Funding Platform to Unseat Susan Collins in 2020 Crashes From Traffic Surge

A crowd-sourced fund to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in 2020 crashed Friday afternoon after traffic spiked and donations surged as she was delivering a speech on the Senate floor explaining why she would join nearly all of her GOP colleagues in voting “yes” on controversial Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

On the campaign funding platform Crowdpac, father and activist Ady Barkan joined forces with advocacy groups Maine People’s Alliance and Mainers for Accountable Leadership to raise pledges for Collins’ not-yet identified Democratic opponent if she supported President Donald Trump’s high court pick. As of at 3:40pm ET Friday, it had raised $2,020,366 in pledges, an increase from the $1,804,551 it had amassed by Wednesday. A week ago, the total was $1,605,182.

While the site crashed, Barkan announced on Twitter that another portal existed to fund Collins’ 2020 opponent:

While Crowdpac is down (from overwhelming traffic), you can donate here to @SenatorCollins’ 2020 opponent.https://t.co/WsijVuCSc9

— Ady Barkan