Tell Susan Collins: Don’t Support Mitch McConnell for Leader

U.S. Senator Susan Collins

Mitch McConnell’s tenure as Senate leader has been bad for Mainers. Whether it’s pushing tax cuts for the wealthy and corporate special interests at the expense of everyday Mainers, or his quest to fill the ranks of the federal courts with judges who will ignore legal precedent to erode civil rights, Mainers can’t afford another two years of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.


Join 16 Counties Coalition, Mainers for Accountable Leadership, Maine Peoples Alliance, Suit Up Maine and DemCast to demand Senator Collins reject Mitch McConnell's leadership bid.


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To: U.S. Senator Susan Collins
From: [Your Name]

Senator Collins, I am calling on you to reject Mitch McConnell’s bid for leadership of the Senate.

Senator Mitch McConnell, the current Majority Leader, has worked for the last 35 years to push through an unpopular agenda to eliminate decades-old campaign finance rules, cut taxes for corporations and the rich, and stack the courts with unqualified deeply conservative judges. These actions are not in the best interests of Mainers and you should no longer support McConnell in his bid to be Senate Majority Leader.

Since he took the helm as Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell has been on the wrong side of nearly every issue important to Mainers:

- Used the 2017 Republican tax cuts, which gave billions in giveaways to corporate special interests and the one percent at the expense of everyday Mainers, to end the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual mandate, providing the basis for the current SCOTUS challenge to repeal the ACA, and jeopardizing access to health care for 98,000 Mainers. (Which you voted for)

- Exploited the coronavirus stimulus package to give millionaires $135 billion in taxpayer-funded giveaways.

- Turned the Senate into a legislative graveyard, except for appointments of federal judges hand-picked by the Trump administration.

Thus far, Senator, you have followed Mitch McConnell’s lead -- and have been “well-funded” for voting with McConnell by his network of Republican mega-donors and corporate special interests.

Senator Collins, you promised to put Mainers first. Now you need to prove it. Reject Mitch McConnell's leadership bid. #DitchMitch