Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) had an exceptional performance in the debate against Democrat midterm challenger Congresswoman Val Demings on Tuesday, hammering her for her extreme position on a variety of issues as the moderators continued to show their biased hand.
During one particular biased moment at the debate, the moderator pressed Rubio to state if he supports any exceptions for abortion while not once pressing Val Demings on if she supports any restrictions for the practice. Even though Rubio said that he has always supported federal abortion bans that provide exceptions regardless of his personal pro-life positions, the moderator kept pressing him on the question.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) refuses, for the second time, to answer the moderator’s question about whether he would support a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape and incest:
“We’re never gonna get a vote on a law that doesn’t have exceptions.” pic.twitter.com/D5f3U3QNCc
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Despite the biased questioning, Rubio continued his attacks on Val Demings and noted that she holds an extremist position on abortion, such as her support for taxpayer-funded abortions and the fact that she could not admit to sponsoring any restrictions.
“The extremist on abortion in this campaign is Congresswoman Demings,” he said. “She supports no restrictions, no limitations of any kind. She’s against a four-month ban, she voted against a five-month ban. She supports taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand for any reason at any time up until the moment of birth. That’s what she supports, that’s the extreme position here.”
In the opening question, debate moderator Todd McDermott showed his biased hand by characterizing the recent disastrous Hurricane Ian as a product of climate change.
“Three weeks ago tomorrow, Hurricane Ian hit Florida as one of the five most powerful storms to make landfall in the U.S. What federal action is needed, starting…