Maine Democratic Party disputes Collins's account of her Kavanaugh vote's effect on Roe
Maine Democratic PartyOfficial state affiliate of the Democratic Party, in a press release
The Maine Democratic Party said in a June 30, 2026 release that Collins "lied" during a Fox News interview about the effect of her Kavanaugh vote on the overturning of Roe v. Wade. It said Roe was overturned by a 5-4 vote, with Kavanaugh casting the decisive fifth vote, and that Collins doubled down by saying she does not regret the vote.
“The campaign came after Collins lied during a Fox News interview that her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh had no impact on the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In reality, Roe was overturned by a 5-4 vote, with Kavanaugh casting the decisive fifth vote. Collins also recently doubled down on that confirmation, saying she does not regret casting the decisive vote to put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.”
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Was Susan Collins's 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh justified after Dobbs?
In 2018 Susan Collins supported Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation, citing his discussion of precedent and Roe v. Wade. He joined the 2022 Dobbs opinion overruling Roe, which Collins said conflicted with what he had told her about long-standing precedent. In June 2026 she said she did not regret the confirmation vote while disagreeing with his Dobbs vote. Her critics argue that the confirmation enabled the loss of nationwide abortion protections.
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Maine Democratic Party press release on its "No Regrets" campaign marking the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs decision, reproducing news coverage of the campaign and of Collins's Fox News interview.
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The release opens by saying the Maine Democratic Party launched its "No Regrets" campaign the week before, marking the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs decision. A Daily Beast excerpt reproduced in the release quotes Collins telling Fox News that she disagreed with the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade but that Roe would have been overturned whether or not Kavanaugh was confirmed. A Portland Press Herald excerpt in the release says Collins told reporters in June that she does not regret her vote to confirm him.
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The release says the campaign launch included a digital ad, newspaper ads and a press conference outside Portland City Hall. It also reproduces coverage of the campaign, including a party spokesperson's written statement that Collins's vote helped pave the way for Roe to be overturned.
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The reference point is Collins's 2018 vote to confirm Kavanaugh, judged after Dobbs. The party says Collins lied about the vote's effect on the overturning of Roe, says Kavanaugh cast the decisive fifth vote, and says she doubled down by saying she does not regret the vote. The release presents this as the basis of an accountability campaign against her vote, so it criticizes the vote and her defense of it and does more than dispute a description. We labeled it Condemned.
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