Amy McGrath, the Democrat trying to unseat Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky, challenged him on Thursday to three debates focused on health care and the economic crisis facing the nation amid the coronavirus pandemic. “One debate must address the health care crisis in Kentucky that has been so dramatically exacerbated by Washington’s unwillingness to control this pandemic,” Ms. McGrath wrote in a letter to Mr. McConnell, the Senate majority leader. “And as more than 1 million Kentuckians have filed for unemployment during this crisis, one debate must also address pulling our country out of this economic catastrophe.”Ms. McGrath also insisted “for the sake of our democracy” that a libertarian candidate in the race who could siphon votes away from Mr. McConnell, a Republican, be allowed to join them onstage. Mr. McConnell had invited Ms. McGrath, a former fighter pilot, a day earlier to a one-on-one Lincoln-Douglas style debate with only a neutral time-keeping moderator.

Source: New York Times August 20, 2020 19:07 UTC