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Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:34 AM Oct 2018

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper pressed by Arlett about decades-old domestic violence incident during debate

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper's decades-old spousal abuse controversy sparked a heated war of words between the incumbent and his Republican challenger during their debate Wednesday night.

Sussex County Councilman Rob Arlett raised the issue more than 30 minutes into the hour-long debate in response to a question about whether President Donald Trump should be held to the same standard as other politicians when it comes to allegations of sexual misconduct.

"It is now public information that you abused your former wife," Arlett said. "There was a lie for 19 years about that. There was a big cover-up ..."

A visibly angered Carper cut him off there.

"That is baloney," he shot back. "Let's set the record straight, OK my friend ... Every one of us makes mistakes. God knows I've made my share of mistakes. Forty years ago, I made a mistake. I owned it. I didn't hide it."

Read more: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/18/u-s-sen-tom-carper-pressed-domestic-violence-incident/1671987002/

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