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Lt. Gov. Jay Collins uses own prosthetic leg to make 'trophy' point
Lt. Gov. Jay Collins pulled off his prosthetic leg at Milton stop to counter opponent Byron Donalds' quip. "This is my participation trophy," he said.
At a June 16 campaign stop in Milton, Lt. Gov. Jay Collins took an interesting step, if you will, in formulating his response to a quip from the campaign of U.S. Rep Byron Donalds , the Republican front runner in the r ace for governor .
Reacting to a reporter question about the Donalds' campaign brushing off debating his opponents by saying "there are not participation trophies in politics," the twice-battle injured former Special Operations soldier removed his prosthetic lower leg.
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