Susan Collins reveals she has a tremor

[angrychair]

Last edited Thu May 7, 2026, 10:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Apparently Collins has been lying about her health as she is claiming now that she has had a tremor since she started as a senator.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) revealed to a local media outlet that she has a benign tremor that sometimes causes trembling in her hands, head or voice and is taking medication for the condition but said it “has absolutely no impact on my ability to do my job.”

I am not convinced this is the whole story because if she is now telling the truth and has had it for years then why did the trembling just start in the last five years or so and get worse?

Reference: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5867609-sen-susan-collins-tremor/

[Ocelot II]

1. Tumor or tremor?

She says she has a tremor, not a tumor.

[angrychair]

15. Yea

Damn autocorrect on this phone is my nemesis 🤣

[durablend]

2. Very concerning

[lamp_shade]

3. Tremor... not tumor.

[angrychair]

16. Yea

Autocorrect on this phone is my nemesis. 🤣

[Big Blue Marble]

4. She has a benign essential tremor.

It is not really an issue of concern. They tend to run in families.

[TexLaProgressive]

9. Me too, ruins your handwriting

I've only have it in hands. My Dad and his brother had it, I don't think my grandpa had it.

[Big Blue Marble]

14. Yes I had a relative by marriage that had it in his hands.

so did his dad. He, too, had difficulty writing, especially back when writing checks in public
was so common.

[area51]

28. Me three.

[Drum]

25. My mother had it, so do I to a degree.

It happens to people, and sometimes it’s only that.

[Gore1FL]

5. The Tremor has learned it's lesson.... nt

[Irish_Dem]

6. Good chance she is lying. As per usual.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. She has essential tremor.

So do I, as did my father, his mother, and her father. I don't know about anyone further back.

It's not a big deal in my case, it means my hands shake. Be happy that I didn't become a brain surgeon. There's no tumors involved.

[PCIntern]

8. Of course she has a fucking tremor:

Oh…anybody listen to her voice for the last 156 years? Really? She has a tremor? I gotta sit down.

[unblock]

27. lol! That's what I thought. This is news?

[FascismIsDeath]

10. You read it wrong. You should consider just deleting this.

Collins is a horrible Senator. But her condition is legit and it has nothing to do with anything that we should be talking about in terms of policy, character or anything else thats actually important.

[Ilikepurple]

11. I think it would be better to correct and explain rather than delete.

She made a statement and it might help others under what condition is causing her tremors and that it is benign. Knowledge about medical conditions can be important as are our responses to hearing about them. I understand not discussing private medical conditions and not shaming others for such, but this seems to be an opportunity to learn about a condition more common than you’d think.

[FascismIsDeath]

12. She doesn't have cancer. And I'm almost positive Collins has talked about this for years.

I hate to be defending Susan Collins but she has had to explain this a lot because the obvious voice issues she has. I know I've heard her talk about it way before now.

Posts that totally blow it should be deleted. It was worded to make it sound like Collins has some kind of cancer that she has been hiding... because they misread "tremor" as "tumor", I guess. If someone wants to talk about that condition, make a new thread to talk about that condition.

[Ilikepurple]

17. I'm not sure how I was attacking Susan Collins or defending any attacks.

Last edited Fri May 8, 2026, 12:27 AM - Edit history (1)

She has a medical condition she’s had to explain, most here corrected OP. I mentioned a correction may be more informative than removal of the topic. I’m generally against removal of topics rather than corrections because removal ignores both the pedagogical and humanitarian effects of sharing healthy knowledge. Information rarely comes in nice neat boxes.

[angrychair]

21. I didn't read it wrong

My phone autocorrect just made it "tumor" instead of "tremor" for some reason. The quote from the article says "tremor". The link says "tremor".

The point is she has been lying. She claims to have had it the entire time she has been a senator but has never mentioned it. She purposely hide it at the very least. Plus, I'm not convinced she was telling the truth because there is no noticable shake even just 7 or 8 years ago in a video montage someone had put together on Instagram.

It reminds me of the 2024 story of Rep Kay Granger, the chair of the House appropriations committee at the time, was missing from the House for months without explanation, only to be discovered in a memory care facility by a local newspaper.

[EdmondDantes_]

22. At least some tremors get worse as you get older

My mom's has but it wasn't enough to stop her from very successfully stabbing people with needles as a nurse.

I have no insight into Collins's tremor.

[FascismIsDeath]

23. She has talked about having a condition for a long a time, because of her vocal issues.

I'm not going to deep dive into this because she isn't worth it. But her tremors are not some brand new thing.
Beat her on the issues... and I hope Platner can do that, despite my reservations about him.

[MustLoveBeagles]

13. She has a tremor not a tumor

Either correct this post or delete it.

[Jack Valentino]

19. SUSAN COLLINS HAS A TUMOR ????? !!!

YEAH!!!--- A TUMOR called "voting for MOST of the TRUMP AGENDA!"

I don't really give a SHIT about 'accuracy' anymore---
MAGGOTS and REPUBLICANS LIE about EVERYTHING!!!!---
but I think that Democrats DON'T LIE QUITE ENOUGH---!!!

So I will GLADLY re-post the rumor that Susan Collins "HAS A TUMOR"
on the social media sites which I use---

and might quite gladly make up a completely-fabricated accusation against her,
about how she sexually abused pre-adult young males (and females!)


Hey--- WHAT WOULD REPUBLICANS DO (WWRD) ??????





Flagrant Lying WORKS for THEM, especially in the 2024 presidential election---

TRUTH doesn't seem to work any more---
so Democrats should feel free to LIE as much as MAGGOTS---
just to try to neutralize Republican LIES.....

(Also use THE TRUTH, since it is pretty goddamn BAD!)


So I OPPOSE any requests for members of this site
to "delete' any posts which another member
thinks might be 'inaccurate'

[Jack Valentino]

18. So she should RETIRE and see to her own health---

and if she did, we could wish her well---
rather than condemn her for all of her 'concerned' support
of the new ANTI-CHRIST!!!!

[Jack Valentino]

20. Furthermore, Susan Collins IS a TUMOR--- upon American DEMOCRACY!

I WOULD HAVE BEEN a Republican,
if I had been alive somewhere between 1854
and the end of the Teddy Roosevelt era---

but after that, they sold out to big business
and ignored the rights of those upon thom
the founding of their party had been based upon....

[Cha]

24. Maybe.. it seemed to me that she

maybe lying about that because she wants to demonstrate that she's been able to do her job for years with said tremor.

Just a first glance suspicious.. because she lies like everyone who supports Traitor mouth disease

[Blue Owl]

26. Clutching pearls too hard will do that