Bangor Maine echo opinion letter: Senator Collins does not confront Donald Trump -Why?

Senator Susan Collins is silent on Trump- a lack of moral courage!

Voters will ask this question of Collins, when she seeks 2020 re-election. Why won't she stand up to Donald Trump?

Senator Susan Collins of Maine must provide leadership. She must listen to her constituents, and oppose the cruel Donald Trump administration and his horrible policies.  

Susan Collins’ Dec. 30 column in the Portland Press Herald, “Focus on division distracts from progress made by Congress,” is striking for what it doesn’t say. She briefly mentions the “turbulent surface of political turmoil.” That is an understatement that she should lay at the feet of the (failed) president.

And yet, Senator Collins doesn’t do it, she won't confront Trump's failed leadership!
While this redemptive opinion she wrote might be impressive with its list of broad-based initiatives, the question remains with many independent Maine voters. Why does she not speak out against this president who is destroying our democracy?

The Collins OpEd is a clear sign that she will run again in 2020. 

(She has lost a lot of credibility since Trump took office!)

Her talking points that are well served to (charm) donors and PACs (Political Action Committees) with their big buckets of donation monies. In the months and years ahead, many voters will ask about this question of Collins. Why will you not stand up to Donald Trump?

This is the OpEd she should be writing:

(Suggested title: "Why I will stand up to Donald Trump and Here's How I Intend to Do It!")

It can’t be that she is held captive to a contaminated party, or that she wants to keep her job and is fearful of presidential retaliation, or that it is a simple lack of moral courage, Until we can understand her silence, she does not deserve the trust and confidence of the citizens of Maine.

Letter to the editor of the Bangor Daily News from Terry Dubois
of Milford Maine