From their homes or other remote locations. Candidates. Eet the they are doug collins, a republican from georgias ninth congressional district, a seat he has held since 2013. , a republicanfler appointed to the u. S. Senate in january, 2020, to replace a retiring senator. Slowinski, a real estate developer. Ander, a realist airmen. And Greg Bluestein is a political reporter with the atlanta journalconstitution. And the producer of morning edition. Secondses will have 60 to answer questions and 30 seconds to respond to rebuttals. If candidates feel they should get a rebuttal, they should raise their hand. When candidates are answering questions, i will hold up a piece of paper letting them know they have 10 seconds remaining. Now, lets get started. In the first round, every candidate will be asked one question. Lieberman, part of your platform rests on protecting voter rights. If elected to serve, what measures would you initiate after the special election to ensure everyone is heard an
A note. This country has seen a rise by white supremacist. We are now seeing information of new groups that recruit aggressively and openly celebrate violence as there ammo. This this is the build up foa long time. That terrible moment. Thats probably our main objective. Something official of the cues and teeth of being a major cause of violence in the nationwide protest following the killing of george floyd. Arrested after prosecutors said he was stockpiling weapons for an attack to fuel race wars. In the u. S. Rightwing extremist willing to at least 15 mers last year. Thats a 35 increase over 2017. The 17 your faces felony homicide charges for shooting three people during tuesday nights protest in kenosha. The alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was a classic case of terrorism and violence in the country could get worse. Rising political tensions, civil unrest and foreign disinformation campaigns. U. S. Security officials are warning that violent domestic extrem
Youre going to see democrats frame their questions along the line of political arguments. Democrats are going to focus on the Affordable Care act again, on abortion, all again arguing that she would turn the court to the right. For the nominee herself, judge barrett, she will follow whats called the ginsberg rule as stated by Justice Ginsberg during her 1993 hearings, and really say i cant answer how i would rule on a particular case. What case i might ciriticize frm the past in the Supreme Court because that could lead to bias when i do consider those cases but we do know about her judicial philosophy, and thats what theyre going to be talking about, she sees the law much like her old boss, the conservative justice antonin scalia. The way Justice Scalia ruled on abortion, and other controversial topics, you clerked for scalia and you follow his judicial philosophy. That would a dramatic departure from the way Ruth Bader Ginsburg saw the law. Lets listen in to senator lindsey graham. T
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Welcome to the Virginia Senate similar mark warner and republican candidate, and you might be possible for the Northern Virginia chamber of congress, and nbc board report. Streaming on nbc washington. Com a few things are a bit different because of the pandemic and myself are all in separate locations, as you can see the audience, and said they are joining us virtually via zoom thanks to the Northern Virginia numbers. Provide an opportunity and on issues important to virginia voters the most pervasive in the last one hour and begin with one and a half minutes opening. From each candidate in our panels and i will post listen to the candidates, these questions determined by nbc news and the palace if not reviewed by the candidates or any debate partners. Each candidate will have one minute to respond in a candidate answering first will get an additional 32nd rebuttal. As moderator, i reserve the right to follow up as needed. Then we will conclude with one minute closing statement. This t