Yes, Lady Gaga is taking a road trip to Portland, Maine, to urge moderate Republican Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to stand up to Senator John McCain’s reported threat to filibuster tomorrow’s scheduled vote to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Kerry Eleveld of The Advocate writes,
“Meet me in Portland, Maine 2moro, 9/20 to help repeal #DADT. I’m holding a Rally + speaking live in Deering Oaks Park http://bit.ly/cO4cY9,†said the tweet sent from Lady Gaga’s account, @ladygaga, which has over 6.3 million followers.
“The rally, which is being billed as “For the 14,000†discharged under the policy (or “#4the14k†in twitter speak), will be held at 4 p.m. Eastern, Monday, September 20, at Deering Oaks Park and has been organized by the pro-repeal lobby group Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. A spokesman for SLDN said it was a last-ditch effort to garner the 60 votes needed to move the National Defense Authorization Act to which the repeal measure is attached. The vote on the Senate floor is scheduled for Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. Eastern.”
The Washington Post adds,
“Reid still lacks the 60 votes necessary to get cloture, according to advocates for and against repealing the law. Maine’s senators, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, have yet to announce how they plan to vote.
“But they may vote against cloture to protest Reid’s plans to add an immigration-related amendment to the defense bill. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and others have blasted Reid, saying unrelated amendments should not be added to the bill setting military policy.”