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ICE launches CDL fraud tipline as DHS highlights deadly crashes involving illegal immigrants

ICE launches CDL fraud tipline as DHS highlights deadly crashes involving illegal immigrants

FIRST ON FOX — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is launching a new tipline for Americans to report suspected commercial driver’s license (CDL) fraud as the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on unqualified truckers following a series of deadly crashes involving illegal immigrants. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations announced the official CDL fraud tipline Tuesday, Fox News Digital learned.  Americans can report suspected fraud by calling 866-347-2423. The new tipline comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) have expanded efforts to identify illegal immigrants and other unqualified drivers operating commercial vehicles on American roads. OUT OF CONTROL, UNQUALIFIED ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKERS ENDANGERING KIDS ON US ROADS, INSIDER WARNS: ‘JUST MADNESS’ DHS pointed Fox News Digital to cases involving illegal immigrants who received CDLs from states including California, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania before later being involved in fatal crashes or arrested in connection with other alleged crimes. “Too many American lives have been lost or permanently changed because illegal aliens who have no business being on our roads have been granted CDLs,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION PUSH FUELS ICE’S BIGGEST ARREST MONTH IN AGENCY HISTORY “ICE and our federal partners, including the Department of Transportation, will be cracking down on CDL fraud so that not one more American life is lost to a reckless illegal alien behind the wheel of a semi-truck. You can help save American lives and make our roads safer by dialing ICE’s new CDL fraud tipline today.” DHS also shared details behind several deadly crashes that officials say point to the concerns behind the Trump administration’s crackdown. DEADLY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCK CRASH EXPOSED FAILURES ON THE ROAD AND AT THE BORDER: KEY SENATOR In July, Michael Bon, an illegal immigrant from Haiti who DHS says had been granted a CDL by Massachusetts, allegedly caused a semi-truck crash that killed a Pennsylvania State Trooper. Another case cited by the department left four people dead in Indiana. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF KILLING NEWLYWED COUPLE IN OREGON CRASH ARRESTED BY ICE AFTER JAIL RELEASE Bekzhan Beishekeev, an illegal immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, swerved into oncoming traffic in February and caused a head-on collision that killed four people, according to DHS. The department said Pennsylvania had granted Beishekeev a commercial driver’s license before the crash. ICE arrested him that month. In Oregon, Rajinder Kumar, an illegal immigrant from India, jackknifed his trailer in November 2025 in a crash that killed a newlywed couple, according to DHS. The department said Kumar had been granted a CDL by California and was arrested by ICE in April 2026. REP. BRIAN MAST: I WANT UNSAFE TRUCKERS OFF OUR HIGHWAYS — AND AMERICA’S VETERANS IN THEIR SEATS And in Florida, Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant from India, made an illegal U-turn in a tractor-trailer in August 2025, causing a crash that killed three people, according to DHS. The department said California had granted Singh a CDL. The tipline is the latest step in a broader federal crackdown on commercial trucking fraud and unqualified drivers. DOZENS OF ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCK DRIVERS BUSTED WITH LICENSES FROM DEEP BLUE STATES In August, DHS said the second wave of Operation Highway Shield removed more than 800 truckers from U.S. roads, including 51 illegal immigrants, during a three-day operation. A separate three-day operation in Oklahoma in October 2025 resulted in the arrests of 120 illegal immigrants, including 91 who were operating commercial vehicles with CDLs, according to DHS. DHS and DOT have also targeted fraudulent and illegal practices at CDL schools nationwide as part of the Trump administration’s broader crackdown.

