Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley insulted and spoke over each other several times in their only debate of a rough-and-tumble campaign season. They presented sharply contrasting plans for the state Wednesday night. The televised debate happened six days before the election.
Brandon Presley, the Democratic nominee for governor, left, debates with Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves during a televised gubernatorial debate Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks with reporters following the televised gubernatorial debate with the Democratic challenger Brandon Presley, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Jackson, Miss.
“I’m not going to be cold-hearted to single parent families that sometimes find themselves in this situation,” Presley said. “I believe everybody I meet is a child of God, is somebody that Jesus went to the cross to die for. And I believe we should treat them with dignity and respect.”“Brandon, you don’t speak for me and you don’t speak for Republicans,” Reeves said.
Medicaid expansion is an option under the health care overhaul that then-President Barack Obama signed into law in 2010. Mississippi is one of 10 states that have not taken the option. The non-expansion states have a Republican governor, a Republican-controlled legislature or — like Mississippi — both.
Reeves called for full elimination of the state income tax, while Presley called for reduction in Mississippi’s 7% tax on groceries, which is the highest in the nation.
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