Maine, Alaska Senate debates turn personal as candidates clash ahead of midterms

Two Senate debates got pretty heated Thursday night with control of the chamber on the line in November. Let's start in Maine. Things got testy between Republican Senator Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger Troy Jackson when a protester interrupted their final debate. Collins suggested the protester was a Jackson supporter and Jackson shot back with two words, shut up. Take a listen. So this is obviously one of Troy's supporters. Oh, shut up. I didn't know that kid. And that wasn't the only sharp exchange. The two also sparred over the Iran war, the national debt, and their loyalty to their respective parties. Collins argued she has a record of breaking with Republicans when she disagrees with them. Jackson countered that when President Trump really needs her vote, he gets it. I voted against my own party more often than any other senator on either side of the aisle. That is not something that Troy could ever say. He's going to be an automatic vote for the Democratic position no matter what. We have lost a lot of the centrists, and one reason I'm running again is we need people who will work across party lines the reality is that 100% of the time when Donald Trump needs her Susan Collins is going to be there that that has happened time and time again the votes that she throws away or managed votes uh that she already knows the outcome she consistently talks about how i don't get anything done i had 40 uh vetoes and governor mills 50 with LePage. I mean, those are bills that get passed. I mean, how can I be a rubber stamp with my very own governor, Democratic governor, vetoing 40 of my bills? Meanwhile, in Alaska, Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola also clashed over the Iran war and high energy prices. But things got personal when Sullivan accused Peltola of cashing in on her time in Washington, and Peltola accused him of lying. She made almost a half a million dollars last year as a D.C. lobbyist selling her knowledge of D.C. I think that Alaskans have had it up to here with the lying and the dishonesty. Dan, you should be ashamed of yourself for propagating these lies. Both Maine and Alaska are important battlegrounds in the fight for control of the Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow majority.