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Tom Boggioni

Trumpers mock "easy mark" Susan Collins

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

According to a report from Rolling Stone, officials in Donald Trump's administration conned Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine, into voting for current Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh while ridiculing her at the same time for being easy to manipulate with one going so far as to crassly mock her as a "cheap date."

As the Rolling Stone's Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley report, Collins "was deliberately manipulated by Trump administration officials — and a future Supreme Court Justice — who viewed her as an easy mark."

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