Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher blasted Troy Jackson’s (D-ME) campaign against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), saying he can’t act like she’s Marjorie Taylor Greene.
“This is the longest serving woman in the Senate, right,” Doescher said Monday on CNN This Morning. “Someone who voted against confirming Amy Coney Barrett, someone who has voted against a lot of President Trump’s signature legislation including, you know, the ones that included pro-life stipulations for federal funding, and someone who voted to convict Donald Trump.”
Jackson faced criticism after telling Collins to “shut up” during a debate Thursday after an individual disrupted the event, verbally protesting against data centers and saying they were polluting the planet.
“So, this is obviously one of Troy’s supporters,” Collins said.
“Oh, shut up,” Jackson said in response. “I don’t even know that kid.”
The Democratic Senate nominee later told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday that he wouldn’t apologize for the comment, saying he refused to be “talked down to.”
Collins has also faced criticism from Democrats for her 2018 vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh later voted to overturn Roe v. Wade during the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Collins stood by her vote in June, but expressed disappointment in the ruling. Doescher said the criticism was “ironic.”
“Susan Collins is, by the vote count, the most moderate member of the Senate,” Doescher said.
TROY JACKSON ‘NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE’ FOR TELLING SUSAN COLLINS TO ‘SHUT UP’ AT DEBATE
Doescher said Jackson cannot act like Collins was an extreme right-wing candidate, given her history of voting across the aisle and against members of her own party, including against President Donald Trump.
“You cannot run against Susan Collins like she is Majorie Taylor Greene,” Doescher said.
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