Troy Jackson says Collins's Kavanaugh vote shows she is not pro-choice
Troy JacksonDemocratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine
Troy Jackson, a former president of the Maine Senate, criticizes Sen. Susan Collins's abortion record, in a video posted to X on Sept. 4, 2026.
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In a campaign video, Troy Jackson said the idea that Collins is pro-choice should be put behind voters, and said her vote for Kavanaugh showed what she was willing to do. He also criticized her vote for the new CDC director.
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Collins's 2018 vote to confirm Kavanaugh remains justified despite his vote to overturn Roe and Casey in Dobbs.
“Let's put this idea that Susan Collins is pro-choice, you know, completely behind us.”
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Was Susan Collins's 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh justified after Dobbs?
In 2018 Susan Collins supported Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation, citing his discussion of precedent and Roe v. Wade. He joined the 2022 Dobbs opinion overruling Roe, which Collins said conflicted with what he had told her about long-standing precedent. In June 2026 she said she did not regret the confirmation vote while disagreeing with his Dobbs vote. Her critics argue that the confirmation enabled the loss of nationwide abortion protections.
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Jackson's campaign video says Collins's votes for Kavanaugh and for the new CDC director show she is not pro-choice. The post text reads: "Leaders who are actually pro-choice don't vote like this, advocate for policies like this, or try to hide their record from Mainers." The Hill quoted the same video on September 7, 2026.
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Jackson posted the video with text saying leaders who are pro-choice do not vote the way Collins has or try to hide their record.
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Jackson then says Kavanaugh showed what Collins was willing to do, and criticizes her vote for a CDC director who, Jackson said, wants abortion surveillance.
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The reference point is Collins's 2018 vote to confirm Kavanaugh and whether it remains justified after Dobbs. Jackson cites the Kavanaugh vote as proof that Collins's pro-choice label no longer holds, which is a direct criticism of the vote. We used Condemned. Challenged the characterization is close because he disputes her pro-choice label, but he grounds that in the vote itself. The quote comes from his own video post, transcribed from the audio and matching The Hill's report.
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