Maine Dems Pick Platner Replacement, Anti-ICE Attack in NYC, New UK Prime Minister: AM Update 7/21

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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Tuesday, July 21st, 2026, and this is your AM Update.

**Troy Jackson** (0:24)
I'm a mainer, a dad, a fifth-generation logger from Alligax. I'm a progressive.

**Megyn Kelly** (0:30)
Far-left candidate Troy Jackson effectively securing the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine. So who is he?

**SPEAKER_1** (0:39)
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**Megyn Kelly** (0:51)
An alleged anti-ice extremist setting fire outside a Manhattan federal building, then shooting a pellet gun before agents taking him down. Britain getting its seventh Prime Minister in a decade as the Labour Party replaces Keir Starmer with the so-called King of the North.
President Trump revealing his new Air Force One plane will soon receive additional security upgrades. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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Former Maine State Senate President Troy Jackson effectively securing the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Senator Susan Collins after dominating the party's delegate selection process over the weekend. More than two-thirds of the delegates expected to attend the party's statewide convention this Saturday now committed to supporting Jackson, though they are not legally bound to support him. Jackson's commanding lead prompting all four of his major opponents to withdraw from the primary by Sunday evening, including Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and former state public health official Nirav Shah.
Trans candidate Ashley Webb, also vying for the nomination and formerly known as James, has not dropped out, however. He's busy telling constituents that he would never lie to them as he deletes earlier Reddit posts claiming he menstruates out of his backside. So there's that. The hastily organized convention set to formally replace progressive Graham Platner, who won the June primary but dropped out earlier this month after a former girlfriend accused him of raping her. Platner denies the allegations. Jackson entering the race with strong support from the party's progressive wing and many former Platner supporters. The fifth generation logger and former state Senate president, backed by California Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna and Our Revolution, the political group founded by independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Senator Sanders and the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, also endorsing Jackson during his unsuccessful campaign for governor earlier this year. Jackson presenting himself as a candidate who can form a broad enough coalition to unseat Senator Collins.

**Troy Jackson** (4:13)
Together, we can fix what's broken in Washington. We can pass Medicare for All. We can take on corporate power and the politicians in their pocket. We can take our country back.
We can create the future Mainers and Americans deserve. I've been fighting this fight for 30 years, and I'm sure as hell not backing down now. I'm a Mainer, a dad, a fifth generation logger from Allagash. I'm a progressive. I've been tested.
I've won time and time again in deep red Trump country by double digits. I've won in progressive cities like Portland and Bangor. I know what a tough fight looks like, and I know how to win.

**Megyn Kelly** (4:51)
With the nomination effectively secured, Jackson now facing the far more difficult task of taking on Senator Collins, who has repeatedly defeated well-funded Democrat challengers since first winning her Senate seat in 1996