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Very concerning.

Republicans are always stealing from others while pretending they work hard. Yeah, hard at stealing

Stealing to make ends meet isnt a republican thing. Its a greedy capitalist thing. Just so happens that Republicans are overwhelmingly greedy capitalists.

That's my takeaway.

I’m sure he learned his lesson

It also sounds like the SuperPac has to employ people to canvass for Collins. Why doesn’t she have a dedicated core of Republican activists who will canvass for her?

Big assumptions there

Another aspect is that Collins is fielding people who are wholly in line with the Republican mode of governance. Grift.

It wasn't a loaf of bread.

This is why I love you AG. Everyone needs to listen and follow her podcast.

I love this story, but I can't help but wonder if this isn't a clever psyops to hurt Susan's campaign. Either way, great!

Stealing a package off of someone's porch is not making ends meet. Shoplifting food for your family is making ends meet. He was just being a jerk.

Exactly!

Nope. Scratch a maga a find a thief or a pedophile. Sometimes both.

Yeah, I think he's just a sticky-fingers opportunist

It's hard to find good people when your party only stands by bad people.

I think it’s a case by case situation. Some people like Platner joined the military because they thought killing people would be fun. Countless others did because they saw it as their only chance for a better life. It all depends…

Is this a serious post?

Or he could just be a piece of shit.

No benefit of doubt given to him. He stole that package without knowing what it contained. I am sure we will hear all the standard responses - it was a mistake, that’s not who I am, I am so sorry, etc. Deserves the charges he will be facing.

I wonder if Susan Collins is concerned about the welfare of her canvasser?

Republicans that he's stumping for.

Affordability is a real issue. This kind of silliness trivialize it.

These paid canvassers are from out of state and are paid for by the superPAC funded by billionaires. There have been many reports of their disrespect for Maine voters.

Other paid canvassers from that PAC have been less than neighborly. One threatened to call ICE on a popular blues musician here in Maine.

TY

Stealing to make ends meet? Come on.

Susan is deeply concerned

Good reminder. There’s always a deeper reason. And unfortunately it usually boils down to “poverty is a policy choice”

She just attracts the best people

"has to steal?" How did you arrive at that? A rare bad take here.

Susan Collins supporters are better than this.

yeah, I'm broke af, but I don't steal

...probably a package of fake pearl necklaces.

MS NOW just had a panel discussion with Maine voters about Collins, they are the most uninformed voters I've ever seen. When asked about her decisions they had no answers, it seems they follow Collins " because", no real reason except they fear change.

ya, not ideal

I canvass during elections. Never, never would I consider stealing from a porch. Stop making excuses for illegal behaviour.

Not every poor person steals, but the numbers are climbing with the rich stealing from taxpayers.

Kick Susan Collins to the curb and let her “learn her lesson”! #VoteBlueMaine!

Naw, she just hired out of state criminals. The astroturfed "protect girls sports" petition in Maine did the same. An Illinois billionaire paid out of state canvasers per signature. They forged enough of them the petition got tossed. Just criminals.

Nothing mentioned in the article

To be fair, he didn't look starving.

But I'm sure he's learned his lesson.

Is he a paid canvasser? It would also be interesting to know if Susan Collins has to pay people to campaign for her, or if her constituents like her enough to volunteer.

Or the dude is just an asshole.

It’s just another example of a morally corrupt Republican.

Stoking the partisan polarization again, @muellershewrote.com ? How did you make the world a better place today?

If you can’t afford to pay for the fuel to get to work, while also not having public transportation… Thank a Republican 🖕

Nobody has said he HAD to steal. He's probably just an asshole

Totally!

The "larger picture" is that this is exactly the kind if behavior we should expect from someone campaigning for regressives.

This is just a singular example of what Republican governance has brought this country to. We now live off of the scraps from the oligarchs table. Our ability to provide food, clothing and housing is under extreme pressure. Meanwhile oligarchs that run the Republican party are living large.

Bet he mentions he’s close with Trump 😆

He was stealing that package because he wanted to. Not because he had some economic problem. The same guy had been doing it all over the location. Not a poor person stealing for food-a thief stealing for opportunity.

This is ridiculous. He has to steal? He had no idea what was in that package. He wasn’t stealing diapers or food. Cmon.

Tyrant in chief

Or he’s just another entitled asshole who doesn’t care about anyone but himself Let’s be realistic here 🤓

While I might agree that he's just stealing because he's an asshole, it's hard for me to pass up the chance to point out that Susan Collins is your typical Republican. She's a millionaire with billionaire backers and pays her people so little that they end up stealing.

Did he "have to steal"?

The hair and the shoes are how we know them

I can appreciate the sentiment, but I'm not so sure. The man stole from someone in the same position.

⬆️ today’s republicans are morally & ethically depraved #gop

Not everyone steals to make ends meet. Some do it just because they think they can get away with it. It seemed as tho he saw the ring camera, but must not have. Would you steal a package off someone's stoop? No, of course not.

I wonder how concerned she is about this.

He made not have had to steal to make ends meat, he could just be an ahole thief, I mean look who he is working for.

Absolute rubbish. He wasn’t stealing food for his family. He was stealing on spec. It wasn’t driven by need.

Or, like Donald Trump, he steals even though he doesn't actually need to.

wtf is wrong with the people of Maine that this is even a remotely close race

Stealing food because you can't afford groceries & need to feed your family is stealing to make ends meet. Stealing a package from a porch you were canvassing just means you're an asshole.

I don't know about you, but "I'M CONCERNED."

The fact he was working for Collins’ campaign shows his desperation. 😂

There are some people who steal because they need to and there are others who steal because they get off on it.

He's canvassing for the wrong party

At the same time, don't steal. At the same time, the current admin is making people DESPERATE because of the economic pressures.

They are so dumb they don't know about porch cameras?

I'm very concerned.

Did he have to steal? Unless it was food.

Yep. Everyone is broke and exhausted. But we are not beaten!

Most people who steal don't do it because they have to. There's enough facts about the economy, we don't need to stretch this far

I’m thinking Susie here should be a tad more than concerned with this.

lol ☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽this

If only those republican supporters realized that.

Contrary is in her blood.

Some people just like stealing stuff. 🤷‍♀️ I was a total klepto for a few years in my teens. I didn’t need to steal it was just fun. Don’t come at me. Yes, I know it was wrong. I stopped. My frontal lobe developed.

Look the boy got a job he should have never had because he's a junkie and no one cared.