California Senate Debate: Katie Porter Attacks Adam Schiff, Candidates Oppose Immigration Bill And Support AI Regulation
deadline.comThere were few surprises at the third and likely final pre-primary meet up of the four leading candidates for California‘s open U.S.
Senate seat, a race increasingly defined by a race for No. 2 behind front-runner Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA). The NBC4/KNBC and Telemundo 52/KVEA event at Universal Studios was perhaps the most muted of all three debates, with few fireworks and the candidates often reverting to their talking points.
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) focused her attacks on Schiff, her colleague in the House, including a tiff over the value of earmarks. “For too many decades, Washington does sweetheart deals for certain defense contractors through earmarks,” Porter said. “And there is a candidate on this stage who has done that, again and again, getting earmarks for his private corporate donors who are big defense contractors.” Schiff responded, “We have a strong disagreement over whether senators should bring back resources for their state.
I believe that they should. Senator Porter doesn’t believe they should. She prefers a political talking point.” A poll on Tuesday showed Schiff leading, but Republican Steve Garvey moving solidly into the second place spot.
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