Locked in an extraordinarily tight race, Vance and Ryan battled over who was the bigger “ass-kisser” or “suck-up” to their respective party leaders in the final debate between Ohio’s Senate hopefuls on Monday night.
J.D. Vance contended that Tim Ryan’s “entire campaign is based on sucking up to the National Democratic establishment.” | Tom E. Puskar/AP PhotoThe final debate between Ohio’s Senate hopefuls on Monday night got so ugly that it was mildly surprising to see Republican J.D. Vance and Democratic Rep.Locked in an extraordinarily tight race, Vance and Ryan battled over who was the bigger “ass-kisser” or “suck-up” to their respective party leaders.
With no Vance voting record to attack, Ryan is seeking to cast his opponent as subservient to Trump and GOP donor Peter Thiel, who spent $15 million to get Vance through the primary. Meanwhile, Vance uses Ryan’s Democratic voting record as a cudgel in a state where his rival needs to bring home Republicans to win.
But it was a question about the racist Great Replacement Theory, which falsely asserts that minorities are an existential threat to white people, that elicited the most heated exchange during the debate.
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