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Rebecca Cooke and Derrick Van Orden reflect on how they think the forum went
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - A candidate forum took place between the two candidates for the 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday morning.
Both Republican candidate Derrick Van Orden and Democratic candidate Rebecca Cooke expressed confidence after the event.
“Watch it, And if you vote for Cooke after that, I’m not sure what I can tell you because she just showed herself to be a complete disaster,” said Van Orden. “This is what I’d like people to do. Go to RebeccaLies.com because she spewed so much, so many whoppers during that debate, I thought I was at a Burger King.”
Rebecca Cooke said it was great to be able to talk with voters about the problems on their hearts and minds. She said that Van Orden didn’t tackle the issues.
“I think that when you resort to personal attacks, it means your campaign’s failing. It means you don’t have a platform to run on around the issues,” said Cooke. “People want to know how they’re going to be able to go to the grocery store, fill up at the gas pump and pay their mortgage or rent and have any sort of money left over and so, you know, not talking about those issues instead of resorting to personal attacks, I think, is a real failure.”
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