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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:51 AM Nov 2017

Roy Moore is refusing to debate his Democratic Senate opponent [View all]

Source: Salon


Democratic candidate Doug Jones is calling Roy Moore an “embarrassment” for running away from a debate

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11.09.2017•8:28 AM

U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has ducked a debate against his opponent Doug Jones ahead of the special election to replace the former seat of now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

WHNT-TV and AL.com invited both of the candidates to participate in a live, commercial-free debate. The Jones campaign accepted, but the Moore campaign declined.

The local news channel says it offered the Moore campaign six different date possibilities, but Moore refused every one of them. WHNT said that senatorial candidates should be held accountable, but Moore is neglecting that duty.

The Jones campaign responded to the dereliction, suggesting that Moore's woeful platform explains why the former judge won't appear on stage with him.

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