Rival court rulings leave Missouri’s congressional maps in limbo

Rival court rulings leave Missouri’s congressional maps in limbo

Conflicting court rulings Tuesday left Missouri’s congressional map in legal limbo less than two months before the November general election, with litigation continuing over which districts will govern the state’s races. Earlier Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Missouri’s emergency appeal seeking to revive the state’s revised Republican-backed congressional map, leaving in place the Missouri Supreme Court’s ruling blocking the map from being used in November. Kavanaugh acted alone and did not refer the application to the full Supreme Court. Later Tuesday, however, Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark issued a 14-day temporary restraining order directing Missouri officials to use the revised congressional map while the federal case proceeds, setting up competing court orders over which districts should govern the November election. The Missouri Supreme Court had ruled last week that the revised map never legally took effect because a voter-backed referendum petition suspended the law pending a statewide vote, leaving the congressional districts adopted in 2022 in place for the November election. MISSOURI AG FILES PETITION ASKING SUPREME COURT TO REVIVE TRUMP-BACKED REDISTRICTING MAP Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after the state Supreme Court’s ruling, arguing that the state faced an unprecedented situation after administering its primary election under one set of districts only to be ordered to use another for the general election. The revised map, backed by President Donald Trump and Missouri Republicans, was designed to make Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City-area district more favorable to Republicans, with the goal of expanding the GOP’s congressional delegation from 6-2 to 7-1. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled the referendum petition prevented the revised map from taking effect unless voters approve it, leaving the state’s 2022 congressional districts in place for the November election. In its emergency filing, the state told the Supreme Court only it could prevent “hundreds of thousands of voters” from being disenfranchised and ensure Missouri could hold “a timely and lawful federal congressional election.” Hanaway called the Missouri Supreme Court’s ruling “catastrophic” after filing the emergency appeal. MISSOURI HIGH COURT BLOCKS GOP-BACKED CONGRESSIONAL MAPS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS; TRUMP BLASTS ‘RIDICULOUS’ RULING Opponents urged the justices to reject the request, arguing Missouri officials created the timing problem by waiting until after implementing the revised map in the primary to challenge the referendum. Calling the application “not a real emergency,” they argued the Supreme Court should not “reward the Secretary’s scheme to outsmart Missouri voters, Missouri law, and the Missouri Supreme Court” by allowing use of a map the state’s highest court concluded “is not the law and has never been the law.” Clark ruled that requiring Missouri to use different congressional maps for the primary and general elections “would wreak havoc on the fairness and orderliness of Missouri’s congressional elections,” calling into question the candidates nominated in the primary and the votes already cast. He said “widespread voter confusion would inevitably follow” if different maps were used. The temporary restraining order remains in effect for 14 days while the federal case proceeds. Despite the competing rulings, Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe and Hanaway said Tuesday evening the state would move forward using the revised congressional map. “Missouri is prepared to follow and comply with the federal district court’s order, which binds the state to using the map enacted by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Kehoe,” Hanaway wrote on X. GEORGIA REDISTRICTING BATTLE REVIVED AFTER APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS FEDERAL COURT DECISION Kehoe said the administration was “grateful for Chief Judge Clark’s decision to provide much-needed clarity for Missouri voters and the election process.” “With today marking the deadline for changes to the November ballot, the Missouri First Map will be used in the general election,” Kehoe wrote on X. “Voters and candidates deserve consistency, certainty, and not to have the rules changed between elections.” Attorneys representing the referendum supporters, however, appealed Clark’s temporary restraining order to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, leaving the legal status of Missouri’s congressional districts unresolved as the litigation continues ahead of the November election.

Mamdani drops massive 9/11 records trove as old claims about Ground Zero come under fire

Mamdani drops massive 9/11 records trove as old claims about Ground Zero come under fire

