Sen. Josh Hawley Clashes With Opponent Lucas Kunce At Missouri State Fair

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Sen. Josh Hawley Clashes With Opponent Lucas Kunce At Missouri State Fair

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hasn’t been able to

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with Democratic challenger

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so he decided to take matters into his own hands on Thursday.

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Kunce’s campaign has agreed to five televised debates,

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but declined to participate in a proposed untelevised debate hosted by t

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since that group has already endorsed Hawley and donated $5,000 to his campaign,

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In a letter sent to the bureau, the Kunce campaign cited a law that says groups that endorse and back candidates financially cannot host a debate, the website said.

“Lucas does not wish to expose the Farm Bureau or your members to unnecessary risk,” Kunce campaign manager Caleb Cavaretta wrote.

Hawley apparently decided the best way to get a debate going was to track down Kunce at the State Fair in Sedalia on Thursday and demand they do it then and there.

And, yes, he made sure a camera crew was following him.

Hawley’s video shows him walking around the fair like a man on a mission.

“Guys, how are you? Let’s go find Lucas Kunce. Let’s go find him,” he says to bystanders. “Come on, where’s he been? I haven’t seen him. You guys seen him? He hasn’t been out of his basement in two weeks, let’s go find him. Where is he? Where is he? Where is he? Where is he?”

About 23 seconds into the video, Hawley connects with Kunce, who says, “How you doing, man?” to which Hawley replies, “We gonna debate today?”

After Kunce says he doesn’t know what Hawley is talking about, the senator responds, “You don’t know? I read your ********* letter to the Farm Bureau. Are you going to sue the Farm Bureau?”

The exchange continued …

Kunce: Dude, you’re really obsessed with this stuff.

Hawley: Come on!

Kunce: You’re really obsessed with this stuff.

Hawley: Come on! Are you going to debate me today?

Kunce: You already got the Farm Bureau and the state fair in trouble, man.

Hawley: Let’s go!

At one point, Hawley taunted Kunce, saying, “By the way, are you gonna do any campaign events around the state or just media?”

Kunce responded using

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in recent weeks.

“Josh, why are you so weird?” Kunce responded. “Man, why are you so creepy?”

You can see the encounter from Hawley’s perspective below.

Kunce offered his own post, one that showed Hawley not committing to the debates he’s already agreed to.

Josh Hawley’s one rule to debate: No one sees it.

From robbing us of $250k in taxpayer dollars, to voting against IVF, he’s terrified of being exposed to Missouri voters. That’s why he’s refused to accept a single televised debate—even on Fox News.

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— Lucas Kunce (@LucasKunceMO)

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Not surprisingly, the skirmish between the Senate candidates attracted attention on social media.

It’s WEIRD that you won’t do a televised debate. Why would he debate you at the fair when he’s there to meet and connect with voters? PLUS – televised debates are FACT-CHECKED. You scared of the fact checks, dude? We all know you promoted the

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about the election!

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— Ashley Votes Blue

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