AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Troy Jackson distances himself from socialist backers as Maine Senate race tightens
Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson is running hard from his own record of far-left endorsements and allies, rejecting the socialist label on national television even as his prior embrace of the Democratic Socialists of America and streamer Hasan Piker remains a matter of public record. Jackson, a fifth-generation logger and former Maine Senate president, has […] The post Troy Jackson distances himself from socialist backers as Maine Senate race tightens appeared first on American Almanac .
Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson is running hard from his own record of far-left endorsements and allies, rejecting the socialist label on national television even as his prior embrace of the Democratic Socialists of America and streamer Hasan Piker remains a matter of public record. Jackson, a fifth-generation logger and former Maine Senate president, has spent recent weeks making the rounds on CNN, MSNBC's "Morning Joe," and the Crooked Media podcast "What a Day," delivering versions of the same message: he is not a socialist, he fights for working people, and he barely knows who Hasan Piker is. The problem is that his own social media posts and the timeline of his candidacy tell a different story. The gap between Jackson's current…Open