Protester interrupts Maine Senate debate and confronts GOP Sen. Collins on data centers
During Maine's Senate debate Thursday night, a protester shouted at GOP Sen. Susan Collins about the impact of data centers, claiming they are “destroying” the climate. Collins immediately accused her Democratic opponent Troy Jackson of planting the protester, but Jackson said he did not know who the person was. The debate took a brief pause to remove the individual and then resumed.
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