Maine Democrats have settled on former State Senate President Troy Jackson to replace scandal-plagued Graham Platner as their Senate nominee, and, as it turns out, he too has his own personal issues. On Tuesday’s Money, Power, Politics, MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle sanitized Jackson’s anger outbursts to a simple “temper” while claiming that “might be exactly what voters are looking for.”
Addressing The New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser, Ruhle declared, “Let’s go up to Maine, Susan, because it looks like the race to take Graham Platner’s spot is over, with Democrats rallying around Troy Jackson. Is he the party’s best hope for that seat in November? Right, the pushback that we’ve heard in the last 24 hours, you know, this guy might have a temper. A temper might be exactly what voters are looking for. They want a fighter.”
Maine Democrats replaced Graham Platner threw a water bottle at a female colleague when she didn’t vote his way, so how did MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle respond? Thusly: “Right, the pushback that we’ve heard in the last 24 hours, you know, this guy might have a temper. A temper might… pic.twitter.com/m8J6xHEB8X— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 21, 2026
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