{"id":615526,"date":"2026-06-09T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=615526"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:36:20","slug":"maine-voters-say-theyd-vote-for-a-doorknob-over-susan-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=615526","title":{"rendered":"Maine voters say they\u2019d vote for a doorknob over Susan Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The party of #MeToo and No Kings appeared poised to prove once again that \u201cpurity politics\u201d won\u2019t be applied when it comes to stopping Republicans ahead of the Maine primary.<\/p>\n

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(Video Credit: CNN)<\/p>\n

Maine Gov. Janet Mills may have suspended her Senate campaign, but as she herself reminded, her name is still on the Democratic primary ballot along with Graham Platner. Despite an alternative to the scandal-plagued frontrunner, voters who spoke with CNN appeared to be treating the race like the general election, as one went as far as saying she\u2019d \u201cvote for a doorknob over Susan Collins.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sentiment shared by numerous Democratic voters was reported by CNN correspondent Arlette Saenz as she spoke with Erin Burnett on Monday from the Pine Tree State.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re definitely voting for him,\u201d voter Jan Anderson had told her. \u201cHonestly, I would vote for a doorknob over Susan Collins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Likewise, having expressed her regret at not bringing a \u201cChurch ladies for Graham\u201d sign to an event, Cheryl Cameron admitted, \u201cHe\u2019s not a perfect guy. But I agree with his politics. And if his wife can deal with it, who am I to argue?\u201d<\/p>\n

The remarks aligned with the position of numerous lawmakers and talking heads who\u2019ve adopted an ends-justify-the-means mentality in seeking a shift of control in Congress via the midterms, despite incumbent Sen. Susan Collins\u2019 record as a RINO.<\/p>\n

Included among those dismissing Platner\u2019s dirty laundry, such as his since-covered Nazi tattoo and reports of the married Senate hopeful allegedly sending sexually explicit messages to multiple women, Democratic strategist James Carville admitted to CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper that he would not be so forgiving if those same concerns were linked to a Republican candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true. I would say you\u2019re exactly right,\u201d remarked Carville, who later added, \u201cI think the greatest danger we face right now is from Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carville finally tells the truth, says Dem hypocrisy over Graham Platner is very real https:\/\/t.co\/o3hBKWhl3t<\/a><\/p>\n

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Susan Gorman, another voter who spoke with Saenz, similarly looked at Tuesday\u2019s primary through the big picture lens and said,\u00a0\u201cThe problems that are facing Maine and this country are too serious for us to focus on this purity politics stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

While polling from late May showed Platner maintained a majority support among women, and many Democratic primary voters remained undeterred by the scandals, at least one refused to hold her nose for the veteran and instead expected she would hold her nose for Collins in a likely November matchup.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more and more, and the closer and closer we get to tomorrow, the less and less comfortable I\u2019ve been,\u201d expressed Renee Barthelman. \u201cI\u2019m not happy with everything Collins does. I\u2019m not happy with the way she votes in Congress, lots of times. So, she isn\u2019t my first choice. But of the two, I would rather see her there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The party of #MeToo and No Kings appeared poised to prove once again that \u201cpurity politics\u201d won\u2019t be applied when it comes to stopping Republicans ahead of the Maine primary. (Video Credit: CNN) Maine Gov. Janet Mills may have suspended her Senate campaign, but as she herself reminded, her name is still on the Democratic… Continue reading Maine voters say they\u2019d vote for a doorknob over Susan Collins<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=615526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=615526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=615526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=615526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}