Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, and Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes attacked each other on the economy, taxes, crime, abortion, immigration and other issues in their second and final debate before the November election.
Mr. Barnes framed Mr. Johnson as an incumbent who cut taxes to benefit his wealthy donors and as a lawmaker with extreme views on abortion who uses “fear mongering” to reject a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Mr. Johnson said he has worked to create jobs and helped small businesses with tax cuts and pledged to cut deficit spending in order to reduce runaway inflation, which he blamed on Democrats and the Biden administration.