共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯表示，她不会因此事而感到害怕或受到威胁。周一，她位于缅因州比德福德的选民服务办公室遭到破坏，门口被喷涂上了“特朗普妓女”这样的侮辱性文字。柯林斯本人确认了这一事件；同时，缅因州共和党领袖马特·哈林顿也在社交媒体上发布了被破坏的办公室门面的照片。比德福德警方也向福克斯新闻确认，他们正在对此事展开调查。
Republican Sen. Susan Collins said she would not be "intimidated" after one of her Maine constituent offices was vandalized Monday as Democratic challenger Troy Jackson's campaign did not respond to repeated requests for comment on the incident. The senator’s constituent office in Biddeford, Maine was vandalized on Monday, with the words "Trump Whore" sprayed on the entry doors. The senator’s office confirmed the incident, while a photo of the defaced doors was posted on Facebook and X by Maine state Sen. Matt Harrington, the assistant Republican leader in the chamber. Meanwhile, the Biddeford police confirmed the presence of an investigation into the matter to Fox News Digital.
“任何破坏公物的行为都是不可接受的。柯林斯参议员及其团队绝不会因此而退缩。我们的选民服务办公室仍将正常开放，我们会继续为缅因州的人民服务，”柯林斯的幕僚长凯蒂·布朗在给福克斯新闻的声明中说道。
"Vandalism is unacceptable.
柯林斯今年正在竞选连任，她将第六次担任参议员，代表倾向民主党的缅因州选民。她与民主党候选人特洛伊·杰克逊（前缅因州参议院议长）之间的竞争异常激烈。对于民主党来说，这场选举至关重要——他们希望在今年秋天的中期选举中从共和党手中夺回参议院的多数席位。
Senator Collins and her staff will not be intimidated. Our Biddeford constituent service office remains open, and we will continue serving the people of Maine," Collins Chief of Staff Katie Brown said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Collins is running for re-election this year for a sixth six-year term representing blue-leaning Maine in the Senate, and is locked in a competitive contest with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, the former Maine Senate president.
杰克逊没有回应福克斯新闻多次提出的关于这起破坏事件的采访请求。
The race is a must-flip for the Democrats as they try to recapture the Senate majority from the GOP in this autumn’s midterm elections.
苏珊·柯林斯再次严厉谴责民主党的竞争对手——奥斯汀·特里亚奥特前缅因州众议员奥斯汀·特里亚奥特是2024年共和党国会选举的候选人，他在选举中以微弱劣势败给了缅因州民主党众议员贾里德·戈尔登，目前正试图重返州议会。他对福克斯新闻数字频道表示：“无论身处何种政治立场，都应毫不犹豫地谴责这类行为。”特里亚奥特还质疑：在杰克逊保持沉默的情况下，缅因州的民主党人是否存在“身份认同问题”。
Jackson did not respond to repeated inquiries from Fox News Digital seeking comment about the vandalism. SUSAN COLLINS DROPS BRUTAL REMINDER OF DEM RIVAL ROCKED BY ACCUSATIONS Former Maine state Rep. Austin Theriault, the 2024 Republican congressional nominee who narrowly lost to Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, and is now seeking to return to the state House, told Fox News Digital "there shouldn't be any hesitation to condemn these sort of actions, regardless of where you are on the political spectrum." "I'm very confident that Sen. Collins herself would very quickly condemn this if the shoe was on the other foot," Theriault said, while questioning whether Maine Democrats have an "identity problem" following Jackson's silence.
缅因州共和党通讯主管克里斯蒂娜·帕克在给福克斯新闻数字频道的声明中称，这种破坏行为“只是激进左翼的又一例证，他们根本无法进行文明的对话。”她补充道：“我们希望司法部门能迅速、公正地处理此事；我们的政治环境绝不能容忍这种充满暴力与恶心的行为。”
Maine GOP Communications Director Kristina Parker argued in a statement to Fox News Digital that the vandalism "is just another example of the radical left's aggression and inability to have civil discourse." "We hope the prosecution is quick and smooth.
柯林斯的办公室位于比德福德，距离今年7月移民与海关执法局（ICE）特工枪击案的发生地仅几个街区之遥。枪击事件发生后，抗议者前往她的办公室，表达对柯林斯支持ICE资金政策的反对。
Our political environment should not tolerate this volatile and disgusting behavior," she added. Collins' office in Biddeford is located just a few blocks from the site of a fatal shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in July.
作为一位立场温和的共和党人，柯林斯在竞选期间一直受到两党的关注。今年夏天，她在连续第10,000次投票时获得了外界的赞扬；但她同时也遭到了两党的批评。她曾批评特朗普对加拿大的关税政策，并投票反对司法部长托德·布兰奇的任命。此外，民主党人还因她曾支持2018年对布雷特·卡瓦诺大法官的任命而不断抨击她——卡瓦诺后来成为最高法院多数派成员，推翻了“罗诉韦德案”的裁决。
Following the shooting, protesters marched to the senator’s Biddeford office to demonstrate against Collins’ support for ICE funding. The senator, a moderate Republican who has occasionally broken with President Donald Trump, has drawn bipartisan attention throughout the campaign. She received praise this summer after casting her 10,000th consecutive Senate vote, but has also faced criticism from both parties. Collins has criticized Trump's tariff policies toward Canada and voted against Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation, while Democrats have continued to target her over her defense of her 2018 vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who later joined the Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe v. Wade.