Fear is a habit. Each time you want to speak up and you do not, it becomes a little easier next time to stay silent. Courage is also a habit. Each time you speak up even when you are afraid it becomes a little easier next time to not stay silent.
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Heidi Sampson: to the Editor of the York Weekly September 26,m 2026 –
To the Editor:
Douglas Rooks’ recent column got Susan Collins’ voting record wrong and it’s worth setting straight.
Rooks wrote that Collins supported all three of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominees. She didn’t. Collins voted against Amy Coney Barrett.
And the part Rooks leaves out is just as important: Collins voted for President Obama’s nominees, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, and also President Biden’s nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson. That’s because Collins has never believed every vote has to be about which party occupies the White House.
The same is true of Trump. Collins refused to support him for president in 2016, 2020, and again in 2024. After January 6, she was one of only seven Republican senators who voted to convict him, saying he had abused his power and violated his oath of office. And contrary to the impression left by Rooks, Collins has been a vocal opponent of Trump’s tariffs on Canada. She voted against them, warned repeatedly that they would hurt Maine businesses and raise costs for Maine families, and has worked to reverse several, including tariffs on lobster and road salt.
No one will agree with Susan Collins on every vote. I certainly don’t. But her willingness to work with people in both parties, and stand up to her own party when she believes it is wrong, is precisely why former Democratic Senator Joe Manchin endorsed her.Washington needs more lawmakers like Susan, not fewer.
Heidi Sampson, Alfred
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