- The two men exchanged barbs during a series of tense debates, but it was the first time they looked like children arguing on a playground.
Zoom: At another point in the debate, Collins, who was accused of not sufficiently standing up to President Trump, was asked by a moderator to name a time when she opposed him and it changed the outcome.
- “At one point I had organized people to vote against Secretary Hegseth,” she responded, referring to the confirmation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “As you may have read, at the very last minute, one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise, he would have been defeated for this position.”
- Collins was talking about Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who later called his eventual decision to vote for Hegseth “the biggest regret of my career.”
- “So it didn’t change the outcome,” the moderator said.
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