{"id":2293865,"date":"2024-07-12T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T02:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moderate-republican-senator-comes-out-against-trumps-2024-run\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T22:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T02:24:19","slug":"moderate-republican-senator-comes-out-against-trumps-2024-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moderate-republican-senator-comes-out-against-trumps-2024-run\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Moderate Republican&#8217; Senator Comes Out Against Trump&#8217;s 2024 Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmoderate-republican-senator-comes-out-against-trumps-2024-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293865&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Susan Collins, a\u200b moderate Republican from Maine, has announced that she will\u200b be writing in Nikki Haley&#8217;s name on the \u200bballot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-will-trigger-a-major-crisis-if-trump-is-indicted-for-jan-6\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s DOJ risks crisis if Trump faces Jan. 6 indictment.\">upcoming \u2062presidential election<\/a>. Collins, who did not vote for Donald Trump in the previous\u2063 two elections, stated her support for\u2064 Haley despite the fact that she will not be on the ballot. Collins&#8217; decision to write in\u2062 Haley&#8217;s name reflects her\u2063 continued endorsement of the former South Carolina governor \u2063for president. Despite being the only New England Republican in Congress and\u2064 the only Republican\u2063 holding statewide office in Maine,\u200b Collins remains resolute\u200c in her choice to support Haley for \u2062the presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 12, 2024 at 2:15pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Sen. Susan Collins didn\u2019t vote for Donald Trump for president in 2016 or 2020, and the third time will not be the charm \u2014 because she is writing in Nikki Haley.<\/p>\n<p>Collins, a longtime moderate Republican senator from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maine-supreme-court-deals-blow-secretary-states-plan-keep-trump-off-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a> on Friday that she intends to write in the former South Carolina governor\u2019s name on the ballot in November.<\/p>\n<p>The move recalls 2016, when Collins said she wrote in then-House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-releases-scathing-statement-response-rino-paul-ryan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Ryan<\/a> for president over Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Collins is the only New England Republican in Congress and the only Republican holding statewide office in Maine, where Trump has twice won an electoral vote.<\/p>\n<p>She said Friday that she is sticking with her endorsement of Haley, despite the fact Haley will not be on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI publicly endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-brings-nikki-haley-fold-announces-former-rival-will-likely-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikki Haley<\/a>, and I wanted her to win. She\u2019s still my favorite candidate, and I think she could do a great job. She\u2019s my choice, and that\u2019s how I\u2019m going to express it,\u201d Collins told WMTW-TV.<\/p>\n<p>Collins made the remarks about the election at an event in Limerick, about 34 miles west of Portland, where she was speaking at a ribbon-cutting for a new fire and EMS station.<\/p>\n<p>After the event, Collins spokesperson Annie Clark said Collins has made clear many times that she does not intend to vote for Trump, and she has voiced support for Haley before, including during a June television appearance.<\/p>\n<p>During that appearance, on Spectrum News, Collins said she \u201cdoes not support the Democratic nominee either\u201d and supports \u201csome of President Trump\u2019s policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, she also said, \u201ca lot of it is President Trump\u2019s style as well \u2014 I think it\u2019s divisive at a time when our country is already so polarized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins was also one of seven Republicans who voted at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-rep-opens-can-worms-saying-impeachment-shouldnt-used-revenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impeachment<\/a> trial to convict Trump of inciting an insurrection after a crowd breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Collins was elected to the Senate in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>She is the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate and is often a key vote \u2014 and she is famous for not missing votes.<\/p>\n<p>Collins is not on the ballot in 2024 and was most recently re-elected in 2020, when she defeated Democratic challenger Sara Gideon by a wider margin than many prognosticators expected.<\/p>\n<p>She represents a state where Trump has twice lost the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-finds-newsoms-job-approval-ratings-plunge-amid-looming-recall\/\" title=\"New Poll Finds Newsom\u2019s Job Approval Ratings Plunge Amid Looming Recall\">statewide vote<\/a>, but picked up one electoral vote because Maine is one of two states to apportion electoral votes by district.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has many fans in rural Maine, which makes up most of the 2nd Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Republican from Maine, has announced that she will be writing in Nikki Haley&#8217;s name on the ballot in the upcoming presidential election. Despite Haley not being on the ballot, Collins has publicly endorsed her and believes she would do a great job as president. Collins has made it clear that she does not intend to vote for Donald Trump, citing his divisive style as a reason for her decision. She has been a vocal critic of Trump, voting to convict him during his impeachment trial in 2021. Collins, the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate, is known for her key votes and dedication to not missing votes. She was re-elected in 2020 by a wider margin than expected, representing a state where Trump has twice lost the statewide vote but picked up one electoral vote due to Maine&#8217;s apportionment system<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2293866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/16346b15d6214dfaac94113f697c8155-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,34890,4012,3634],"class_list":["post-2293865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-moderate-republican","tag-senator","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/16346b15d6214dfaac94113f697c8155-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}