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Three takeaways from the Maine Senate debate

The debate is the first of four the candidates will have before Election Day.

Sources (4)· Oct 7, 1:18 AM to Oct 7, 10:46 AM

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Outrage after Susan Collins tries to 'feel' her way out of Kavanaugh question: 'Pathetic'Onlookers were outraged Tuesday after Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) gave an underwhelming answer to a key question during the state's Senate debate. Collins faced off in a debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, where Collins was asked to defend her record supporting Trump's policies. At one time, the moderator asked Collins point-blank if Supreme…
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Susan Collins hammered with corruption claims during Senate debate: 'I don't owe Trump'Democrat Troy Jackson hammered Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) over a reported FBI corruption probe during their first debate Tuesday night. Jackson, the former Maine Senate president, laid out the allegations from a September ProPublica investigation as the two candidates clashed over Collins' ethics . "As late as 2024, the FBI was circling around Senator…
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CNN smacks Susan Collins with brutal flashback ahead of debate: 'Life comes at you fast'CNN hit Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) with a brutal reminder of her past vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh just hours before she was set to face her Democratic opponent in their first debate. “Life comes at you fast,” CNN’s Kasie Hunt said Tuesday after airing a 2018 interview in which Dana Bash pressed Collins about Kavanaugh and Roe V. Wade.…
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“We Can’t Eat Road Salt”: Susan Collins Crashes and Burns in DebateMaine Senator Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the midterms, faced a humiliating reality check Tuesday night during her debate against Democratic challenger Troy Jackson. In the first of four televised debates, Collins struggled to defend her efforts to rein in President Donald Trump’s disastrous policies. “Troy mocked it, but I…
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Susan Collins brilliantly shuts down attacks from Troy Jackson in heated Maine debateRepublican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins of Maine deftly fended off rhetorical attacks from her Democrat challenger and even threw some damaging counterpunches in their debate Tuesday night. The wide-ranging debate was the first of four and covered everything from ICE to the president's "Big, Beautiful" budget bill. 'Democrats underestimate Susan Collins…
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Susan Collins' debate blunder baffles MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace: 'Ripe for SNL mockery'Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) walked into a trap at her Senate debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson on Tuesday, bragging about how she got road salt exempted from President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, only for Jackson to point out that she's just chipping around the edges at a policy broadly hurting Maine and that "we can't eat road salt."…
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Susan Collins' disastrous debate gaffe revealed she was 'in on the lie': ex-GOP operativeSen. Susan Collins (R-ME) insists Brett Kavanaugh never lied to her about Roe v. Wade, and an ex-GOP strategist thinks he knows why. Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt seized on the exchange in a Wednesday episode of "The Warning," a day after Collins faced Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in a debate . The moderator asked Collins whether…
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