Susan Collins as Kirk's Example of the Establishment Wing

Showing 6 Susan Collins videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.

Senator Susan Collins became a recurring reference point for Charlie Kirk whenever he wanted to illustrate what he considered the Republican Party's remaining establishment wing, most pointedly when he and a cohost read through the list of Republicans who had voted to confirm Merrick Garland years earlier, singling out Collins alongside Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, and several others as senators who had disagreed with the conservative base publicly and consistently. Kirk drew a clear distinction between senators like Collins, whom he said he respected for disagreeing openly, and others he accused of quietly working against Trump's agenda while publicly claiming to represent deep-red states. Collins resurfaced later in this material as one of only three Republicans, alongside Tom Tillis and Rand Paul, to vote against the major budget reconciliation bill that ultimately passed by a single tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance, a defection Kirk noted with some surprise given the bill's overall support. None of this material engages with Collins's own Maine constituency, her committee work, or her policy positions in any independent depth — she appears consistently as a named example inside arguments about the broader Republican coalition rather than as a subject examined in her own right.