Sen. Rubio and Democratic challenger Rep. Demings duel over inflation, abortion rights and immigration in what is expected to be their only debate before the election.
The hourlong debate held at Palm Beach State College was punctuated by persistent interruptions and insults as the candidates each criticized the other's legislative record on Capitol Hill.
Rubio, who hopes to secure a third term in the Senate, cast Demings as having achieved little since she was first elected to the House in 2016. “We are not going back, senator, no matter how obsessed you are with a woman’s body and her right to choose,” she said. “We are not going back to a time where women are treated like second-class citizens or like property.”, saying he didn't think the situation would present itself.
Rubio over the years has supported various forms of abortion bans, some with exceptions and some without.When he went on the offensive, Rubio blamed Democrats for the high rate of inflation and suggested that Demings and her Democratic colleagues failed to heed warnings from economists who had argued that checks designed to help buoy Americans amid the financial challenges of the coronavirus pandemic would later"fire up inflation.
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