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The progressive group Demand Justice Initiative is targeting GOP Sen. Susan Collins
Susan Margaret CollinsCoronavirus deal key to Republicans protecting Senate majority From a Republican donor to Senate GOP: Remove marriage penalty or risk alienating voters The Hill's Campaign Report: Trump's visit to battleground Ohio overshadowed by coronavirus MORE (Maine), who is up for reelection in 2020, with a new round of advertising ahead of a Senate vote this week on a controversial judicial nominee from President Trump
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"Trump nominee Wendy Vitter wants to shut down Planned Parenthood. So why would Senator Susan Collins vote for her?" the ad says.
The ad is part of a larger effort by Demand Justice to educate voters on senators' positions when it comes to Trump's judicial picks, most of whom are considered anathema to the party's progressive base.
The Senate is expected to vote on Vitter's nomination on Thursday.
Vitter, who serves as general counsel to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and is the wife of former Sen. David Vitter
David Bruce VitterBottom line Bottom line The biggest political upsets of the decade MORE (R-La.), has come under fire for sidestepping a direct answer to a question during her confirmation hearing about whether she believes the Brown v. Board of Education case from the 1950s was correctly decided by the Supreme Court. She also was grilled on her views on abortion.
David Bruce VitterBottom line Bottom line The biggest political upsets of the decade MORE (R-La.), has come under fire for sidestepping a direct answer to a question during her confirmation hearing about whether she believes the Brown v. Board of Education case from the 1950s was correctly decided by the Supreme Court. She also was grilled on her views on abortion.A spokeswoman for Collins didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about whether the GOP senator has decided how to vote on Vitter's nomination.
“The recent laws passed in Georgia and Alabama prove there is an all-out assault on abortion rights underway in this country, and Senator Collins needs to choose a side,” Fallon said.
He added that "when Senator Collins supports so many of Trump’s anti-abortion judges, it is reasonable for Mainers to conclude she’s not living up to her promises about protecting reproductive rights.”
Collins, who is one of two GOP senators running in a state that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBlumenthal calls for declassification of materials detailing Russian threat to US elections Hillary Clinton roasts NYT's Maureen Dowd over column Hillary Clinton touts student suspended over crowded hallway photo: 'John Lewis would be proud' MORE won in 2016, is viewed as a top target for Democrats next year. She has already drawn fierce criticism over her vote in support of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Brett Michael KavanaughMcConnell has 17-point lead over Democratic challenger McGrath: poll Davis: My recommendation for vice president on Biden ticket Kavanaugh urged Supreme Court to avoid decisions on Trump finances, abortion: report MORE last year amid concerns that his confirmation would lock in a conservative majority on the court.
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBlumenthal calls for declassification of materials detailing Russian threat to US elections Hillary Clinton roasts NYT's Maureen Dowd over column Hillary Clinton touts student suspended over crowded hallway photo: 'John Lewis would be proud' MORE won in 2016, is viewed as a top target for Democrats next year. She has already drawn fierce criticism over her vote in support of Supreme Court Justice Brett KavanaughBrett Michael KavanaughMcConnell has 17-point lead over Democratic challenger McGrath: poll Davis: My recommendation for vice president on Biden ticket Kavanaugh urged Supreme Court to avoid decisions on Trump finances, abortion: report MORE last year amid concerns that his confirmation would lock in a conservative majority on the court.