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Opinion
John Fetterman’s Disaster Shows Why Debates Might Go Extinct
OBSOLETE?
With candidates of both parties skipping debates (or being dragged kicking and screaming to the podium), this American political tradition could be done.
Matt Lewis
Senior Columnist
Published
Oct. 26 2022
1:55PM EDT
opinion
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