In some states, like Ohio, the Democrat is trailing in the polls and feels he or she must debate. Monday night, Republican J.D. Vance directly confronted Democrat Tim Ryan about racist smears against his family.

“Here’s exactly what happens when the media and people like Tim Ryan accuse me of engaging in the great replacement theory… What happens is my own children, my biracial children, get attacked by scumbags … because you are so desperate for political power that you’ll accuse me, the father of three beautiful biracial babies, of engaging in racism. We are sick of it!”

“You can believe in a border without being a racist. You can believe in the country without being a racist, and this just shows how desperate this guy is for political power.”

In Georgia, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp asked Democrat Stacey Abrams how many sheriffs had endorsed her campaign. She refused to answer the question, and instead claimed to be a strong supporter of law enforcement. That’s when Kemp dropped the hammer. He said:

“Ms. Abrams refused to answer the question, so I’ll let you know that the answer is zero. No sheriffs are endorsing her statewide because of her stances on wanting to defund the police, eliminate cash bail and serving on the boards of organizations … that are promoting the defund the police movement.”

There was an equally powerful moment in the Georgia Senate debate. After Democrat Raphael Warnock finished ranting about abortion, Republican Herschel Walker said:

“[Warnock] told me black lives matter, and if you think about it, senator, in Atlanta, Georgia, there’s more black babies [being] aborted than anything. So, if black lives matter, why are you not protecting those babies? And instead of aborting those babies, why are you not baptizing those babies?”

In a closely watched Virginia House race, Republican Hung Cao and Democrat Jennifer Wexton clashed over parental rights in the public schools. Wexton, who is co-chair of the House Transgender Equality Task Force (Yes, there really is such a thing!), defended forcing this bizarre ideology on our children in the public schools.

Cao firmly rejected it, saying, “Biological boys do not belong in girls’ locker rooms or on girls’ sports teams.”

When asked about the legitimacy of the 2020 election, Cao deftly answered, “Joe Biden is the president of the United States. If you don’t believe me, go to your gas pumps or go to your grocery stores, and that’ll tell you who is.”