra-far-right GOP ever, persuading voters that a candidate is “moderate.” It’s their favorite strategy here in the purple Philly burbs. Makes my head explode.

[jpak]

2. "Moderate" - yeah right