Augusta, Maine – Despite serving on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Susan Collins claims she has “not reviewed the MOU yet” nearly 24 hours after Donald Trump announced a preliminary agreement to end the war with Iran. When asked directly whether the conflict was successful, Collins refused to answer.
Maine Democratic Party spokesperson Kristi Johnston released the following statement:
“Once again, Susan Collins plays dumb about Trump’s failed record while she enables him at every turn. She wants us to believe that she, as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has not reviewed Trump’s Iran deal – meanwhile, she cast a key vote to enable the war and is profiting from rising gas prices. While Mainers struggle with rising costs, Collins keeps ducking as her gas and oil stock portfolio skyrockets.”
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When Collins was asked directly about Trump saying he doesn’t care “even a little bit” about the financial struggles facing Americans amid the Iran war, she claimed she “didn’t see that.”
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Collins cast a key vote against a war powers resolution that would have stopped Donald Trump from dragging the United States into war. The resolution would have halted U.S. military action against Iran that Trump initiated without authorization from Congress.
- While Mainers are struggling and worry about rising gas prices, Collins is profiting. Since the conflict began on February 28, her household’s stock portfolio has climbed – fueled in part by investments in oil and gas companies that profit off global instability and rising energy prices.
- Collins and her husband hold up to $115,000 in natural gas stocks. Between the start of the war and April 1, those investments’ values increased by as much as $24,480.
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