Three ABC News reporters covering the Senate races in Arizona, Tennessee and Texas joined Political Director Rick Klein and Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl on the "PowerHouse Politics" podcast this week to give their insights on the three highly-watched contests.White House Correspondent Tara Palmeri is in Arizona where the two Senate candidates faced off in their first and only debate on Monday night.GOP Rep. Martha McSally, a retired Air Force officer and the first female combat fighter in American history, went after Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema for her participation in anti-war protests. Palmeri said McSally has been able to capitalize on Sinema’s anti-war past.“Sinema has done a major transformation. She used to be an activist tied with the Green Party and she was very anti-war,” Palmeri said. “But she has voted with Trump 62 percent of the time. So she’s not entirely, you know, a progressive liberal.”McSally, who did not endorse Trump in his 2016 bid, has closely aligned herself with President Trump during her campaign. Her voting record shows that she votes with Trump 97 percent of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight.“She’s still clearly not willing to take any shots at the president. She defended his child separation policy at the border saying the only way to enforce the law is to separate families but she thinks there should be better options,” Palmeri said.In another open race, Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Democrat Phil Bredesen, a former governor, are going head-to-head in Tennessee to win the seat for retiring GOP Sen. Bob Corker. President Trump endorsed Blackburn and has rallied with her in what has shaped up to be the most expensive Senate race in Tennessee history.ABC’s Chris Donato is in Tennessee to cover early voting. He said that, as is the case with other Democrats vying for seats in red states, the battle over Kavanaugh seems to have harmed Bredesen.
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18 Ekim 2018 - 09:59
The final weeks in three close Senate races
Three ABC News reporters covering the Senate races in Arizona, Tennessee and Texas joined Political Director Rick Klein and Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl on the "PowerHouse Politics" podcast this week to give their insights on the three highly-watched contests. White House Correspondent Tara Palmeri is in Arizona where the two Senate candidates faced off in their first and only debate on Monday night.
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18 Ekim 2018 - 09:59