{"id":2629543,"date":"2026-07-14T11:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-democrats-vying-to-replace-platner-lash-out-after-fatal-ice-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:14:29","slug":"maine-democrats-vying-to-replace-platner-lash-out-after-fatal-ice-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-democrats-vying-to-replace-platner-lash-out-after-fatal-ice-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Democrats vying to replace Platner lash out after fatal ICE shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaine-democrats-vying-to-replace-platner-lash-out-after-fatal-ice-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2629543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Several Maine Senate candidates, including former state Senator Troy Jackson and Nirav Shah, have publicly condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the recent shooting of a Colombian man during an agency-involved operation. Jackson and others participated in protests in Biddeford,calling to abolish ICE and criticizing its practices. The incident involved the victim, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, who was shot when he allegedly drove toward an ICE officer; he was not the intended target of an arrest warrant. Many politicians and activists have called for investigations into the shooting,which is being led by the DHS inspector general and the FBI. The shooting marks the second fatal ICE-related incident in two weeks, stirring political debates over immigration enforcement and agency reform. Simultaneously occurring, the Maine Democratic Party will select its nominee on july 25, with some candidates criticizing the incumbent Senator Susan Collins for her past votes on ICE funding.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"193\">Maine<\/a> Senate candidates running to replace former Democratic nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"22643\">Graham Platner<\/a> have spoken out against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> since an agency-involved shooting killed a Colombian man in the state on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top contenders, such as former Maine state Sen. Troy Jackson and former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Nirav Shah, openly called for abolishing ICE while attending an anti-ICE protest in Biddeford, where the man was shot. Jackson joined the protesters outside Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1302\">Susan Collins\u2019s<\/a> (R-ME) office in the city. The crowd chanted, \u201cVote her out!\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4645824\/ossoff-polling-bottoms-rick-jackson-georgia\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ossoff polling lead contrasts with Bottoms\u2019s race against Rick Jackson<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4645748\/annie-andrews-appeals-lindsey-graham-voters-democrat-dreams-flip-south-carolina-seat\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Annie Andrews appeals to Lindsey Graham\u2019s voters as Democrat dreams of flipping South Carolina Senate seat<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4643652\/dsa-democratic-socialist-primary-victories-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democratic Socialists of America want to \u2018tear the whole\u2019 country down: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins, who is running for a sixth Senate term, will face the eventual Democratic nominee in November. Platner, who was the previous nominee, dropped out of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> race after he was hit with numerous domestic violence and rape allegations from several women.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the potential challengers to Collins pointed to one of her past votes on ICE, making the argument that the Republican incumbent emboldened immigration officers by passing a $70 billion funding bill without any reforms earlier this year. Protesters raised this point as they entered her Biddeford office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe certainly don\u2019t have to give them $70 billion to go around doing what they did here today and what they\u2019ve done in Minnesota,\u201d Jackson said of ICE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou don\u2019t get a free pass because you say you\u2019re law enforcement,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why it\u2019s so important that whoever gets a seat is someone that actually is going to abolish ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and former congressional candidate Paige Loud were among those participating in the protest following the fatal shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is at least the 11th fatal shooting involving ICE or Border Patrol under Trump,\u201d Bellows <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shennabellows\/status\/2076672016149590159\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shennabellows\/status\/2076672016149590159\">posted on X<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s time to get ICE off our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, former Capitol Hill staffer Jordan Wood and Maine Beer Company founder Dan Kleban attended a vigil in honor of the deceased Colombian immigrant Monday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking a more centrist approach, Kleban said he is not in favor of abolishing ICE because \u201cwe need safe borders.\u201d However, the business owner indicated he would not fund ICE without any reforms if he\u2019s elected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not about border enforcement,\u201d Kleban told the <em>New York Times<\/em>. \u201cThis is about intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next nominee will be decided by roughly 600 voting delegates at the Maine Democratic Party convention on July 25.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victim was shot when he allegedly drove toward an ICE officer, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3083\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>. He was not the intended target of an arrest warrant during the immigration operation, Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/angus-king\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1085\">Angus King\u2019s<\/a> office (I-ME) said based on information provided by Secretary of Homeland Security <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/markwayne-mullin\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21441\">Markwayne Mullin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victim\u2019s friends and co-workers have confirmed his name is Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 26. Jackson <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TroyJackson207\/status\/2077021278603554978\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TroyJackson207\/status\/2077021278603554978\">shared a tribute<\/a> to Guerrero on social media while criticizing Collins for \u201cfunding this terror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4646924\/maine-ice-shooting-warrant-angus-king\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4646924\/maine-ice-shooting-warrant-angus-king\/\">MAN KILLED BY ICE IN MAINE WAS NOT TARGET OF WARRANT, SEN. ANGUS KING SAYS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many Maine politicians, including Collins, have called for an investigation into the shooting. The investigation is being led by the DHS inspector general\u2019s office in coordination with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"516\">FBI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the second fatal ICE-involved shooting in as many weeks. The last one occurred in Houston, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"253\">Texas<\/a>, where Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, allegedly attempted to run over federal law enforcement with his vehicle in the moments leading up to the shooting. Democrats were similarly upset about that incident as they were about the one in Maine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Senate hopefuls oppose ICE after Colombian&#8217;s shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2629544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26194658605732.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82694,63974,61071,45119,38972],"class_list":["post-2629543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrat-candidates","tag-ice-shooting","tag-law-enforcement-controversy","tag-maine-politics","tag-political-reaction"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26194658605732.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2629546,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629543\/revisions\/2629546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}