Blake Masters, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Arizona who has baselessly denied the results of 2020 election, on Thursday called Joe Biden the “legitimate president” and said he had seen no evidence the vote count was rigged, even as he continued spreading groundless allegations of government meddling in the outcome.
The comments by Masters in a debate with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), who he trails in the polls, marked a stark shift from a campaign ad last year, in which the Republican said, “I think Trump won in 2020.” But even as Masters sought to de-emphasize that position, he groundlessly claimed the federal government “forced” big tech companies to censor information that would have propelled Donald Trump to victory.
Kelly, meanwhile, worked to distance himself from President Biden, at one point saying he told Biden he was “wrong” when the president “decided he was going to do something dumb” on border policy with Mexico. And he attacked Masters over abortion and Social Security, hammering him over prior comments he had made.
“I think we all know guys like this. You know, guys that think they know better than everyone about everything. You know, you think you know better than women and doctors about abortion. You even think you know better than seniors about Social Security,” said Kelly.
Clashing at the first and perhaps only debate in a battleground Senate race that will help determine control of the chamber next year, Masters and Kelly often geared their...
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