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Collins Rips ‘Sexist’ News Coverage

December 19, 2017 at 6:44 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) blasted media coverage of her support for the GOP tax bill as “extremely discouraging” and “unbelievably sexist,” Politico reports.

Said Collins: “They’ve ignored everything that I’ve gotten and written story after story about how I’m duped. How am I duped when all your amendments get accepted?”

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