{"id":334495,"date":"2021-03-28T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T13:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=334495"},"modified":"2021-03-28T10:02:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T14:02:37","slug":"maine-gop-votes-against-censuring-sen-susan-collins-over-trump-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-gop-votes-against-censuring-sen-susan-collins-over-trump-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine GOP Votes Against Censuring Sen. Susan Collins Over Trump Impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fmaine-gop-votes-against-censuring-sen-susan-collins-over-trump-impeachment%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=334495&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-maine\">Maine<\/a> Republican Party on Saturday rejected a motion that would have censured Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) over her vote to convict former President Donald Trump on an incitement of insurrection charge.<\/p>\n<p>The party voted 19-41 on the motion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParty leadership considers this matter settled now and the team is moving on to preparing to win elections in 2022,\u201d Jason Savage, the Maine GOP\u2019s executive director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/27\/politics\/maine-gop-votes-against-censure-susan-collins\/index.html\">told<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Collins in a statement said the decision \u201cis a testament to the Party\u2019s \u2018big tent\u2019 philosophy that respects different views but unites around core principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur party has been most successful when it has embraced this approach to advance our shared goals of providing tax relief to families and small business job creators, pursuing fiscal responsibility and government accountability, promoting personal responsibility, protecting constitutional rights, and ensuring a strong national defense,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Collins was one of seven Republicans to vote to convict Trump last month, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-acquitted-in-second-impeachment-trial_3695836.html\">he was acquitted<\/a> because 43 GOP senators voted against conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Five of the seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/5-of-7-republican-senators-who-convicted-trump-have-been-censured-in-home-states_3701941.html\">were censured<\/a> in their home states.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3734782\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-334498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4036.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3734782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1133.jpeg\" alt=\"trump\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24, 2017. (Samira Bouaou\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>Collins had faced backlash from the Maine GOP after the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The state party said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mainegop\/photos\/pcb.4254225537975837\/4254224331309291\/\">an open letter<\/a> to Collins that the trial itself was unconstitutional because Trump was no longer in office and there were serious concerns with how House impeachment managers \u201caltered video of President Trump to cast his speech in the worst possible light, ignoring his calls for peace, similar to the way a campaign might cut a dishonest 30-second campaign ad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was charged by the House of Representatives with inciting an insurrection, primarily because he spoke near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in the leadup to the breach of the building.<\/p>\n<p>Critics pointed to phrases he uttered such as \u201cfight like hell\u201d to paint his words as incitement while supporters noted he urged the crowd to remain peaceful when they marched to the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Trump later condemned the violence at the building and urged people to vacate the premises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not set a precedent that we fear will undermine the foundation of our country and could greatly diminish our status and integrity into the future,\u201d the Maine GOP wrote last month.<\/p>\n<p>Collins, 68, won re-election to her fifth term in 2020, defeating the Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon by about 70,000 votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maine Republican Party on Saturday rejected a motion that would have censured Sen. 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