Remember when Maine Sen. Susan Collins was playing the victim in this whole Brett Kavanaugh situation? Even before we heard testimony from Christine Blasey Ford on how the Supreme Court nominee sexually assaulted her, Collins was whining about how mean people were being in phone calls to the senator’s office. Now Collins has literally got the Capitol Hill police force to shield her from accountability.
They cleared the hall of press—of press!—as if Capitol Hill reporters actually posed any kind of physical threat to Collins. They also cleared the hall outside of her office, CNN's Manu Raju reports: "Capitol Police FORCE reporters to clear away from right outside of Susan Collins’ office, preventing us from asking questions — an over-the-top use of their authority to prevent the press from doing our job and questioning a key senator in a public hallway."
She won't answer to constituents and now she won't let the press do their job. She's refusing to do HER job. This is a stunning display of cowardice from Collins.