Collins, Gideon clash on records, health care in debate

[Judi Lynn]

Last edited Thu Oct 15, 2020, 11:46 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Associated Press

PATRICK WHITTLE,
Associated Press
Oct. 15, 2020
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 9:10 p.m.



FILE - This pair of 2020 file photos shows incumbent U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, right, who are running in the Nov. 3, 2020, election to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate.Robert F. Bukaty/AP

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic opponent Sara Gideon sparred on health care and the nation's coronavirus response during a Thursday debate that saw the two candidates heavily criticize each other's records in office.

Collins, a 24-year senator, and Gideon, the speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, are in a heated, expensive race that could help determine control of the U.S. Senate.

Both candidates were on the offensive Thursday, with Collins criticizing Gideon for the Maine Legislature's failure to meet since March and Gideon portraying Collins as beholden to Republican President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“The legislature has been out of session since March, and she has done nothing,” Collins said after touting her own work in support of the Paycheck Protection Program.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Collins-Gideon-clash-on-records-health-care-in-15651933.php

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Adding a different photo of Sara Gideon, as the one with the article looks like a dead ringer for Nicki Haley, in my view!



Sarah Gideon



Nicki Haley

[thucythucy]

1. Gee, i wonder what's been happening since March

to deter a group of people meeting in an enclosed space?

Hmmm, I wonder...

[Judi Lynn]

2. Ooooh, looks as if Collins really hit her where it hurt! The nerve, not meeting much since March.

Should Collins will be up to drilling her again and again with that lethal charge, that should do it!