Trailing in most of the latest polls, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown spent Tuesday in a last-minute effort to gain the support of blue-collar voters. At a polling place in West Roxbury, the Republican came face to face with a large contingent of union workers supporting Democrat Elizabeth Warren.

During the brief confrontation, Brown attempted to paint Warren as out of touch with the group.

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When Brown approached them, one union member yelled, “Pack your bags, buddy!” Others joined in the jeering: “Down with Brown!”

Brown, on the sidewalk, for a split second with no staff or his wife around him, looked genuinely disappointed.

“Really, guys?” he said. “I’m a 26-year union member and you’re busting my chops?” (Brown is a member of the Screen Actors Guild).

“You think she has anything in common with you?” Brown said, referring to Warren. It came out sounding more like a statement than a question.

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