(BDN) -- Escalating his false claims of a stolen 2020 election, former President Donald Trump called Maine Sen. Susan Collins “wacky” late Sunday for the bipartisan effort she is leading to make it harder for members of Congress to challenge presidential election results.
Trump’s statement followed a Saturday rally in Texas, where he dangled the idea of pardons for supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while lawmakers certified the election of President Joe Biden. He had urged Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the count, something Pence did not have the authority to do as he presided.
The relationship between Collins and Trump, both Republicans, has been strained. She refused to back him in the 2016 election. She never said how she voted in 2020, while he backed her reelection. Collins hit Trump for his role in the Capitol riot and was one of seven Republican senators who voted last year to convict him of a related impeachment charge.
Collins drew Trump’s ire after appearing Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” to discuss negotiations on the Electoral College count, saying she was hopeful a group of senators could reach a deal clarifying the vice president’s “ministerial” role over the Electoral College certification and making it harder for members of Congress to challenge results, among other things.
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