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People are channeling their rage at Susan Collins through Twitter

Get in loser, we're going to vote.

Morgan Sung

on October 5, 2018

It's been an exhausting day/week/year for America.

Senator Susan Collins faced serious backlash on Friday when she announced her intention to confirm Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, despite allegations of sexual assault from multiple women.

"My fervent hope is that Brett Kavanaugh will work to lessen the divisions in the Supreme Court," she said in a speech that really didn't need to beat around the bush for so long. "So that we have far fewer 5-4 decisions and so that public confidence in our judiciary and our highest court is restored."

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Sure, Susan.

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Guess what: People are mad.

And they took to Twitter to channel their rage through humor.

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Some Twitter users were annoyed at how longwinded Collins' speech was, and how many excuses it included.

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Others pointed out that, frankly, Collins would have voted for Kavanaugh regardless of the sexual assault allegations.

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But there's hope: Thanks to a little thing called democracy, you can easily channel your rage at our political trash fire through voting!

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In fact, another Susan has already stepped forward to offer up her candidacy.

Sort of.

Obama's National Security Advisor Susan Rice later tweeted that although thankful for the encouragement, she isn't "making any announcements."

"Like so many Americans," she said. "I am deeply disappointed in Senator Collins' vote for Kavanaugh. Maine and American deserve better."

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Americans are already mobilizing to vote Collins out by 2020.

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A crowdfunding effort to support Collins' 2020 opponent has raised more than $2 million in just a few hours. The campaign was so popular, the website crashed.

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Don't just take to Twitter. Take it to the polls.

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