From the Left · Watch · October 30, 2026
Oct 29 · With five days to go, Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson make their closing cases in Maine's Senate race, the only Republican-held seat up this year in a state Trump lost in 2024
Brian Tyler Cohen: .@TroyJackson207: "They have someone like Susan Collins who's the rubber stamp, and they don't want to lose her. And they know that I don't owe the millionaires anything… What I know is that every day, people in this country need somebody in their corner, and that's not Elon
Grade B (82/100). Troy Jackson says Elon Musk and Trump want to keep Collins as a rubber stamp and that he owes billionaires nothing
B: Uses an unnamed source or unsourced number.
- Relies on an unnamed source or a number with no source (minus 18 points): [0:04] 'votes for Donald Trump 96% of the time' (candidate's figure, no source given or asked for)
Splits: Troy Jackson says Elon Musk and Trump want to keep Collins as a rubber stamp and that he owes billionaires nothing
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