Arizona. In the grand canyon state, former astronaut mark kelly is challenging republican incumbent senator Martha Mcsally. Good evening, welcome to the special election 2020 debate between u. S. Senate candidates republican senator Martha Mcsally and democratic challenger mark kelly. This is the only live debate between these two candidates. It is a joint effort brought to you by the Arizona Citizens Elections Commission and media organizations from across the state. Im ted simons, host and managing editor of arizona horizon and joining me tonight, political report we are the Arizona Republic and also the host of arizona 360 on kuat and the host of the show on kjzz radio. We are broadcasting to you live from the studios at arizona pbs and asus Walter Cronkite school of journalism in downtown phoenix. Tonights debate is also being live streamed on participating medias websites including ez central. Com, kjzz, azpbs. Org and azpm. Org. Topics were chosen by journalists from the four par
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Ksattv. Rep. Will hurd rtexas who announced that he will not run for reelection. Togood evening at welcome southwest texas junior college, and Sul Ross State University satellite location here and you bow they. I want to explain this is a year like no other and an election like no other. And this is a debate like no other. We are here in a mostly empty auditorium. The pandemic has required that. You might notice centerstage as an eight by 12 foot plexi glass wall. Part of what we are going to do is politics through the plexiglas. We have our photographers in this auditorium. We are following strict protocols. The three of us are on stage, the two candidates and myself, and people from southwest texas junior college. We are thrilled to wring this to from the heart of district 23. We have a timekeeper to my right who is going to keep time and she is from this area so, sandra, im glad we could cut down on your commute. Let me the candidates. Two people who want to take over the Office Cur
The three of us are on stage, the two candidates and myself, and people from southwest texas junior college. We are thrilled to wring this to from the heart of district 23. We have a timekeeper to my right who is going to keep time and she is from this area so, sandra, im glad we could cut down on your commute. Let me the candidates. Two people who want to take over the Office Currently have i urd, who chosell h not to run for reelection. Jones, amongtiz her endorsements, joe biden. Her opponent, republican Tony Gonzales back by our current president , donald trump. Tonight, these two square off face to face. I want to welcome Gina Ortiz Jones and Tony Gonzales. Thank you both for being here tonight. Thank you. Thank you. The debate is simple. I have got over the rules with the campaigns. I will be giving the campaigns but we have questions submitted online from viewers. For most questions the respondents will have one minute to answer. Then i as moderator have the option to expand on
Personally bought insurance for themselves fearing they would be sued because of the, quote, madhouse going on behind the scenes of the fbi, the misconduct there. The flynn probe was such a problem, it was a, quote, nightmare at the fbu, that the agent running it, quote, was obsessed with conspiracy theories. That person thought to be Andrew Mccabe. And so flimsy was the case against flynn, that the fbi planned to shut it down earlier than realized, in november of 2016, the day trump won. But top fbi officials kept it alive to satisfy the Obama Administration. Plus, ken starr back with us on this revelation, a key fbi agent who worked on both the flynn case and the Mueller Probe said he believes the flynn probe was part of a, quote, push to get trump, that trumprussia collusion was not there, it was a dead end, that the flynn probe was so, quote, problematic and based on such dumb theory thats a quote that he even warned there would be an investigation into what the fbi would do, and h