Health care dominates Senate debate
Incumbent Sen.
"I was the final vote to save health care," Donnelly said.
Republican
"When you have a leader ... you can hold premiums flat for the past 10 years," Braun said.
Libertarian
Donnelly stressed the need to protect coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. He asked Braun to speak against the
Braun said he would never oppose guaranteeing coverage for pre-existing conditions in any replacement of Obamacare, but he didn't answer Donnelly's question about that lawsuit.
On the issues
Braun said he is endorsed by major pro-life organizations.
"I'm a pro-life senator," Donnelly said. He has made sure federal funds were never used for abortion services, he said, but it's also important "for our moms, for our sisters, for our wives and our daughters" to have exceptions for rape, incest and saving a mother's life.
"It's the family's decision with their pastor" when the mother's life is threatened, Donnelly said.
"If we don't protect the smallest, most vulnerable people, then we're on a downward slide to euthanasia," Brenton said.
Donnelly repeatedly stressed his success in passing right-to-try legislation that allows patients facing terminal illness to obtain unapproved drugs in the hope that it might save their lives.
President
Braun said anyone would have voted for that common-sense legislation. But Donnelly follows the marching orders of Senate Democratic leader
"I go against my own party all the time," Donnelly said.
Donnelly said he voted with Trump 62 percent of the time, including voting for
Donnelly opposed
Braun called Donnelly "wrong on almost everything, including
"We're not there as a copy machine. We're there to be a help to
"Just because we're women doesn't mean we're automatically telling the truth," Brenton said.
"I would have been no from
"I believe in the Second Amendment, but I also believe with rights come responsibilities," Donnelly said.
He supports stopping the gun show loophole, which allows same-day purchases, and restricting sales to felons and others who might be a threat.
"If you're on a terrorist watch list, you can still get a gun," he said.
"I'm going to be for anything that proves effective to keep the guns out of the hands of criminals," Braun said, but he wants to see evidence before enacting any gun control.
Brenton said she and her husband keep their guns locked.
"We shouldn't have to have laws to do this. This is common sense," she said.
"One of the first things we can do is protect our Pell Grants," Donnelly said.
Braun praised
Brenton said government should get out of the education business.
On the offensive
Donnelly and Braun directed their criticism toward each other, often making the same point repeatedly.
"It's going to be an awfully long evening if we just sit here and listen to them recite their commercials back and forth between each other," Brenton said.
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