Senators eschew debates in final campaign stretch

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Debates can often produce some of the most memorable moments of a campaign. But just two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, four states are unlikely to even hold debates on who to send to the U.S. Senate

Debates can often produce some of the most memorable moments of a campaign. But just two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, four states are unlikely even to hold debates on whom to send to the U.S. Senate.

Candidates typically don't agree to debates when they’re so confident they’ll win that they don't think it's necessary. Debating with an opponent also opens up the possibility of a fatal gaffe — just ask Richard Mourdock, a Republican Senate candidate from Indiana who appeared on his way to becoming a U.S. senator in 2012 until he said during a debate that a rape that resulted in pregnancy is "something that God intended to happen.

Ben Riggs, press secretary for Adrian Perkins, Cassidy’s main Democratic opponent, accused the senator of “dodging debates because he can’t stand on stage with Mayor Perkins and defend his record on pandemic relief or his many attempts to rob millions of Americans of health care.”

 

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They're probably the same senators who haven't held a Town Hall meeting in nearly 4 years like JohnCornyn. He's only done one debate & is refusing to do another probably because he can't answer the tough questions. VoteThemAllOut mjhegar Texans texasdemocrats

Wrong. The media likes debates because they need them to fill airtime and column inches. Today, debates just make everything worse.

My 🐓 💩 senator BillCassidy is indeed the perfect poster boy for this story.

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