It was debate night in Georgia, but President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden seemed to be onstage.
\n\nDemocratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and Republican Rep. Mike Collins squared off Thursday in the first debate in this nationally consequential Senate race, with both trying to hit the other for policies implemented by the current and former presidents.
\n\nOssoff repeatedly asked why Collins supported tariffs that have been a key factor in the rise in the cost of consumer goods that has kept Trump’s approval ratings at historically low levels, a question Collins never directly answered.
\n\n“Still have not heard an explanation for the tariffs,” Ossoff said after having already asked about Trump’s tariff regime several times.
\n\nCollins spent the hourlong debate, hosted by WANF-TV of Atlanta, not directly answering questions about the unpopular war in Iran or Trump’s economy but rather trying to saddle Ossoff with votes he took during the Biden administration to make the case that Biden is the reason for the current state of inflation and high prices.
\n\n“That Bidenomics, that Green New Deal my opponent voted for, that’s where this inflation came from,” Collins said.
\n\nThe debate was broken up into four segments, but each was…
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