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Jon Stewart has blasted embattled GOP senator Susan Collins for being “criminally naïve” in a blistering monologue.
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Stewart → blast → monologue
Collins is running for re-election in Maine in November’s midterm elections, but multiple polls show she is trailing her Democratic opponent.
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she → run → opponent
The Democrats will likely need to defeat Collins to retake the Senate, which has put particular focus on the race.
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which → need → race
On Monday’s episode of The Daily Show, Stewart took aim at Collins for her record of voting for policies despite previously expressing concern over issues that they could worsen.
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they → take → issues
“You know that ‘Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown’ metaphor,” Stewart said, referencing the famous scene where the Peanuts character yanks away a football Brown was just about to kick, causing him to go flying into the air.
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him → know → air
“I can’t figure out if Susan Collins is Lucy or Charlie Brown,” Stewart continued.
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Stewart → figure → ?
“She’s either Lucy, cynically pretending to be concerned about the obvious downstream effects of her votes, despite repeatedly voting that way, or she’s criminally naïve about the inevitable betrayal.”
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she → ’ → betrayal
The late-night show host compared Collins’ voting record against her public comments.
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“I am really worried that we are going to see outbreaks of measles…totally preventable outbreaks of measles,” Collins said in a clip played by Stewart, who went on to show that she had voted to confirm vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr as HHS secretary.
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“Yes, totally preventable. Specifically by Susan Collins,” Stewart quipped.
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Stewart → quip → Collins
Stewart also played a video in which Collins claimed: “I would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to Roe v. Wade.”
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who → play → Wade
Showing pictures of four conservative Supreme Court judges, Stewart said: “And, to her credit, she only voted for four of them.”
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she → show → them
During his monologue, Stewart said Collins was the “poster child for troubled acquiescence.”
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Collins → say → acquiescence
Collins has trailed Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in a several of polls compiled by The New York Times.
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Collins → trail → Times
In one August survey by Abacus Data, Jackson led Collins by as much as 8 points.
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Jackson → lead → points
However, the senator has been underestimated in polls before, dramatically trailing her opponent in 2020, only to win the election.
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senator → underestimate → election
Ousting Collins would bring the Democratic Party one seat closer to control of the Senate.
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The party needs four seats to wrest control of the upper house from the Republican Party and win a majority of 51.
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party → need → 51
Jackson has also joined in using his opponent’s record against her, posting a clip on X of Collins declaring “I don’t regret that vote” in reference to voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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“She stood with him then.
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She’s defending that vote now,” Jackson wrote.
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Jackson → defend → vote
“Mainers will remember it (sic) that when they vote her out.”
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they → remember → her
The Independent has contacted Collins for comment.
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