Platner campaign criticizes confirmation vote
Graham Platner campaign manager
“Thanks to Susan Collins’ decisive vote for Brett Kavanaugh, the freedom to choose was stripped away from millions of women”
Source and context
Interview
About this source
Direct reporter interview quotes Collins defending her 2018 confirmation vote while disagreeing with Dobbs, and records campaign criticism. Article misidentifies Jackson as a Dobbs dissenter; use Supreme Court docket for the vote.
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Court docket establishes that Kavanaugh joined the majority overruling Roe and Casey; Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissented. It does not establish what Kavanaugh privately promised Collins.
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The Press Herald reported Collins's statement that she did not regret confirming Kavanaugh.
After the quotation
Chin's statement addressed the nationwide consequences of Dobbs; Collins separately discussed Maine's state protections.
How this statement is classified
Responding to: Collins's 2018 vote to confirm Kavanaugh remains justified despite his vote to overturn Roe and Casey in Dobbs.
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Why this label?
Condemns the same confirmation vote that Collins defended; this is an attributed campaign statement.
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