NBC News panelist says crime having 'devastating effect' on Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin
10.10.2022 - 17:39
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NBC News panelist Brendan Buck said Sunday that crime was having a "devastating effect" on Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who is running against Sen.
Ron Johnson, R-WI., in the Wisconsin senate race. Buck, a former adviser to Paul Ryan and John Boehner, told the NBC "Meet the Press" panel that most Republicans were "running on crime." "Particularly in Wisconsin, it is working to devastating effect on Mandela Barnes. Republicans, Ron Johnson is someone who should be very vulnerable, but he has been hitting this crime issue. And in some places, it’s just going to work better than others," he said during "Meet the Press" on Sunday. The panel discussed a moment from the debate between Johnson and Barnes on Friday.
Johnson said that he thanks police officers for their service and added, "please don't be dispirited by the loud few who are trying to defund you." Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes waits before a televised debate with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Friday, Oct.
7, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Barnes fired back and said he was "sure" Johnson didn't have the same interaction with the "140 officers that were injured during the January 6 insurrection." "Let's talk about the 140 officers that he left behind because of an insurrection that he supported," Barnes said. Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told the panel that Democrats have to speak to crime and that Barnes missed an opportunity when he talked about Jan. 6. "I think that was a little disconnected from what people in Wisconsin are feeling.
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