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of records Tuesday that call into question public claims that the air around Ground Zero was safe to breathe following the 9/11 attacks. Mamdani’s office released an initial trove of approximately 170,000 pages of records, including documents found in 68 boxes at the Department of Environmental Protection in 2025 that date back to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The records release comes just days before the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in which 2,977 people were killed. Thousands of people exposed to the toxic dust and debris after 9/11 have since died from illnesses associated with the attacks, while many more continue to suffer from health conditions, according to the World Trade Center Health Program and other health authorities. AMERICA’S HEARTLAND COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH 9/11 HISTORY AS 25TH ANNIVERSARY NEARS Then-EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman said in a Sept. 18, 2001, press release that monitoring results indicated the air near the World Trade Center was safe to breathe, following EPA assurances about environmental hazards dating to Sept. 13. “People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air,” Mamdani shared during a Tuesday press conference. The documents revealed that ten months after the terrorist attacks, traces of asbestos were found on the roof of a building located at 15 John Street, less than a mile from where the World Trade Center once stood. The records show that asbestos was detected at some locations at levels below applicable cleanup or exposure benchmarks and at others at levels that appeared to exceed them; health authorities have said there is no known safe level of asbestos exposure. Among the approximately 170,000 pages released through the online portal is a Feb. 28, 2002, memo from then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s senior policy adviser, summarizing Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s concerns about indoor air quality in Lower Manhattan and warning that the city could face public-relations and legal problems over the cleanup. The memo laid out Nadler’s concerns that the Environmental Protection Agency had “handed over responsibility for measuring indoor air quality to the City” without putting in place oversight measures. The memo said the city had passed responsibility for indoor monitoring to property owners and noted that the Health Department had instructed residents to clean buildings with wet mops and rags. “If Nadler’s concerns are justified, we are not Informing people of the real health risks In lower Manhattan, the City may face major public relations problems and Is leaving Itself open to a barrage of lawsuits,” the memo, dated Feb. 28, 2002, stated. “At the least we should discontinue telling people to clean their apartments with wet mops and rags. We should be asking FEMA for funds to support Indoor cleanup.” AS AMERICAN PRIDE HITS A 25-YEAR LOW, A NEW 9/11 EDUCATION PLATFORM URGES THE NATION TO NEVER FORGET Among the clearest evidence of lingering asbestos contamination near Ground Zero was a finding at Stuyvesant High School, where testing later revealed elevated asbestos in auditorium carpeting. The school, located less than half a mile north of the World Trade Center, recorded what concerned parents described as “extremely high levels of asbestos” in its auditorium during testing in August 2002. Nearly a year after the attacks, testing of a carpet sample from the school’s auditorium using an EPA-recognized ultrasonication method found asbestos concentrations measured at roughly 2.5 million structures per square centimeter. For comparison, the EPA’s Lower Manhattan Test and Clean Program later called for professional cleaning when settled dust exceeded 5,000 asbestos structures per square centimeter. The Stuyvesant sample was roughly 500 times higher than that cleanup benchmark. I LOST MY WIFE ON 9/11. PLEASE LET THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY BELONG TO THE FAMILIES The parents’ findings also reached city officials. A copy of the press release announcing the asbestos results was transmitted through the NYC Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Public Affairs on Aug. 7, 2002. In July 2002, more than 10 months after the attacks, the Independence Plaza North Tenant Association (IPNTA) wrote to the EPA arguing the agency’s cleanup of two Tribeca residential buildings had not gone far enough, while also urging broader environmental testing.” The work on this project has thus far been done in an unprotected, hence possibly dangerous manner, allowing the dust from the old carpet being torn up to seep into tenants’ apartments, under and around their doors,” Diane Lapson, the tenant association’s environmental chair, wrote in the letter. Lapson also criticized what she described as the EPA’s and New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection’s reliance on visual inspections to assess conditions at Independence Plaza’s buildings, including 310 Greenwich St. and 80 North Moore St., arguing the agencies should instead conduct more comprehensive testing. She urged officials to use ultrasonication to more reliably measure the amount of asbestos still in the buildings.” Based on the illnesses that have plagued IPN residents since 9/11 (constant respiratory, sinus, bronchial, skin rashes, eye infections, headaches, etc.), we believe there is a need to do a thorough cleaning of the entire complex. CBC CAVES ON 9/11 ‘TERRORISM’ GUIDANCE AS US, CANADIAN OFFICIALS UNLEASH CROSS-BORDER BACKLASH By September 2002, about two months after Lapson’s letter, the EPA announced that eight contracts had been awarded for asbestos cleanup throughout the downtown area including the ZIP code encompassing Independence Plaza North. But EPA litigation records show that asbestos contamination remained in some Lower Manhattan apartments months after the cleanup work began. Lori Mogol and Richard Zimbler, a couple who lived at Independence Plaza North, still had elevated levels of asbestos in their apartment as late as February 2003. Specifically, their dining room had more than double the EPA’s risk-based clearance level for asbestos, according to tests performed by their assigned contractor.

