Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, each sought to portray the other as out of step with Wisconsin voters during their televised debate Friday.
"Now, the senator called the overturning of Roe v. Wade a victory," Barnes said."He celebrated the court's decision. And he said that if women don't like the laws of their state, like the 1849 criminal abortion ban we have here, he said they can move. I can't think of more callous, out-of-touch, more extreme position to take.""We all agree that society has responsibility to protect life," Johnson said.
"Under my plan, dangerous people don't get to buy their way out of prison," said Barnes, who favors a system where conditions for keeping a defendant locked up are based on whether the person is a flight risk or a threat to public safety. Johnson countered,"We have a huge problem with skyrocketing crime. One of the issues is we're not keeping criminals in jail." The senator called out the parole policies of the administration of Gov. Tony Evers and Barnes.Hundreds of elections deniers running for office nationwide in 2022 pose 'major threat' to U.S. democracy
On policing, Johnson conceded that Barnes hasn't used the phrase"defund the police" but"he has a long history of being supported by people that are leading the effort" and uses"code words" like"over bloated police budgets." Barnes said"we need to do to make sure that communities have the resources they need to prevent crime from happening in the first place." He boasted of $100 million invested in state law enforcement through the American Rescue Plan, a bill Johnson voted against.
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