Starting in 10 minutes! Follow along for live tweets from me and from @Adair4Congress https://twitter.com/MichaelCarterSC/status/1318645570244907010
Starting off with a few Jaime/Lindsey ads, because of course!
@JudiGatson with an ipad and TWO iPhones, all on holsters. Respect!
Opening statements: Joe Wilson hasn't debated in a long, long time. Take some time to breathe, bud.
Adair: grew up in the district, USDOJ (because if my daddy can pay taxes, so can corporations). Worked on the trial of Dylann Roof in Charleston, started a nonprofit to help people in the middle. The CONTRAST!
Adair on the economy during COVID: "America has given more stimulus money to a single airline than the entire childcare industry"
Joe Wilson on America's COVID response: "I'm very pleased." Name drop, name drop. Glad to see progress other leaders are making. Another name drop.
New drinking game: drink every time Joe Wilson name-drops someone else doing things to work on issues he's ignoring
Oh Adair is going for it!! "I'm glad the Congressman is finally recognizing [rural broadband] as an issue"
"AND YET ITS NOT DONE!!"
Adair: "If we want politicians who put people over party and solutions over grandstanding, we need some voters to do the same. We need new leadership."
On the coronavirus response, @RepJoeWilson praises Gov. McMaster's "restraint." Seriously??
Uhm...did anyone follow the rest of that Wilson response
Adair, on abortion (paraphrase): "What should we do when a woman is 39 weeks pregnant and wants an abortion just 'cause? Nothing. Because that doesn't happen. And bad politicians lie about that to manipulate good people."
Joe Wilson paradoxically doesn't support individual term limits because it empowers special interests...but DOES support term limits for all members of Congress??? Hello? Is anyone home?
On China now. Wilson: "Wuhan Virus" and more racism. Adair: not pulling dumb trade war stunts and not destroying our alliances faster than China is creating them!
Trade and farmers. Adair: Farmers in this district were decimated by the trade war, and got NOTHING in return. We need trade agreements with teeth, where our allies follow us to the table. Wilson: "My opponent is correct"
Joe Wilson stop name dropping people challenge! Voters don't care who you know, they care what you DO!
Medical marijuana for veterans! Adair for, Wilson against. Leaving our veterans to choose between opioids and NOTHING is a cruel choice.
OOOOH!!! On seniority - Adair points out that when Wilson was supposed to become ranking member of House Armed Services Committee, GOP leadership MOVED SOMEONE MORE SENIOR onto the committee to block him! Seniority and leadership are NOT the same.
Adair says we need to draw down in the Middle East **with a plan**. Wilson says that pulling out of Afghanistan "could be" an area where he disagrees with the President...because he wants to keep them there
Wilson: "COMPLETE THE WALL." Lol. Name drops his son. Adair: more interested in efficacy and solutions than on wasting billions in taxpayer money. Most illegal immigration happens at ports of entry, where you won't have a wall..."because it's a PORT of ENTRY."
Wilson supports the President taking money AWAY from SC military bases and putting it into that useless wall. Wilson is no ally of South Carolina's military residents.
Text: "where the hell is healthcare?" Good question. @WIS10 needs to ask the question on everyone's mind.
On COVID relief: Wilson supposedly for, despite all his votes to the contrary. Something something Pelosi. "I support the efforts of Senator Mitch McConnell."
Adair: PPP needs to be implemented better so mom n pop shops actually gets the funds they need. Adair finds it funny that Wilson is so concerned about the debt now, when it's grown by 16 TRILLION while he's been in office
YES!!! Adair brings up healthcare on her own. We need choice!
Final question: job growth, unemployment. Adair points out that unemployment is "going down" because people are leaving the workforce.
Joe Wilson has been "asleep at the wheel" for two decades, let our infrastructure crumble, and now no one wants to do business here. Adair says we need investment, to revamp the SRS as a cybersecurity site, and to keep businesses afloat during the pandemic.
Joe Wilson has said "my opponent is right" at least 4 times so far. He's correct on that front!
Adair trying to pivot again to healthcare - why didn't any of them ask about it? Seriously? Pointing out that Joe Wilson was the deciding vote against letting Medicare negotiate drug prices, driving up the cost.
Closing statements: Wilson says something about rioting, and "American families are not safe."
Adair's closing statement: talking about he church choir, which sewed her dresses for her scholarship trip to DC. She's aware of where she came from and wants to GIVE BACK!
"If you want someone who's going to stay up all night for you, who's going to stay on the phone 18 hours a day for you, vote for me." - @Adair4Congress
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