Fetterman leans on unlikely GOP ally as Dems sharpen their knives over explosive report

Fetterman leans on unlikely GOP ally as Dems sharpen their knives over explosive report

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is under fire over leaked texts with his staff in which he brushed off meetings with a children’s hospital and paralyzed veterans, but he is pushing back, calling the reports “smears” with support from his Republican Pennsylvania colleague, Sen. Dave McCormick. Fetterman broke his silence following a bombshell report based on leaked text messages between him and his staff that portrayed him as brushing off basic duties of being a senator, including meetings with constituents. Fetterman told CNN in a statement that “disgruntled” staffers had concocted the story, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, to knock his reputation. FETTERMAN FACES DEM REVOLT AS BOMBSHELL REPORT FUELS PUSH TO OUST HIM: ‘DISGRACE’ “Per usual — lies, half-truths, innuendos, smears and anonymous,” Fetterman said. “No matter how many smears or stories, I’m proud to continue to deliver for Pennsylvania,” he continued. The lawmaker’s response follows an explosive report published last week that painted Fetterman as a politician more interested in appearing on Fox News to discuss Israel than meeting with constituents, including a group of paralyzed veterans from his state, and opting to blow off a funeral for slain police officers because it would have taken too long. While other Democratic members of the Pennsylvania delegation were furious with Fetterman, his fellow senator, McCormick, came to his defense. “These stories are the latest example of outrageously disloyal staff and forces on the Left using anonymous leaks to cancel my friend John Fetterman,” McCormick said on X. “They hate that he is an independent thinker who refuses to fall into line so they want to silence him.” WHY TRUMP, GOP ARE COURTING JOHN FETTERMAN, WHO INSISTS HE’LL REMAIN A DEMOCRAT Fetterman and McCormick share a unique relationship in a Congress that has grown increasingly partisan. They’re one of three Senate duos from a purple state, and Fetterman has vowed to not support an opponent when and if McCormick runs for re-election in 2030. “Well, I would absolutely never move against my friend,” Fetterman told reporters. They also launched a joint fundraising effort in July, called Common Ground PA, according to federal financial filings. DNC VICE CHAIR ATTACKS DEMOCRATIC SEN. JOHN FETTERMAN: ‘YOU’RE A MESS’ And the pair spent Labor Day together, per a post from McCormick, where they toured Bell & Evans, a chicken processing company in Pennsylvania. “He and I will continue to work together to deliver for Pennsylvania by saving jobs at US Steel, passing a new law to make housing more affordable, securing $600 million to replace the Delaware River Bridge, and delivering critical funding to protect Presque Isle State Park,” McCormick continued. Still, members of the Pennsylvania delegation and beyond, including the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, are laying the groundwork to oust him. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., a progressive representing southwest Pennsylvania, charged that Fetterman’s behavior was “pathetic,” and said that “this man has no sense of duty.” Whether Fetterman mount a bid for re-election in 2028 remains to be seen. “He is not up for the high office he was elected to — and we in Pennsylvania will do something about it in 2028,” Deluzio said on X.

