Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson condemned the vandalism after unknown actors sprayed a vulgar Trump-linked insult on Sen. Susan Collins’ Biddeford office doors, Maine Republicans called it left-wing aggression.
Unknown vandals sprayed the words “Trump w****” across the entry doors of Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ constituent service office in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday.
Fox News Digital reported the incident after Maine state Sen. Matt Harrington posted photos of the defaced doors on Facebook and X. Biddeford police confirmed an investigation is underway. Collins’ office stayed open.
The attack lands in a competitive Senate race. Collins, a moderate Republican seeking a sixth term, faces Democratic nominee Troy Jackson, the former Maine Senate president. Jackson broke his silence Monday night and denounced the vandalism.
Collins Chief of Staff Katie Brown drew a hard line in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"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’s message was simple. The office would keep serving Mainers. Staff would not fold under crude intimidation.
The Biddeford office sits a few blocks from the site of a fatal shooting involving ICE agents in July. After that shooting, protesters marched to Collins’ office over her support for ICE funding. The graffiti now adds another layer of pressure on the same storefront.
Jackson, chosen by the Maine Democratic Party to replace Graham Platner on the ballot, addressed the vandalism Monday night. He gave two clear statements to Fox News Digital.
"There’s no place for this in Maine. Vandalism and intimidation are wrong, full stop,"
He added a second line aimed at the staff who work there.
"Senator Collins and her staff should be able to do their jobs without anyone defacing their office, and I condemn whoever did this."
Those words came after an initial stretch of silence that drew notice inside Maine Republican circles. Former state Rep. Austin Theriault, the 2024 GOP congressional nominee who narrowly lost to Rep. Jared Golden, said condemnation should be automatic.
"there shouldn't be any hesitation to condemn these sort of actions, regardless of where you are on the political spectrum."
Theriault went further on reciprocity.
"I'm very confident that Sen. Collins herself would very quickly condemn this if the shoe was on the other foot,"
Maine GOP Communications Director Kristina Parker did not treat the spray paint as a one-off prank. She tied it to a broader failure of basic civic manners.
"is just another example of the radical left's aggression and inability to have civil discourse."
Parker also pushed for a fast case.
"We hope the prosecution is quick and smooth. Our political environment should not tolerate this volatile and disgusting behavior,"
No arrests have been announced. Police have confirmed only that an investigation exists. Damage was limited to the defaced doors. No injuries were reported.
Collins has cast herself as an institutionalist. She was praised this summer after casting her 10,000th consecutive Senate vote. She has broken with President Donald Trump at times, including criticism of his tariff policies toward Canada and a vote against Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation. She also defended her 2018 vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
None of that résumé stopped someone from spraying a sexualized insult across her office doors. Harrington’s photos spread the image across Facebook and X before the official statements landed.
Collins kicked off a statewide bus tour in Kittery on Aug. 14. Jackson was named the Democratic nominee in Bangor on July 25. The race is part of the national fight for Senate control. Locally, it now carries an extra fact: a senator’s public office was tagged with vulgar graffiti, and the challenger needed time before he spoke.
Elected offices are not free-speech walls for rage. When spray paint replaces ballots, voters lose, and the people who show up to work for them pay the price first.
