Tonight is the first big showdown between appointed U.S. Sen.
Martha McSally and her Democratic opponent, Mark Kelly, the former NASA
astronaut who is leading in the polls.
McSally and Kelly will meet at 7 p.m. for a 90-minute debate
that’s being moderated by Phoenix NPR station KJZZ’s Steve Goldstein, Ted
Simons of Arizona PBS, Lorraine Rivera of Arizona Public Media and Yvone
Wingett Sanchez of the Arizona Republic.
You can watch the debate in Tucson on PBS 6.
Ahead of the debate, Kelly rolled out new TV ad from Sen. Kyrsten
Sinema, the Democrat who defeated McSally in 2018. (McSally was later appointed
to a U.S. Senate seat by Gov. Doug Ducey to finish the term of the late John
McCain.)
Sinema charges that “McSally will say anything
to get elected” and adds that the Republican incumbent hitting Kelly with the same
kind of “false attacks” that she tried against Sinema two years ago.
“But Martha’s worst lies
are the ones about her own record,” Sinema concludes. “She voted to eliminate protections for pre-existing health
conditions. An Arizona senator
should be an independent voice that puts everyday people first.
That’s why I support Mark.”
Polling shows Sinema is considerably more popular that
McSally in the state. At the start of 2020, McSally was ranked among the most
unpopular senators in the country, with 37 percent of those surveyed approving
of the job she’s doing and 40 percent disapproving, giving her a with a net
approval of -3. Sinema, by contrast, had an approval rating of 44 percent and a
disapproval rating oof 30 percent, giving her a net approval rating of +14.
Piggybacking on the theme that McSally can’t be trusted, the
Arizona Democratic Party rolled out a new website, MisleadingMcSally.com, linking
to various news outlets and fact-checking sites that have called out McSally
for false or dishonest statements.
Among the areas that the site explores: McSally’s record on
preexisting conditions, which she herself admitted was a major vulnerability in
her unsuccessful 2018 campaign for Senate. Democrats link back to articles by
PolitiFact and the Washington Post fact checker that recount McSally’s previous
votes for eliminating protections for people with preexisting conditions by
repealing the Affordable Care Act to counter McSally’s vow that she will “always”
protect people with preexisting conditions. It also reminds readers that
McSally has not opposed the Trump administration’s effort to persuade the U.S.
Supreme Court to dismantle the entire Affordable Care Act.
This article appears in Oct 1-7, 2020.
Each will accuse the other of being a bigger crook then they are. Both are owned by special interest where they get their money to flood the airways with their crap. vote third party.
BigChuck
I agree with Capt Az but Kelly is a Lefty who will fight agains the Second Amendment and will stop all good things Trump has accomplished! If the Dems win this election the economy will crash forever on Nov 4! I’m Independent but will vote for McSally! Trump is a jerk but has accomplished everything he said he would do. Remember things were great before COVID and, BLM is Marxist. I am a Vet Patriot!
“Trump is a jerk but has accomplished everything he said he would do.”
What alternative universe are you residing in chukie? The only thing that you got correctly in your comment was the jerk part. If tRump accomplished everything then where’s that wall that the Mexicans were gonna pay for to keep themselves from entering the USA? That’s just one of many things tRump didn’t accomplish. No wonder you agree with bucky, you’re obviously as or more dillusional than him.
The wall is there and Mexico is paying dearly for it. If you understood the art of the deal you would have understood that. It is you who has missed all the promises kept.
Almost 4 million jobs created since election.
More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since my election.
Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES.
Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent.
New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low.
Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded.
Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
Women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years.
Youth unemployment has recently hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century.
Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma.
Under my Administration, veterans’ unemployment recently reached its lowest rate in nearly 20 years.
Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election.
The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. We are committed to VOCATIONAL education.
95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future—the highest ever.
Retail sales surged last month, up another 6 percent over last year.
Signed the biggest package of tax cuts and reforms in history. After tax cuts, over $300 billion poured back in to the U.S. in the first quarter alone.
As a result of our tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.
Helped win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Helped win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup.
Opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.
Record number of regulations eliminated.
Enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions.
Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE.
My Administration is providing more affordable healthcare options for Americans through association health plans and short-term duration plans.
Last month, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. And thanks to our efforts, many drug companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases.
We reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone.
Signed Right-To-Try legislation.
Secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
We have reduced high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent during my first year in office.
Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.
Increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high.
United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.
Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord.
Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal, so-called Clean Power Plan.
Secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year.
NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016.
Process has begun to make the Space Force the 6th branch of the Armed Forces.
Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration.
Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal.
Moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
Protecting Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court.
Issued Executive Order to keep open Guantanamo Bay.
Concluded a historic U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal to replace NAFTA. And negotiations with Canada are underway as we speak.
Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.
Imposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to protect our national security.
Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices.
Net exports are on track to increase by $59 billion this year.
Improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement.
We have begun BUILDING THE WALL. Republicans want STRONG BORDERS and NO CRIME. Democrats want OPEN BORDERS which equals MASSIVE CRIME.
What can one say AZ/DC!, Bucky & Chucky prove that ‘ole P.T. Barnum was right!
Yeah Wileybud, that’s a fact. You can include the windbag that posted before you also. That genius decided to include “We have begun BUILDING THE WALL.” Hey genius, Puten’s Puppet said the wall would be BUILT and Mexico was going to pay for it. NONE of that happened genius. And it won’t happen. Get a clue.
Yeah, I should have included Chuckybud. As you young people say “my bad”.
“My bad” as well. I spelled Putin as “Puten”. Hey, at least I don’t believe a bunch of exaggerations, things that get credit where credit isn’t due and outright lies about the covid king. I thank whatever it is that’s there to keep that in check. I have a sad feeling in my heart for those that don’t at least have that. Sincerely, DC
Watching the debate is like watching hitler attack stalin you don’t know who to BOO for! This is why I am voting third party. If you vote for one of these to corrupt bozos you only encourage the next bozos!
Documents released today show that Hillary conspired with Russians to spy on Trump campaign and Biden and Obama knew all about it.
Are any of you even smart enough to ask how Trump recovered so fast? Just as incompetent as the media.
project veritas caught trying to pay $10,000 dollars to liban osman who was to say on camera that he was paying voters to vote for ilhan omar! project veritas agent provocateur omar jamal was saying he would pay $10,000 to anyone that would say on project veritas cameras that they were paying voters to vote for ilhan omar. One problem after getting osman to lie on veritas video he didn’t have or pocketed the $10,000!
All I know is McSally’s campaign keeps spamming my phone with texts trying to scare me that Mark Kelly is going to come take away my guns. What BS. Definitely voting for Kelly.
My humble opinion is, if you’re considering a vote for ANY Democrat, just move to Venezuela instead. It’s already become a hole after socialism destroyed it…. This way, you won’t have to wait 20 years for the US to become that, and MY country won’t be destroyed by your stupidity.
Campaign ad fact checkers that have been around for decades call McSally’s ads some of the most untruthful and disgusting they’ve ever seen. The saying something, having seen ads since the 1960 election. 4 Pinocchio ratings usually means – desperate to stay in office with nothing positive to run on.
Mark Kelly – Independent????
Mark Kelly is a phony, liar, anti-American, open-borders, Gun Grabbing POS.
(needless to say – he’s a democrat.)
He will be the political ruin of Arizona.
I find campaign ad fact checkers some of the most partisan hacks that I have ever seen.
The moderator in last night’s debate repeated two different lies about Trump and the candidates responded to them. What a dumping of a ****load on the voters. The media must be punished for their dishonesty.
Kelly supporters kelly is jesus and mcsally the devil! Mcsalley supporters mcsally is the virgin mary and kelly is a communist chinese manchurian candidate. I will vote third party.
Kelly! He won’t make it….
Okay bslap, got it; you don’t own any guns.
Frankly captain, who cares.
GHA, I couldn’t agree more. Kelly is a POS. Although I never liked his wife’s politics and her tire company was shady, I was deeply disturbed when she was shot. Now he uses her a prop in his gun grabbing efforts and a ventriloquist dummy in his campaign commercials.