Jackson Refuses To Apologize To Collins Over “Shut Up” Controversy

Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM

(Washington, DC) — Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson says he won’t apologize after he told Republican Senator Susan Collins to “shut up.” While on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Jackson said he believed Collins was talking “down to him,” and he won’t apologize. It happened during a debate when Collins speculated a shouting demonstrator was “obviously one of Troy’s supporters.” During the interview, Jackson was also pressed on accusations of past aggressive tones with female Democratic lawmakers in the state legislature, to which Jackson blamed on Republican partisan attacks.


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