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And you think you know better than veterans about how to win a war. "You can think you know better than seniors about social security. "You think you know better than women and doctors about abortion," Kelly said. Wade, and attacked Masters for his past statements describing abortion as "demonic" and "religious sacrifice." Kelly answered "of course" when asked if he'd vote to codify Roe v. On abortion - a hot-button issue in Arizona after a federal judge last month upheld a 1901 law prohibiting all abortions other than those necessary to save the life of the mother and mandating jail time for providers - the two candidates offered vastly different views. Kelly warned that the "wheels" could "come off our democracy" if candidates like Masters, who he says continue to questioning the integrity of American elections, win this November. "I haven't seen evidence of that," Masters said, breaking from former President Donald Trump, who endorsed him over the summer. Masters, who said in a campaign ad last year, "I think Trump won in 2020," has softened some stances since beating out four other candidates in the August primary and conceded under questioning from moderator Ted Simons of Arizona PBS that he hasn't seen evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 race. I mean, my gosh, have you seen the gas prices lately?" before acknowledging Biden as the "the legitimate president."īut the political newcomer then pivoted into a conspiracy theory about how the FBI pressured Facebook and other big tech companies to censor information about Hunter Biden's alleged crimes in the weeks before the 2020 election. Masters called on Kelly to "respectfully resign" if he has truly done everything he can to secure the border.ĭuring the hour-long debate, the candidates also sparred over the 2020 election, inflation, abortion rights and water security.Īsked if Biden is the legitimately elected president, Masters at first sarcastically offered, "Joe Biden is absolutely the president. Kelly, who won a special election in 2020 by getting more votes in Arizona than Biden himself, has distanced himself from Democrats' messaging on immigration amid a record number of arrests or detentions of migrants at the southern border.
"Two years ago, Mark Kelly stood right there, and he promised to be independent," Masters said in his opening.
The debate between Kelly, his Republican challenger Blake Masters and Libertarian Marc Victor comes just one week before early ballots are sent out in a race that could determine which party has majority control of the Senate next year, as polls show the race is tightening.
"When the Biden administration refused to increase oil and gas production, I told him he was wrong," he offered at another point. "When Democrats are wrong, like on the border, I call them out on it, because I'm always going to stick up for Arizona," Kelly said in his opening remarks on stage at Arizona State University's downtown campus on Thursday. PHOENIX - In the first and likely only debate for the Arizona Senate race, Democrat Mark Kelly pitched himself to independent voters as someone who can stand up to President Joe Biden and his own party, particularly on border security.
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