Trump’s unusual role at midterm convention revealed as schedule goes public

Trump’s unusual role at midterm convention revealed as schedule goes public

EXCLUSIVE — DALLAS — With an eye toward energizing the GOP’s MAGA base, the Republican National Committee (RNC) on Tuesday announced the speaking order and times of this week’s first-ever GOP midterm convention, and President Donald Trump will be the Primetime headliner both nights. According to the list, which was shared first with Fox News Digital on the eve of the convention, the president will deliver Wednesday’s keynote address, which is tentatively scheduled to start at 9 p.m. ET. Trump will return on Thursday evening at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas to close out the convention, with remarks after Vice President JD Vance gives the second night’s keynote speech. With less than two months to go until the midterm elections, Trump and Republicans are gathering in Texas for their historic confab as they aim to energize the party’s base ahead of key races that will determine whether the GOP keeps control of Congress. Supporters of the president traditionally do not turn out in robust numbers when Trump is not on the ballot. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Democrats and Republicans traditionally hold large nominating conventions during presidential election years. But Trump last year floated the idea of a similar gathering ahead of the midterms to showcase the signature policy achievements he and Republicans in Congress have produced over the past two years. The president called the convention “a truly Historic Event” and “a RALLY like none other!” when he announced it earlier this summer. The convention comes as Republicans face energized Democrats and stiff political headwinds as they defend their slim House and Senate majorities in the midterms. But Republicans are expected to paint a contrast, as they use the convention to spotlight the Democrats’ leftward lurch and tie the entire Democratic Party to far-left and socialist proposals. “The midterm election is about the future of our country. President Donald Trump and Republicans are fighting to launch the golden age of America while extreme liberal Democrats want to tear this country apart and create a liberal failed state with their out-of-touch and anti-American views,” RNC chair Joe Gruters argued in a statement to Fox News Digital. THESE 12 MIDTERM RACES WILL DECIDE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE SENATE Gruters emphasized that “the choice is clear in November and the American people will reject these liberal policies and deliver historic wins for Republicans across the country.” The DNC, which remains in debt and decided against holding a similar convention, sees the GOP confab as a chance to blast Republicans. “While everyday Americans struggle to pay their bills, fill up their tanks, or put food on the table, Republicans are hosting a multi-million dollar celebration to satisfy an aging and erratic Trump and tie vulnerable Republican candidates closer to his failed agenda,”,” DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer charged. Witmer argued that “Americans don’t want a ‘Trumpapalooza’ — they want lower costs and affordable healthcare.” The convention will also serve as the GOP’s closing argument heading into November. In the fight for the Senate majority, Republican candidates in some of the most crucial races will also address the convention. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the GOP nominee in Texas who is facing off against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in the race to replace Republican Sen. John Cornyn, will speak on the first evening. So will former RNC Chair Mike Whatley, who is defending retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis’ seat in battleground North Carolina. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio, who is in a pitched fight with former longtime Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, will also address the crowd, as will Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia, the Republican challenger taking on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in swing state Georgia. Former Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, who is hoping to flip a Democrat-held open seat in the key Great Lakes battleground as he runs against far-left Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, speaks on Thursday evening. In the battle for the House, where the GOP holds a razor-thin majority, incumbents and candidates in competitive races will also be in the speaking spotlight. They include Reps. Monica De La Cruz of Texas, Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania, and candidates Mike LiPetri of New York and Jay Feely of Arizona on Wednesday night. Among the House Republican incumbents and candidates in close races speaking on Thursday are Reps. Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania and Mike Lawler of New York, along with nominees Greg Cunningham of New Mexico, Derrick Merrin of Ohio and Eric Flores of Texas. STATE OF PLAY: WHO’S UP AND WHO’S DOWN IN THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS Speaker Mike Johnson will speak on Thursday evening, according to the RNC schedule. Johnson’s Senate counterpart, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota), is notably absent from the list of speakers released by the RNC. But a source familiar with the planning tells Fox News Digital that Thune will be in Dallas, with a full schedule that includes helping Senate candidates fundraise. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who is running for a fourth term leading the Lone Star State, speaks on Thursday. So does Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, the conservative firebrand who is not on the ballot this year but could make a second White House bid in 2028. Meanwhile, some of the biggest names in Trump’s Cabinet are scheduled to speak, including Attorney General Todd Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday evening, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who spearheaded the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, on Thursday evening.

