Even. Good to see you both. Thank you for joining us. Start with masks this evening. The mask issue became huge this weekend. Friday, 1 00 a. M. , when the president tweeted both him and his wife had tested positive for coronavirus. University of washington study projects that 160,000 more people could die by january 1. But that number could be reduced 95 of us were masks. Do you supporting mask mandate, where it is legally permissible . A mandate . Yes. I dont supporting mandate. I think there are appropriate guidelines people should follow, and certainly, within confined spaces, yes. I think it is appropriate to regulate what is going on. Guidelinesppropriate people will follow. I checked both of your twitter accounts regularly. I checked yours on thursday, october 1. There was a photograph of your shoulder to shoulder with a staffer, shoulder to shoulder and comedian, lenny clarke, inches away from five customers at the owl diner. None of them had masks. You didnt have a mask. How i
We do have a lot to get through so please do not filibuster. We will be keeping track of speaking time to keep things relatively even. Good to see you both and thanks for joining us. Thank you for having us. We are going to start with masks this evening. The mask issue became huge this weekend when the president tweeted that both he and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. The university of washingtons study projects that 160,000 more people could die by january 1. That number could be reduced by 96,000 if 95 of us wore masks. Lets start with you, Kevin Oconnor. Do you support a mask mandate where it is legally permissible . Mr. Oconnor a mandate . Yes. Mr. Oconnor i dont support a mandate. I think there are appropriate guidelines that people should follow, and certainly within confined spaces, yes, then i think its appropriate to regulate whats going on. When you say appropriate guidelines, i check both of your twitter accounts regularly. I checked yours on thursday, october 1. T
There is no opening statement, no closings, no time limits. We do have a lot to get through so please do not filibuster. We will be keeping track of speaking time to keep things relatively even. Good to see you both and thanks for joining us. Thank you for having us. We are going to start with masks this evening. The mask issue became huge this weekend when the president tweeted that both he and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. The university of washingtons study projects that 160,000 more people could die by january 1. That number could be reduced by 96,000 if 95 of us wore masks. Lets start with you, Kevin Oconnor. Do you support a mask mandate where it is legally permissible . Mr. Oconnor a mandate . Yes. Mr. Oconnor i dont support a mandate. I think there are appropriate guidelines that people should follow, and certainly within confined spaces, yes, then i think its appropriate to regulate whats going on. When you say appropriate guidelines, i check both of your twitter a
Between. We were both voluntarily tested. Each candidate has a separate studio by himself. Changed are the rules, of which there are none. There is no opening statement, no closings, no time limits. We do have a lot to get through so please do not filibuster. We will be keeping track of speaking time to keep things relatively even. Good to see you both and thanks for joining us. Thank you for having us. We are going to start with masks this evening. The mask issue became huge this weekend when the president tweeted that both he and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. The university of washingtons study projects that 160,000 more people could die by january 1. That number could be reduced by 96,000 if 95 of us wore masks. Lets start with you, Kevin Oconnor. Do you support a mask mandate where it is legally permissible . Mr. Oconnor a mandate . Yes. Mr. Oconnor i dont support a mandate. I think there are appropriate guidelines that people should follow, and certainly within confine
Traditionally, during election years, we hold our debate during the first saturday of the kansas state fair in hutchinson. Covid19 caused the cancellation of the 2020 kansas date fair but we continue with the tradition of hosting a debate and we would like to welcome those of you who are watching the debate on our livestream through our News Facebook and youtube pages. Right now, let us introduce you to the candidates for todays u. S. Senate debate. Dr. Roger marshall is the congressman for kansass congressional district. He is a physician who practiced was swornrs until he into congress in 2017. He has been married to his wife for 37 years and has four children and two grandchildren and one is on the way. Next is democratic candidate kansas state senator dr. Barbara. She is a Public Servant and retired doctor. She spent her entire career fighting for strong schools, Affordable Health she is committed to listening to and advocating for farmers and ranchers across kansas in the u. S. Se