Trump's call for Collins ouster throws wrench into Maine Senate race

(The Hill) President Trump’s call for Sen. Susan Collins (R) to be ousted in November tossed a monkey wrench into the high-stakes Maine Senate race, raising further questions about the GOP’s most vulnerable incumbent and whether she will be able to pull off another high-wire act in the blue-leaning state this year.

Frustrations at the White House boiled over on Thursday after Collins and four other Republicans sided with Democrats on a war powers resolution that would block further military action in Venezuela. While Republicans were miffed at the attack on the handful of members, it’s Collins they are most concerned with as she potentially holds the key to them retaining the majority next year.

“There were a lot of people shaking their heads and a lot of eyerolls,” one Senate Republican said of the reaction in the conference to the attack on Collins. “[You] probably ought not take on the chair of Appropriations, who’s a little bit pissed off about not getting regular order appropriations done. And now you’re s——g on her on this sort of stuff?”

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