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缅因州参议员否认在《政治报》采访中刻意提及杰克逊的私生活，却又暗指此事
作者：罗伯特·施马德、安德鲁·马克·米勒 福克斯新闻
发布于 2026年9月3日 美国东部时间早上6:00
缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯就民主党挑战者特洛伊·杰克逊的“脾气”敲响警钟
2026年8月14日，缅因州基特里，缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她的民主党对手特洛伊·杰克逊显然“难以控制自己的脾气”。
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缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯用一种巧妙的方式回应了有关其民主党对手特洛伊·杰克逊与二代表妹生育两个孩子的报道。
“嗯，我不会提及他的两个孩子的母亲是他二代表妹这件事，”当被问及杰克逊的私生活是否会成为竞选活动中的合理议题时，科林斯告诉《政治报》的一名记者，“我不知道人们是否知道这件事。”
“但你刚刚提到了，”记者反驳道。
这段视频迅速在社交媒体上传播，保守派人士称赞科林斯的政治手腕。
民主党高层幕僚将困扰缅因州参议院候选人的最新丑闻斥为“低俗八卦”
前缅因州参议院议长特洛伊·杰克逊（左）正顺理成章地取代前候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，成为缅因州民主党提名的参议院候选人，并将在中期选举中与任职多年的共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯对决。（瑞安·墨菲/盖蒂图片社；安娜·莫里尼姆/盖蒂图片社）
共和党政治幕僚杰西·亨特针对这段采访视频称科林斯是“沉默的杀手”。
“这段不到2分钟的片段完美展现了苏珊·科林斯是参议院有史以来最冷酷的政治斗士之一，”《政治报》编辑迈克·德博尼斯在X平台上写道。
全国步枪协会公共事务主任、缅因州本地人贾斯汀·戴维斯回应这段视频时预测，“即将到来的辩论将极具看点。”与此同时，NOTUS记者伊戈尔·博比奇表示，科林斯使用了“特朗普式策略”，一边假装不提某个话题，一边又将其抛出。
“像2020年那样不把科林斯当回事，风险自负，”Targeted Victory首席 communications 官马特·戈尔曼在X平台上发帖称。
“苏珊·科林斯在特洛伊·杰克逊问题上表现满分，”共和党沟通专家史蒂夫·格斯特在X平台上发帖称。
有关杰克逊与其二代表妹关系的报道最早于7月浮出水面，当时《缅因州报》报道称，杰克逊与其长期伴侣拥有共同的曾祖父母。
缅因州民主党推举特洛伊·杰克逊接替普拉特纳，新审查笼罩参议院换届
2025年7月24日，缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯在华盛顿国会大厦离开议事厅。（J·斯科特·阿普尔怀特/美联社照片）
“民主党人似乎找不到一个正常人来竞选公职，这真的很滑稽，”保守派评论员格雷格·普莱斯在X平台上发帖，暗指杰克逊在格雷厄姆·普拉特纳因强奸指控终止竞选后，接替其成为缅因州的民主党提名候选人。
杰克逊的私生活其他方面也成为其参议院竞选的焦点，包括一份1988年的警方报告，该报告称他在一家酒吧袭击了一名男子。报告还称，他的伴侣指责他推搡她。
杰克逊并不否认他袭击过另一名男子，但强烈否认曾动手打他的伴侣，而其伴侣则表示不记得曾就此向警方做过陈述。
今年8月被问及这份警方报告时，科林斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“他才是需要回应这些报道的人。我不会对此发表评论。但我要说，根据广泛的报道，他似乎难以控制自己的脾气……在我看来，审查候选人非常重要。我们从格雷厄姆·普拉特纳身上看到了审查失败的教训。但这实际上取决于民主党人。”
最新民调显示：深陷争议的缅因州民主党人与科林斯势均力敌，关键参议院竞选陷入僵局
2026年7月25日，在缅因州班戈，特洛伊·杰克逊发表讲话，正式成为缅因州民主党提名的美国参议院候选人，接替格雷厄姆·普拉特纳参加11月的选举。（乔·雷德莱/盖蒂图片社）
在接受《政治报》采访时，科林斯否认杰克逊会比普拉特纳更容易对付，她指出前者拥有长期从政记录，可就此提出批评，而普拉特纳作为政治圈外人则缺乏这一点。
杰克逊将共和党对其私生活的关注归咎于对缅因州民众真正关心的议题的转移视线。
“苏珊·科林斯不择手段转移焦点，回避自己96%的投票都与特朗普一致、出卖缅因州劳工阶层的事实，”他的竞选团队此前告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“对特洛伊家庭的人身攻击是可耻且孤注一掷的。”
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Collins lights up internet with response to Dem challenger fathering children with relative: ‘Stone cold’
2026-09-03T06:00:23-04:00 / Fox News
The Maine senator denied bringing up Jackson’s personal life while pointedly mentioning it in a Politico interview
By Robert Schmad, Andrew Mark Miller Fox News
Published September 3, 2026 6:00am EDT
Republican Sen Susan Collins of Maine raises red flags over Democratic challenger Troy Jackson’s ‘temper’
GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine told Fox News Digital her Democratic challenger Troy Jackson apparently “struggles to control his temper” in Kittery, Maine, on Aug. 14, 2026.
