在这场关键的参议院选举中，面对民主党挑战者特洛伊·杰克逊的质询，共和党人苏珊·柯林斯明确表示反对对伊朗开战以及向加拿大征收关税。周二，在与杰克逊进行的电视辩论中，这位缅因州共和党参议员刻意与唐纳德·特朗普保持距离，试图在这个曾三次投票反对特朗普的州树立独立、不随大流的形象。
Republican challenged by Democrat Troy Jackson in critical Senate race says she opposes Iran war and Canada tariffs Susan Collins, the Republican senator for Maine, pointedly distanced herself from Donald Trump in a televised debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson on Tuesday, as she sought to present an image of independence in a state that has voted against Trump three times.
柯林斯自称并非总统“最偏爱的参议员”，还做出了一件对共和党人而言极为罕见的举动：她自豪地表示，在拜登担任总统期间，自己与他在90%以上的议题上立场一致。此外，她还强调自己与其他共和党人的分歧，称自己投票反对本党立场的次数比任何其他参议员都要多。
Proclaiming herself as not the US president’s “favorite senator”, Collins made the highly unusual boast for a Republican that she had voted with Joe Biden, a Democrat, more than 90% of the time when he was president. She also emphasized her differences with her fellow Republicans, saying she voted against her own party more than any other senator.