Bad news for Senator Susan Collins of Maine.The Human Rights Campaign just endorsed her opponent, Maine Speaker of the House Sara Gideon, in the 2020 election, marking the first time the LGBTQ rights group has endorsed one of Collins’ opponents instead of her since 1996.For nearly 25 years, HRC has backed Collins, citing her more moderate stances on LGBTQ issues, like her support for the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
In 2014, it went so far as to praise her for playing a “pivotal role in advancing support for LGBT equality.”Well, not anymore!The Hill reports:However, in its new endorsement of Gideon, who clinched the Democratic nomination Tuesday night, the group excoriated Collins’s failure to buck President Trump in the.