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Susan Collins' viral debate fail comes back to haunt her as she's heckled amid interview

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) can’t get away from road salt. Collins was taking questions from reporters at the Fryeburg Fair in western Maine on Thursday when someone shouted at her: “You can’t eat road salt!” The clip was posted by FactPost and C-SPAN. The heckle was a callback to Collins’ debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson earlier in the…

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