Troy Jackson on Fighting for Working Class and Maine Gov. Race
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What does the opening event in Portland reveal about Maine’s political climate?
A pack stadium in Portland, Maine, on an technically off election year, although there's a big 2026 election and primaries coming up as well. That was part of Senator Bernie Sanders' fight the oligarchy tour. You had Troy Jackson speaking there, who's running for governor of Maine as the current governor has termed out. You have Graham Plattner running for uh the Senate spot in Maine as uh Susan Collins is very concerned about uh everything imaginable but doesn't uh take any action. And you've got the people in Maine completely fired up um as you can see at that event right there. Um just zooming in on what's happening in Maine. It's a story that we're seeing across the country right now, just in Maine and hat tip to our friend
At more perfect union for this piece, showing how trades workers are facing catastrophic layoffs based on what the Trump regime is doing right now. And this is a story being repeated across the country. Red states, blue states, and purple states here. Play this clip.
I had heard people say if you vote for this you're gonna get what you voted for. But that's what people say every election. A catastrophic wave of layoffs is hitting electricians in Maine. It may be a preview of hundreds of thousands of jobs that could be lost nationwide after President Trump and Republicans just repealed billions in clean energy investments. It's like a light switch got opened and all her work just disappeared overnight. We went to Maine where a solar boom has already come to an abrupt halt. I got laid off at the beginning of May. I haven't gotten any calls yet.
How are recent layoffs of electricians and solar workers illustrating the impact of federal policy in Maine?
I'm on unemployment right now and in the state of Maine that's five hundred and ninety five dollars per week and I pay rent, that's thirteen fifty. This has nothing to do with our local union or the companies around us getting jobs. It solely comes down to what's happening in our federal government right now.
By the way, give more perfect union a follow. So with that taking place in Maine, you've heard the story before a lager and oysterman and Bernie Sanders works walks into a bar. And what happens? Well, in Maine, you have sixty five hundred people showing up and being energized. You have Troy Jackson, Lager, former uh president of Maine's C. Senate. You have Graham Platner, Oysterman, Man of the People, Fighter, same with Troy Jackson. And of course, you got Bernie Sanders, man of the people there as well. And talking about how this is a story that the elites, the oligarchs, don't want to uh have told, but it's a story that the American people want. And I'll show you just a quick clip here of uh Troy Jackson's speech.
speech there. And this really resonated in me where he says we have to change the status quo. We do. Here, play this clip.
I'm running for governor because the American dream of putting down roots and owning a home and being able to provide for your family with a good paying job is moving way out of reach.
I am running for the people who work their entire lives and still can't afford to retire because the economic system in this country is rigged against them.
Mm.
And I'm running for all the workers who've been told to do or to go home, who've been told that they are replaceable and that their lives are dispensable. And look, I'm running for that little boy who stood behind his father at the Highland years ago, and all those kids who've watched their parents work so hard and still struggle, and their lives have been defined by wealth inequality and the status quo. We have to break the status quo, it's not working for us.
We do have to break the status quo. It's not working for Americans right now. Let's bring in Troy Jackson, former president of Maine Senate, lifelong lager, running for governor of Maine. Troy, it's great to see ya. Talk to us about that event and frankly what you're seeing as you're traveling across uh the great state of Maine.
Yeah, well thanks, Ben. Getting a little emotional watching that again. Uh I mean the status quo is exactly what uh is is the problem. I mean, I think uh people across the state and probably across the country are feeling like it doesn't matter who uh it is, Democrats or Republicans, uh, you know, they're getting a raw deal.
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Chapters
3 chapters
1
What does the opening event in Portland reveal about Maine’s political climate?
0:11–1:50
2
How are recent layoffs of electricians and solar workers illustrating the impact of federal policy in Maine?
1:50–6:22
3
Why does Troy Jackson say the American Dream is becoming unattainable for working‑class families?
6:22–12:36