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Goodlander faces Tang Williams in final debate

Goodlander faces Tang Williams in final debate

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MANCHESTER, N.H.- With the midterm election less than a week away the candidates running in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District took part in a final debate Wednesday evening on WMUR-TV.

Democratic incumbant Maggie Goodlander and her returning Republican challenger Lilly Tang Willams sparred over a number of topics including,immgration, gun control, federal healthcare. As Tang Willams defended current immgration pratcies, and said if sancutary states and cities were done away with we wouldn’t see ICE agents and their families subjected to such things like doxing. Goodlander however claimed that ICE is not keep our communities safe and spoke about a lack of accountability.

On the topic of gun control Goodlander called for stronger background checks and closing loopholes in gun-laws while Tang Willams defended the Second Amendment and the rights of gun owners and then pointed the blame for school shootings at a moral decline.

When the topic of healthcare came up Goodlander warned of the consequences that come with cuts to federal funding while Tan Willams shifted the focus to new federal funding for New Hampshire hospitals.

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