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Weprin Drops Out of Debate in N.Y. Special
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| Last Edited | COSDem Aug 30, 2011 06:47pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | State Assemblyman David Weprin (D) dropped out of a scheduled debate with Republican Bob Turner on Monday, just over two weeks before a special election in New York’s 9th district that will send one of the men to Congress.
Weprin was tripped up in a recent interview with the New York Daily News editorial board when asked the size of the national debt. The Daily News reported that he had a “deer in the headlights look” and then said “[a]bout 4 trillion.” According to the most recent Department of Treasury statistics, the country’s total debt stands at about $14.7 trillion.
The Turner campaign framed Weprin’s decision to not participate in the debate as directly related to the Daily News interview. |
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