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Collins says voters ignored her record after losing Maine Senate seat

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Covered by 3 outlets, all left-leaning.

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Boston Globe, Raw Story and The Daily Beast report that Senator Susan Collins lost her Maine seat to Democrat Troy Jackson. In an interview with The New York Times, Collins said voters ignored her vote to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial and her other breaks with him, saying, “It is never enough.” She said she was caught up in a Trump tsunami that took down many Republican incumbents. Raw Story, citing the Times, reports that the paper attributed her loss largely to Trump, high fuel prices, tariffs on Canada, an immigration crackdown and a perception that she was not doing enough to oppose him.

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Susan Collins lost Maine’s Senate race to Democrat Troy Jackson.
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The Boston Globe, Raw Story, The Daily Beast
Collins said in a New York Times interview that voters ignored her vote to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial.
One outletRaw Story· Far Left
Collins said she was caught up in a “Trump tsunami” that took down many Republican incumbents.
One outletRaw Story· Far Left
The New York Times attributed the loss largely to Trump, the Iran war, high fuel prices, tariffs on Canada and an immigration crackdown.
One outletRaw Story· Far Left
Collins blamed external forces for her loss in the interview.
One outletThe Boston Globe· Far Left

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Left-side outlets report Collins's loss to Troy Jackson and her interview remarks that voters ignored her Trump break. They differ: the Globe frames it as takeaways, while Raw Story calls her remarks delusional and The Daily Beast calls her bitter.

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Headlines cast Collins as bitter: Raw Story calls her remarks a “disgraceful pity party” and The Daily Beast a “Bitter Swipe”, while the Boston Globe offers interview takeaways.
Susan Collins Loaded verb“fumes”The verb presents Collins as angry and irrational, adding a judgement beyond what she said.More neutral: reactsDisagree with this highlight? after voters send her packing: ‘It is never enough’
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lashed outRepublican LoserBitter Swipefumes
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In the outlets’ own words

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lashed outMore neutral: criticized
The verb presents her remarks as an angry attack rather than reporting what she said.
Susan Collins has lashed out at Republican voters after losing her Maine Senate seat in the Democratic midterm…
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
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Republican LoserMore neutral: Former Republican senator
The label reduces Collins to her defeat and adds contempt beyond the fact that she lost.
Republican Loser Takes Bitter Swipe at Her Own Voters
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
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Bitter SwipeMore neutral: criticism
The phrase characterizes Collins's remarks as spiteful, a judgement the reported words do not state.
Republican Loser Takes Bitter Swipe at Her Own Voters
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
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fumesMore neutral: reacts
The verb presents Collins as angry and irrational, adding a judgement beyond what she said.
Susan Collins fumes after voters send her packing: ‘It is never enough’
Used byRaw Story (Far Left)

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delusionallyMore neutral: said
The adverb presents Collins's state of mind as irrational rather than reporting what she said.
I want results, and they want angry rhetoric,” she said delusionally.
Used byRaw Story (Far Left)
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farcicalMore neutral: does not match the record
The word judges Collins's self-perception as ridiculous rather than describing it.
The perception you have of yourself doing “enough to counter” Trump is farcical.
Used byRaw Story (Far Left)
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disgraceful pity partyMore neutral: Collins's remarks about her loss
The label judges Collins's remarks as disgraceful before the reader has weighed them.
Susan Collins' disgraceful pity party shows she's blind to the mess she made
Used byRaw Story (Far Left)
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shockingMore neutral: Senate loss
The word presents the loss as dramatic before the facts justify it, when the story only reports a defeat.
Susan Collins gave her first interview after her shocking Senate loss.
Used byThe Boston Globe (Far Left)

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Collins’s claim that voters ignored her Trump break
Her defeat by Troy Jackson
Trump’s unpopularity as a cause of the loss

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The Boston GlobeFar Left
Susan Collins gave her first interview after her Sensational language“shocking”The word presents the loss as dramatic before the facts justify it, when the story only reports a defeat.More neutral: Senate lossDisagree with this highlight? Senate loss. These are the big three take aways from it.
Senator Susan Collins, a seemingly immovable fixture in Maine politics, will hang up her hat in January. Her loss to Democrat Troy Jackson this week was, for many, unexpected. …
3 hr agoRead at The Boston Globe (opens in a new tab)
Raw StoryFar Left
Susan Collins Loaded verb“fumes”The verb presents Collins as angry and irrational, adding a judgement beyond what she said.More neutral: reactsDisagree with this highlight? after voters send her packing: ‘It is never enough’
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who lost to Democrat Troy Jackson after five terms of winning broad cross-party support in a blue-leaning state, said voters overlooked her record of breaking with President Donald Trump, in an interview with The New York Times. …
7 hr agoRead at Raw Story (opens in a new tab)
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- Susan Collins' disgraceful pity party shows she's blind to the mess she madeOpinion
The Daily BeastFar Left
Loaded modifier“Republican Loser”The label reduces Collins to her defeat and adds contempt beyond the fact that she lost.More neutral: Former Republican senatorDisagree with this highlight? Takes Loaded verb“Bitter Swipe”The phrase characterizes Collins's remarks as spiteful, a judgement the reported words do not state.More neutral: criticismDisagree with this highlight? at Her Own Voters
Susan Collins has Loaded verb“lashed out”The verb presents her remarks as an angry attack rather than reporting what she said.More neutral: criticizedDisagree with this highlight? at Republican voters after losing her Maine Senate seat in the Democratic midterm landslide. In an interview with The New York Times, Collins, 73, complained about voter perceptions that she hadn’t done enough to stand up to President Donald Trump, …
8 hr agoRead at The Daily Beast (opens in a new tab)

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Raw StoryFar LeftNov 5, 9:29 AM EST
The Boston GlobeFar LeftNov 5, 1:37 PM EST

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Collins says voters ignored her record after losing Maine Senate seat

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Susan Collins gave her first interview after her Sensational language“shocking”The word presents the loss as dramatic before the facts justify it, when the story only reports a defeat.More neutral: Senate lossDisagree with this highlight? Senate loss. These are the big three take aways from it.

Susan Collins Loaded verb“fumes”The verb presents Collins as angry and irrational, adding a judgement beyond what she said.More neutral: reactsDisagree with this highlight? after voters send her packing: ‘It is never enough’

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Susan Collins fumesLoaded verb“fumes”The verb presents Collins as angry and irrational, adding a judgement beyond what she said.More neutral: reactsDisagree with this highlight? after voters send her packing: ‘It is never enough’

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Trump says he would offer preemptive pardons to aides if Democrats win Congress

Susan Collins Loaded verb“fumes”The verb presents Collins as angry and irrational, adding a judgement beyond what she said.More neutral: reactsDisagree with this highlight? after voters send her packing: ‘It is never enough’