Sen. Susan Collins Ducks Endorsement When Pressed by Opponent on Who She Supports in 2020 Election

When it comes to an endorsement of President Donald Trump, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is declining to do so.

When challenged by Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, her Democratic opponent in the 2020 Senate race, if she will endorse Trump in the 2020 presidential election, the senator sidestepped any such endorsement.

Gideon asked Collins during Friday night’s Senate election debate “who she thinks should be leading this country.”

“She has neglected to answer that question, and I’d like to give her the opportunity tonight,” Gideon continued. “I think Joe Biden should be our leader.”

However, Collins declined to answer, instead, saying it should be up to those in Maine to decide themselves who they support in the upcoming presidential election.

“Let me say this, I don’t think that the people of Maine need my advice on whom to support for president,” Collins responded, adding that “not a single person” during her bus tour asked her who should be the next president.

She then said that people in Maine instead told her “how grateful they were for the Paycheck Protection Program” to help their small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In another attempt during the debate to get Collins to say whether she supports Trump, Gideon said