Insults were exchanged and accusations were abundant during the final scheduled Ohio U.S. Senate debate between Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican nominee J.D. Vance on Oct. 17.
The candidates are vying to replace retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman in a race that is expected to determine which party controls the chamber.
Tension escalated towards the end of the hour-long debate when a moderator asked Vance and Ryan their view about the “great replacement” theory, which is a doctrine that liberals are attempting to take power by replacing white voters with non-whites through immigration among other ways.
One moderator asked Vance about the great replacement theory and added, “If the flow of non-white immigrants isn’t stopped. Mr Vance, you have warned of an immigrant invasion, according to a wise story from last May. Who are these invaders? And how are they coming into this country?”…