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The debate between Manchin and Morrisey starts at 7pm. A live audience isn't allowed (it's set up in a small studio here in Morgantown). Here's a link if you want to watch live on @ABCNewsLive: http://abcnews.com/live?stream=11
.@HoppyKercheval begins with Qs onTrump's rhetoric & shooting in nearby Pittsburgh:
Manchin: "I would hope that POTUS would tone down the rhetoric and I would hope that he would tone down the tweets"
Morrisey: Calls the fingerpointing in the aftermath of the shooting crass
Manchin: "There is no way I support a single payer system, I want to look at all systems...[Morrisey] wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act."
Morrisey on his lawsuit against protecting pre-existing conds: "No...we filed the suit, the suit is to get rid of Obamacare -this is another example of the misinformation in DC from the Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi machine. I support protecting people w/ pre-existing conditions"
Manchin says he would not have voted for the Affordable Care Act because of the individual mandate. He says Sen. McCain, with his thumbs down, was signaling that the system is broken
Manchin on his Kavanaugh vote and its timing after Collins announced her vote: "First of all I'm the only Democrat that voted for Judge Kavanaugh...I was the first to ask for an FBI investigation...I wasn't the last vote, I was 49th or 50."
Morrisey: Manchin "went and put powder on in the bathroom and then let Maine decide West Virginia's vote"
Morrisey is taking a play from Trump's midterm playbook...by talking a lot about Hillary Clinton over and over again (is this 2016?)
Morrisey on McConnell's comments on wanting to cut some entitlements: "Tell all the seniors out there Social Security and Medicare program, these are promises...we are absolutely not going to touch or hit people who are on these programs." He wants to cut fraud.
Morrisey says he supports sending troops to the border: "President Trump is absolutely right, we need to clamp down the borders...no amnesty."
Manchin: "I don't think illegals should be able to come here and set up shop, I think we should do everything we need to do to secure our borders."
Manchin is showing off his bipartisan chops -- name dropping Republican Senators as he talks about different policy points during the debate
Can birthright citizenship be changed by EO is it in 14th Amendment? Morrisey: "I think President Trump is right to look at the birthright lottery. We haven't seen the President's executive order yet...I want to look at that."
Can birthright citizenship be changed by EO is it in 14th Amendment? Manchin: Says its in the Constitution and Trump "cannot change it by executive order"
Manchin's closing focuses on Morrisey, protecting pre-exisiting conditions, Social Security and Medicare, and his history: "I haven't looked at Democrats and Republicans as tribes," Manchin says. "I trust West Virginia. I believe in you more than you believe in yourself."
Morrisey's closing focuses on being pro-Trump, draining the swamp, being anti-abortion: "I love the state of WV and I don't have New Jersey values like Sen. Manchin...I'm going to work with this president." (Morrisey is from NJ).
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