At the time, Collins cited "the lack of corroborating evidence" of the claims against Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford. Before, during and after the vote, Collins and her staff received threatening messages from opponents of Kavanaugh, some of which were shared with Fox News. SUSAN COLLINS REVEALS PROFANE, THREATENING VOICEMAILS LEFT DURING KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATIONCollins' Kavanaugh vote has made her a target for Democrats who hope to flip her seat in 2020. She told MacCallum she'd made peace with the idea that her decision could cost her a fifth Senate term. "The easier vote politically clearly would have been for me to vote 'no,'" she said.

Source: Fox News December 21, 2018 02:37 UTC