Democratic Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson has broken his silence on reports that he married (co-mingled with) his second cousin and fathered children with her.
Notably, there was no denial of the report. Instead, his campaign chalked it up as “Personal attacks on Troy’s family” as if there’s nothing wrong with marrying your own relative.
“Susan Collins will do anything to distract from the fact that she votes with Trump 96% of the time and has sold out working people in Maine. Personal attacks on Troy’s family are shameful and desperate,” the Jackson campaign said in a statement to Fox News.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, it was revealed that Jackson’s wife is actually his second cousin. The pair had two children together.
“Jackson, a 26-year politician and lobbyist, has made a career of bragging that he’s a is a fifth-generation logger, but you don’t have to go far back the generational line to find where it crosses paths with the ancestors of his significant other Lana M. Pelletier,” Maine Wire editor-in-chief Steve Robinson revealed.
“Jackson and Pelletier share the same great-grandparents: Thomas Pelletier and Edith Thibodeau. Thomas and Edith’s daughter Albertine was Troy’s grandmother; their son Louis Sr. was Lana’s grandfather. That makes Troy and Lana second cousins on the Pelletier line.”
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In a post on X, Independent Women’s Forum Senior Policy Analyst Inez Stepman wrote, “*Second* cousins seem like relevant information here. But it is funny that Dems keep selecting candidates who fit the vicious stereotypes they hold about rural or working-class people: beats women, hooks up with cousin, etc.”
“They live together and have kids together? So they’re basically married?” Washington Examiner senior columnist Tim Carney posted on X.
“Take it from Troy, he’s got that can’t eat, can’t sleep, reach for the stars, over the fence, World Series kind of cousin love,” National Republican Senatorial Committee Deputy Political Director Kaeley Gemmill posted on X.
“It’s truly hysterical how Democrats can’t seem to find one normal dude to run for office,” conservative commentator Greg Price posted on X.
The Republican account on X also posted, “Wellness check on Maine Democrats.”
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