Press Herald quotes Brewer in article on Sen. Collins, Trump
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Moderate Sen. Collins forced into balancing act on Trump candidacy.” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has built her political career on taking moderate approaches to most issues and by responding to various controversies with level-headed diplomacy, according to the article. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is testing the senator’s measured style, the article states. “I don’t think she ever speaks without carefully considering what she’s going to say,” Brewer said. He added that unless Trump changes, Collins and others will continue to be asked about him. “I’m sure that Collins and other Republicans are hoping he changes his stripes,” Brewer said. “It would make it easier for them if they can say, ‘He’s learned his lesson.’”