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, had a sly way of addressing reports that Troy Jackson, her Democratic opponent, fathered two children with his second cousin.
“Well, I’m not going to bring up the fact that the mother of his two children is his second cousin,” Collins told a Politico reporter when asked if Jackson’s personal life would be fair game on the campaign trail. “I don’t know whether people know that or not.”
“But you just mentioned it,” the reporter shot back.
The clip quickly spread across social media as conservatives praised Collins for her political savvy.
TOP DEM OPERATIVE BRUSHES OFF LATEST SCANDAL PLAGUING MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE AS ‘SALACIOUS GOSSIP’
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, left, is on a glide path to replace former candidate Graham Platner as the Democratic Party’s Senate nominee in Maine and face off in the midterm elections against longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins.(Ryan Murphy/Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Republican political operative Jesse Hunt reacted to a clip of the interview by calling Collins a “silent killer.”
“A less-than-2-minute precis of how Susan Collins is as stone-cold a political combatant as the Senate has ever seen,” Politico editor Mike DeBonis wrote on X.
National Rifle Association public affairs director and Maine native Justin Davis responded to the clip by predicting that “the upcoming debates are going to be gold.” NOTUS reporter Igor Bobic, meanwhile, said that Collins used a “Trump tactic” by bringing up a subject while pretending not to mention it.
“Count Collins out (like everyone did in ‘20) at your own peril,” Targeted Victory CCO Matt Gorman posted on X.
“Susan Collins from the top rope on Troy Jackson,” GOP communicator Steve Guest posted on X.
Reports about Jackson’s relationship with his second cousin first surfaced in July, when The Maine Wire reported that Jackson and his longtime partner share the same great-grandparents.
MAINE DEMOCRATS CROWN TROY JACKSON AS PLATNER REPLACEMENT AS FRESH SCRUTINY CLOUDS SENATE RESET
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, departs the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, on July 24, 2025.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
“It’s truly hysterical how Democrats can’t seem to find one normal dude to run for office,” conservative commentator Greg Price posted on X, alluding to the fact that Jackson replaced Graham Platner on the ballot in Maine after he terminated his campaign amid a rape allegation.
Other aspects of Jackson’s personal life have come to the forefront of his Senate campaign, including a 1988 police report which claims he assaulted a man at a bar. The report also states that his partner accused him of pushing her around.
Jackson does not dispute that he attacked another man, but strongly denies laying a hand on his partner, who has said she does not recall giving a statement to that effect to the police.
When asked about the police report in August, Collins told Fox News Digital that “he’s the one that needs to respond to the reports. I’m not going to comment on them. But I will say that based on widespread reporting it appears that he struggles to control his temper … From my perspective, it seems that vetting is very important. We learned the failure of vetting with Graham Platner. But that’s really up to the Democrats.”
EMBATTLED MAINE DEMOCRAT DEADLOCKED WITH COLLINS DESPITE CONTROVERSIES IN KEY SENATE RACE, NEW POLL SHOWS
Troy Jackson speaks as he became the Maine Democratic Party’s choice to be their U.S. Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner on the ballot in November on July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
During her interview with Politico, Collins denied that Jackson would necessarily be an easier opponent than Platner, pointing out that the former has a long political record that he can be criticized over — something that Platner lacked as a political outsider.
Jackson has framed the GOP focus on his personal life as a distraction from the issues Mainers actually care about.
“Susan Collins will do anything to distract from the fact that she votes with Trump 96% of the time and has sold out working people in Maine,” his campaign previously told Fox News Digital. “Personal attacks on Troy’s family are shameful and desperate.”
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The Jackson campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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