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The Lincoln Project takes aim at Susan Collins

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 21: Chairwoman Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks during a Senate Special Committee of Aging hearing on The COVID-19 Pandemic and Seniors: A Look at Racial Health Disparities at the US Capitol on July 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. The committee is looking into the data that has been showing that communities of color have been disproportionately negatively affected by the spread of the coronavirus when compared to the caucasian population in the United States. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Samuel Corum / Getty Images

By Associated Press

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BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A group that has targeted Republican President Donald Trump with biting attacks is now going after Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

A $1.1 million ad funded by the Lincoln Project accuses Collins of enabling Trump and contrasts her with GOP figures including her role model, the late Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, and her mentor, former Sen. William Cohen, the Bangor Daily News reported.

Collins is facing her toughest reelection challenge from Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon, who is beating her in fundraising.

The Lincoln Project was founded by a group of former Republican political consultants. It has gotten money from both Republicans and Democrats and its biggest contribution this cycle is from Connecticut hedge fund manager Stephen Mandel, who has a long history of giving to Democrats, the newspaper reported.

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