This is the best Massachusetts can come up with? Oh, I forgot, they also have Mitt Romney.
Boston Globe (9/23/19) reports: Sen. Ed Markey is responding to Rep. Joe Kennedy’s primary challenge with a challenge of his own. Within minutes of Kennedy formally announcing his Senate campaign Saturday morning, Markey called on the Massachusetts congressman and his two other Democratic primary challengers to agree to a debate specifically focused on climate change in November...Kennedy, who also supports a Green New Deal, has also made a point of contrasting his support for eliminating the Senate filibuster, which requires a 60-vote threshold to pass most legislation, with Markey’s position on the supermajority rule...And while he didn’t suggest a particular location, the debate would effectively be held on his home turf. In addition to co-authoring the Green New Deal, Markey has made environmental issues one of his central focuses since he was first elected to the House in 1976; as a congressman, he also cowrote the only major climate change bill to pass in the House (the legislation died in the Senate). Last week, Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Markey for re-election, citing his record on the environment, among other issues."
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