{"entity":{"id":9247,"name":"Susan Collins","slug":"susan-collins","type":"elected_official"},"generatedAt":"2026-10-19T06:36:33.150Z","eventCount":3,"events":[{"date":"2022-06-24","year":2022,"kind":"contradiction_analysis","headline":"Vote contradicts: platform_vs_vote","body":"Collins claimed she had 'done her homework' and that Kavanaugh would respect Roe as settled law — her stated precondition for supporting any nominee. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch then voted to overturn Roe in Dobbs. Collins' expression of feeling 'misled' directly contradicts her earlier assurances to constituents that her votes were based on careful vetting, not assurances from the nominees alone.","internalUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceLabel":null,"contradictionId":null,"confidence":"primary"},{"date":"2020-02-05","year":2020,"kind":"contradiction_analysis","headline":"Vote contradicts: reversal","body":"Collins voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment for inciting the January 6 insurrection, citing the severity of his actions. However, only one year earlier she voted to acquit him in his first impeachment, claiming he had 'learned a pretty big lesson' — a prediction that was directly contradicted by the events of January 6.","internalUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceLabel":null,"contradictionId":null,"confidence":"primary"},{"date":"2017-12-19","year":2017,"kind":"contradiction_analysis","headline":"Vote contradicts: platform_vs_vote","body":"Collins voted against ACA repeal because it would strip coverage from millions and raise costs, yet weeks later voted for a tax bill that achieved the same result by repealing the individual mandate. She accepted promises of subsequent healthcare legislation that GOP leaders never delivered, with the day after her tax vote making clear there would be no vote on those measures.","internalUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceLabel":null,"contradictionId":null,"confidence":"primary"}]}