U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Oshkosh) and his Democratic rival Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes met in their second debate of the campaign Thursday night. Johnson largely focused on Barnes’ lack of experience in the private sector and purported soft on crime polices, as well as Democrats’ handling of the economy and immigration issues. Johnson repeatedly said Barnes was an “actor” and claimed “falsehoods seems to roll off [Barnes’] tongue.”
Barnes, on the other hand, focused on Johnson’s support for overturning federal abortion protections and his involvement in the January 6, 2021, violence at the U.S. Capitol. “In Ron Johnson’s America, women won’t get to make the best choice for their health care,” Barnes said. Barnes also repeatedly questioned Johnson’s success as a businessman in the private sector and claimed Johnson’s biggest accomplishment in business was saying, “I do,” implying the senator married into his business as a plastics manufacturer.
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