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Troy Jackson doesn't regret telling opponent Susan Collins to 'shut up'

First seen Oct 15, 2026, 6:57 PM ET · Updated Oct 18, 2026, 11:22 PM ET · 4 outlets

Topics: Maine Senate Race

4 outlets (The Hill, ABC News, PBS NewsHour and Axios) are covering this story.

How outlets are covering this: 4 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “shut”, “Jackson”, “regret”, “doesn't”. Distinct wording: The Hill uses “opponent” and “Susan”; Axios uses “testy”. (Computed from the headlines below.)

• The Hill reports: “Democrat Troy Jackson said on Sunday he does not regret telling his opponent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to “shut up” during a candidate debate that was interrupted by an anti-data center proteste…”
• ABC News reports: “Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he doesn't regret telling Susan Collins that she should “shut up” after the Republican senator suggested that a protester who interrupted their recent debate was on…”
• PBS NewsHour reports: “"She said that it was a Troy supporter. She accused me of setting that up. I had no idea who it was," Jackson said.”

Read the full coverage

• The Hill: Troy Jackson doesn't regret telling opponent Susan Collins to 'shut up'
• ABC News: Jackson doesn't regret telling Collins to 'shut up' after protester interrupted Maine Senate debate
• PBS NewsHour: Jackson doesn't regret telling Collins to 'shut up' after protester interrupted Maine Senate debate
• Axios: "Oh, shut up": Maine Senate debate gets testy

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