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Amidst the [[CCP pandemic]], Sen. Collins worked on securing federal funding to statewide small businesses hit hard by the economic devastation caused by the [[coronavirus]] via the Paycheck Protection Program.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/7/susan-collins-sara-gideon-maine-senate-race-takes-/ Susan Collins' 'toss-up' Senate race takes nasty turn under national spotlight]</ref> For this, she was subject to massive attacks by the liberal media, who falsely claimed that such was a corporate bailout, a notion that was refuted even by the [[Washington Compost]].<ref>[https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/06/15/susan-collins-sara-gideon-ad Fact check: Democratic ad misleadingly attacks Susan Collins on the Paycheck Protection Program]</ref> On the other hand, Gideon adjourned the [[Maine]] legislature despite other states keeping theirs' open, and some liberals have even acted as apologists for her actions in ignoring constituents amidst a pandemic as the state House speaker.<ref>[https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/great-ad-for-sara-gideon-susan-collinss-new-on-dem-opponent-massively-backfires/ ‘Great ad for Sara Gideon’: Susan Collins’s new attack on Dem opponent massively backfires]</ref> Furthermore, despite attacking the PPP, Gideon's husband's law firm took up to $2 million from the program.<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/susan-collins/key-us-senate-race-susan-collins-attack-rival-over/ In key US Senate race, Susan Collins’ attack on rival over COVID program partly correct]</ref><ref>[https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/maine-dems-husband-benefited-from-small-business-relief-she-criticized/ Maine Dem’s Husband Benefited From Small Business Relief She Criticized]</ref>

Amidst the [[CCP pandemic]], Sen. Collins worked on securing federal funding to statewide small businesses hit hard by the economic devastation caused by the [[coronavirus]] via the Paycheck Protection Program.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/7/susan-collins-sara-gideon-maine-senate-race-takes-/ Susan Collins' 'toss-up' Senate race takes nasty turn under national spotlight]</ref> For this, she was subject to massive attacks by the liberal media, who falsely claimed that such was a corporate bailout, a notion that was refuted even by the [[Washington Compost]].<ref>[https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/06/15/susan-collins-sara-gideon-ad Fact check: Democratic ad misleadingly attacks Susan Collins on the Paycheck Protection Program]</ref> On the other hand, Gideon adjourned the [[Maine]] legislature despite other states keeping theirs' open, and some liberals have even acted as apologists for her actions in ignoring constituents amidst a pandemic as the state House speaker.<ref>[https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/great-ad-for-sara-gideon-susan-collinss-new-on-dem-opponent-massively-backfires/ ‘Great ad for Sara Gideon’: Susan Collins’s new attack on Dem opponent massively backfires]</ref> Furthermore, despite attacking the PPP, Gideon's husband's law firm took up to $2 million from the program.<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/susan-collins/key-us-senate-race-susan-collins-attack-rival-over/ In key US Senate race, Susan Collins’ attack on rival over COVID program partly correct]</ref><ref>[https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/maine-dems-husband-benefited-from-small-business-relief-she-criticized/ Maine Dem’s Husband Benefited From Small Business Relief She Criticized]</ref>

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