Republican Sen. Susan Collins' constituent office in Biddeford, Maine, was vandalized Monday with a vulgar spray-painted message reading "Trump Whore" across the entry doors — and her Democratic challenger, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, stayed silent for hours before finally condemning the act.
The vandalism was discovered Monday morning and reported by Assistant Senate Minority Leader Matt Harrington, R-Sanford, who posted a photo of the defaced doors on Facebook and X, according to Fox News Digital. By approximately 2:45 p.m., the red spray-painted message had been scrubbed clean, the Portland Press Herald reported.
Collins' chief of staff, Katie Brown, issued a defiant statement in response.
"Vandalism is unacceptable. 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," Brown said.
Biddeford police confirmed to Fox News Digital that an investigation into the incident is underway.
Harrington, who represents York County in the Maine Senate, expressed his disgust in a Facebook post Monday afternoon.
"What has the world come to? This is disgusting, disappointing and it's not the Maine I grew up in," Harrington wrote. "Do better."
Jackson, the Democratic nominee challenging Collins in what has become one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country, initially remained silent on the vandalism. He broke that silence Monday night with a statement to Fox News Digital.
"There's no place for this in Maine. Vandalism and intimidation are wrong, full stop," Jackson said. "Senator Collins and her staff should be able to do their jobs without anyone defacing their office, and I condemn whoever did this."
The timing of Jackson's response drew scrutiny, particularly given that the provocative message was plastered on the senator's doors for hours before the Democratic candidate addressed it publicly.
Former Maine state Rep. Austin Theriault, the 2024 Republican congressional nominee who narrowly lost to Rep.
Collins is seeking a sixth term in the U.S. Senate — something no senator from Maine has ever accomplished. She faces Jackson, who was selected by Democratic delegates at Maine's nominating convention after their original nominee, Graham Platner, was forced to step aside amid sexual assault allegations.
The race is considered a must-win for Democrats as they attempt to recapture the Senate majority from Republicans in this autumn's midterm elections. Maine, once a reliably moderate state, has become increasingly competitive in recent cycles.
The vandalism comes amid heightened political tensions nationwide, with political violence and intimidation targeting officials from both parties.
Our Take
Let's be clear about what happened here: someone walked up to the office of a sitting United States senator and spray-painted a vulgar, degrading slur across her doors. This isn't "political expression." It's not a "protest." It's a crime, and it's exactly the kind of thing that too many on the Left have spent years implicitly excusing when it targets Republicans.
The speed at which Troy Jackson responded tells its own story. For hours, as a photo of those defaced doors circulated on social media and local news, Maine's Democratic Senate nominee said nothing. Only after Fox News Digital reached out did he finally offer a statement condemning the act. Patriots across Maine should be asking: if this had happened to a Democrat's office, would Jackson have taken hours to respond?
And let's not pretend this vandalism exists in a vacuum. During the Biden years, we watched left-wing mobs deface federal buildings, attack Supreme Court justices' homes, and harass Republican officials at their residences. The media called it "mostly peaceful." The DOJ sat on its hands. Now, in 2026, the same radical energy is still out there — and it's targeting a Republican senator in a state Democrats desperately want to flip.
Susan Collins has served Maine for five terms. She's had her disagreements with conservatives, but she's still a Republican senator in a blue-leaning state, and she deserves to do her job without fearing for her safety or walking past vulgar slurs on the way into her own office.
The Biddeford police are investigating. Good. They should find who did this, and Maine's legal system should hold them accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
But here's the broader question for every Mainer heading to the polls this November: if Democrats won't unequivocally and immediately condemn this kind of thuggish behavior when it targets their opponent — what are they telling their supporters is acceptable?
Sen. Collins said she won't be intimidated. We believe her. But the American people deserve to know where every candidate stands when the mob comes knocking — and how quickly they're willing to say so.