Government land-grab agenda hits key Senate race as Dem backs property takeovers echoing Mamdani

Government land-grab agenda hits key Senate race as Dem backs property takeovers echoing Mamdani

Graham Platner’s replacement in the Maine Senate race suggested the government should be able to take over private property when necessary, appearing to echo socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s housing agenda. Troy Jackson, a Democrat running for the Senate, came under fire for suggesting the government should be able to take over private property when necessary. The comments drew fresh scrutiny to a candidate the Pine Tree State’s GOP chair previously dubbed “Maine’s Mamdani” to Fox News Digital, as debates over government intervention in housing and private ownership gain new attention. “It’s a major issue. The greed that’s happening right now in this country that people in mobile home parks are feeling is like something I’ve never seen,” Jackson told a small crowd of residents at Blueberry Ridge Mobile Village, one of several Maine trailer parks where concerns about costs, quality-of-life and ownership arose. MAINE DEMOCRATS CROWN TROY JACKSON AS PLATNER REPLACEMENT AS FRESH SCRUTINY CLOUDS SENATE RESET “The other thing that I do hear a lot about, too, is how [landlords] won’t do anything for services. And that is completely unfair and not right. And we have to make that change. I feel strongly that if needed, the state should be able to come in [and] take these places over. Some people will say that that’s insane,” Jackson told the residents in Wells, the town next to the politically-notable Kennebunkport. “But until the people get the chance to start a co-op or whatever, there should be a way to hold these, so that you don’t see private-equity coming in and making the killing on these parks.” PROPERTY OWNER ADVOCACY GROUPS PUSH BACK ON MAMDANI’S ‘RENTAL RIPOFF REPORT,’ PUBLIC DATABASE OF LANDLORDS During his visit, Jackson held up a mason jar of brown water a resident said came from their tap. Jackson said some residents saw their lot rental fees approach $850, adding he once lived at a mobile home park in Aroostook County and understands their plight. “I’m going to add my voice to that every damn day,” he said. “I just can’t imagine owning a home and feeling the threat that you do daily and getting the squeeze and not being able to afford that.” Jackson’s proposal echoes one of the more aggressive elements of Mamdani’s housing agenda: a willingness to use government power to wrest control of troubled properties away from private owners and toward tenants, nonprofits or community stewardship. MAMDANI RIPPED OVER ‘FREAK SHOW’ NEWS CONFERENCE WHERE EVICTION WAS DECLARED A FORM OF ‘VIOLENCE’ Like Mamdani, Jackson was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in his prior unsuccessful gubernatorial primary bid earlier this year. Mamdani’s Block by Block housing plan, released in May, calls for aggressive legal action against negligent landlords and says chronically neglected properties could be transferred to community land trusts, nonprofits or tenants. BERNIE-BACKED SOCIALIST WHO ALLIED WITH PLATNER COULD SUPPLANT HIM ON BALLOT “Through the Open-Door program and by supporting community land trusts, we will remove negligent owners and property managers of buildings suffering from chronic neglect or mired in foreclosure and shift ownership to responsible community stewards,” Mamdani said in June. While Mamdani’s more nationally-visible rent-freeze plans are materially different from Jackson’s considerations, they share a common thread: the government should intervene in the housing market when politicians believe pricing or practices are untoward. MAMDANI’S $22 BILLION HOUSING LUNACY PROPOSAL WILL SOCIALIZE THE SKYLINE That commonality led to Jackson being lambasted after the fact. “Another full-on Communist running for office,” said Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer [Ret.], a former intelligence officer, posted to X. “Troy Jackson is ready to violate the rights of Mainers because he feels that they make too much money engaging in free market commerce,” Shaffer tweeted. “Spoken here like the true Stalinist he is.” RESURFACED ASSAULT REPORT PUTS DEM SENATE NOMINEE IN GOP CROSSHAIRS: ‘GRAHAM PLATNER 2.0’ The Republican National Committee also caught wind of Jackson’s comments, tweeting through their rapid-response arm. “Troy Jackson wants the government to seize private property from Mainers,” they wrote. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Maine law already gives mobile home park residents a limited pathway to take ownership when a park is put up for sale. Under Title 10, Section 9094-A, a group of mobile home owners or a residents’ association has the first option to purchase the park and generally has 60 days after notice of an intended sale to submit an offer. Fox News Digital reached out to Jackson’s and Collins’ campaigns and Mamdani for comment.