Tammy Baldwin and Eric Hovde spar over abortion and the economy in tense Wisconsin Senate debate
Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican Eric Hovde sparred over abortion rights and economic issues in the Wisconsin Senate debate.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican Eric Hovde sparred over abortion rights and economic issues Friday night during their first and only debate of a hotly contested Wisconsin Senate race that has tightened just weeks before Election Day.
The tenor of the hour-long face-off was mostly civil, but both candidates fired off acidic lines and retorts at times, with Hovde repeatedly accusing Baldwin of lying and Baldwin often accusing Hovde of misrepresenting his positions on an array of issues.
The most tense moments of the evening came when the two candidates tangled over reproductive rights.
Following one of many attacks Hovde fired off at Baldwin’s partner, the two-term incumbent hit back, saying, “Eric Hovde should stay out of my personal life — and I think I speak for most Wisconsin women that he should stay out of all of our personal lives.”
Moments earlier, asked whether Roe v. Wade should be made the “law of the land,” Baldwin replied that, “a woman’s rights and freedoms should not depend upon her zip code or state.”
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