One-liners, attacks on personal records punctuate spirited John Bel Edwards-David Vitter debate

[TexasTowelie]

Democrat John Bel Edwards and Republican David Vitter spent much of the first televised debate in the gubernatorial runoff taking aim at each other’s positions on issues like Medicaid expansion, transportation funding and the state budget.

But the final minutes of Tuesday night’s debate were peppered with direct hits and personal digs.

“You are a liar, a cheater and a stealer, and I don’t tolerate that,” Edwards told a visibly agitated Vitter.

Vitter accused Edwards, a military veteran, of not living “by the Honor Code.”

“You are completely disingenuous,” he said.

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