Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is not sharing which presidential candidate she voted for in the last election.
During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, host Jake Tapper pressed the Maine senator about who she voted for in the 2020 presidential election.
He asked, “You didn’t say who you voted for in 2020. You’re running for re-election. I could certainly understand that. Maine is a state with a lot of independents and independent-minded people. But now that the election is over, who did you vote for in 2020?”
Collins let out a laugh before saying, “Nice try, Jake.”
“I got asked that a great deal and I’m going to keep my vote private. To me, my election was all about who could better represent Maine and the country. I will work with whomever is the president. I’ve done that with four presidents and I’m going to continue to do that with President Biden,” she continued.
Finally, Collins said, “To me, that’s important. The ability to be able to work with the president, whether or not the president is of your party, and also to be able to work across the aisle and forge bipartisan consensus on the many important issues that we face.”
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In 2016, Collins — one of the more moderate Republicans in the Senate — announced that she would not vote for Trump in the general election as she claimed he would make an “an already perilous world” more dangerous. She also cited his “constant stream of cruel comments and his inability to admit error or apologize” in her decision.
While Collins is not sharing who she voted for, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said that he “did not vote for President Trump.”
