{"id":2648920,"date":"2026-08-24T13:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-praises-susan-collins-despite-skipping-his-maine-event\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:16:45","slug":"vance-praises-susan-collins-despite-skipping-his-maine-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-praises-susan-collins-despite-skipping-his-maine-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance praises Susan Collins despite skipping his Maine event"},"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%2Fvance-praises-susan-collins-despite-skipping-his-maine-event%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=2648920&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>Vice President JD Vance highlighted his support for Senator Susan Collins, emphasizing her strong commitment to Maine\u2019s constituents and her independent approach in the Senate. During a visit to Maine, Vance praised Collins for her dedication to her state&#8217;s interests and described her as a highly attentive and detail-oriented lawmaker. Although Collins was not present at the event, her campaign spokesman noted her working relationship with Vance and her willingness to oppose her party on certain key votes, such as the Iran war powers resolution. Vance also expressed admiration for her independence, despite occasional tensions with party lines, including her recent votes that bucked GOP expectations. The visit aimed to bolster support for Maine\u2019s Republican candidates, including former Governor Paul LePage and Vance\u2019s campaign efforts. The article also pointed out that Democrats need to flip Collins\u2019s seat to have a credible chance of reclaiming the Senate in the midterm elections, wich is challenging given the state&#8217;s Republican-leaning territory.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"7658\">JD Vance<\/a> championed Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1302\">Susan Collins<\/a> (R-ME) as a key ally in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> during a public engagement at a manufacturing facility in Brewer, Maine, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins, who is seeking reelection against Democrat <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/troy-jackson\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"23248\">Troy Jackson<\/a>, was not at the event with Vance. Her campaign spokesman, Blake Kernan, cited the senator\u2019s personal schedule when asked about her absence from the event by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. Kernan also touted Collins\u2019s working relationship with Vance.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4694272\/vance-praises-susan-collins-maine-visit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018She fights for the great people of Maine\u2019: Vance praises Susan Collins as she skips his Maine visit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4698041\/record-michigan-democrats-2013-arrest-emerge-distances-dsa-roots\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Record of Michigan Democrat\u2019s 2013 arrest emerge as he distances from DSA roots<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4697955\/nrcc-16000-stolen-unknown-actor\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Republican campaign committee reported over $16,000 stolen by unknown actor<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd of course, the second shoutout I got to give is to my dear friend Susan Collins, the senator from Maine. Thank you,\u201d Vance said during his opening remarks. \u201cAnd whenever I\u2019m in Maine, I got to give Susan a little bit of crap, because as you know, Susan is the most independent member of the United States Senate, and as the president of the United States Senate, she sometimes makes my job just a little bit harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins has maintained a willingness to buck the GOP on high-profile votes during President Donald Trump\u2019s second term. Earlier this month, the Maine senator announced that she would oppose the confirmation of Todd Blanche for attorney general. Collins broke with most Republican senators in April, when she voted with Democrats to advance an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> war powers resolution that would withdraw American forces from Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite her independent streak, Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4602702\/trump-endorse-susan-collins-maine\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4602702\/trump-endorse-susan-collins-maine\/\">endorsed her reelection bid<\/a> in June when she was expected to run against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\/\">Graham Platner<\/a>. Platner exited the race as reports about controversial behavior with past girlfriends snuffed out support for his campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Trump has not always expressed happiness with Collins, he has not supported a primary challenger against her, unlike other Republicans who have incurred his wrath.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance praised Collins as a lawmaker more concerned about constituents than party ideology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut she makes it harder because she is coming to work every single day and fighting not for a political party or not for any abstraction, she comes to work every single day, and she fights for the great people of Maine,\u201d Vance said about Collins. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve seen it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe has been to my house probably a half dozen times, the vice president\u2019s residence at the Naval Observatory, and I\u2019ve never seen a person who is more attuned to the details of every single thing,\u201d Vance continued. \u201cShe\u2019s always asking, \u2018What does this do for Maine? How is this good for Maine? How is this bad for Maine?\u2019 And she tries to get as much good for this state out of Washington and as little bad out of Washington for this state.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vice president claimed Collins\u2019s efforts are \u201ca very hard job. But she does an amazing job. And so, please give it up to our very independent friend Susan Collins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4696412\/vance-democratic-party-grad-school-voters-not-unions\/\">VANCE SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE THE PARTY OF GRAD SCHOOL VOTERS, NOT UNIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats face a harder task flipping the Senate than the House during this midterm election cycle, as they need to flip four seats while competing in Republican-friendly territory. Democrats will need to flip Collins\u2019s seat if they have any credible chance of retaking the Senate. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance previously visited Maine in May. His visit on Monday is meant to champion\u00a0former Gov. Paul LePage\u2019s campaign for Maine\u2019s 2nd Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>David Sivak contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance praises Collins as key Senate ally during Maine visit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2648921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26236556877815.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5894,34870,15469],"class_list":["post-2648920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-politics","tag-susan-collins","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26236556877815.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648920","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2648920"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2648924,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648920\/revisions\/2648924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2648921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2648920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2648920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2648920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}