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‘Never Trump’ senator defends candidate’s Second Amendment comment

By Joel Gehrke
Published August 9, 2016 10:33pm ET
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‘Never Trump’ senator defends candidate’s Second Amendment comment
—œI think that he was suggesting that the Second Amendment advocates across the country might be able to come together to pressure the Senate to reject her nominees, should she become president,—£ Sen. Susan Collins said of Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, won’t vote for Donald Trump, but she thinks the GOP nominee is being unfairly accused of calling for violence against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

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