Sen. Ron Johnson and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes repeatedly went after each other in a heated debate that focused heavily on crime, gun violence and the economy.
At various points, both candidates responded to questions from the moderators by lobbing attacks at each other — sometimes wholly unrelated to the topic at hand. The tenor of the insults peaked toward the end of the evening, when Johnson was asked to talk about one thing he admired about his opponent.
“He hasn’t done a single thing for us. He’s had 12 years to show up for work and Wisconsinites,” Barnes said. At one point, when the moderators introduced their questions about how the candidates would address gun violence by bringing up a 12-year-old girl who was killed this week when a stray bullet hit her as she was helping her mother unload groceries, Barnes used the moment to hit Johnson.
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