Susan Collins: “I am very worried about whether or not the Coast Guard actually even belongs in the Department of Homeland Security.”

“It’s appalling to me that some of the rhetoric is coming from public officials on both sides of the aisle who should know better than to levy personal and political attacks against the judiciary and the court specifically,” Collins said.

While I believe Mr. Blanche is a capable lawyer, the Department of Justice has become increasingly political.

Well, I'm not going to bring up the fact that the mother of his two children is his second cousin," Collins told a Politico reporter when asked if Jackson’s personal life would be fair game on the campaign trail.

“I believe that all of us must avoid that kind of dangerous and disturbing rhetoric, because it could in fact trigger violence,” Collins added.