SEDALIA, Mo. – Missouri candidates for the U.S. Senate nearly came nose to nose at the state fair in Sedalia Thursday.
In the more than 120 years of the fair, there has been occasional political clash, but no one seemed to remember anything like this.
Incumbent Republican Sen. Josh Hawley and his Democrat challenger Lucas Kunce were face-to-face at the ham breakfast, a fair tradition.
They sparred verbally for several minutes over holding a debate at or near the fairgrounds.
“Can you say yes to (a) Fox News (debate)?” Kunce repeatedly asked Hawley.
“Are you going to be debate today? If you show up to debate today, we’ll do a whole bunch more,” Hawley responded.
“I don’t think the guy seems very real,” Kunce told FOX 2 afterward. “It’s all kind of a show–he’s a real performer.”
“You’re still going to debate him somewhere?” FOX 2’s Andy Banker later asked Hawley.
“Sure, if we think he’s going to show up somewhere,” he answered.
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