Marsha Blackburn refuses to debate, struggles to defend extreme record to Tennessee voters

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn continues to refuse to debate her opponent, State Representative Gloria Johnson. “Marsha Blackburn refuses to debate because she cannot explain her extreme record of opposing measures to lower the cost of insulin and refusing to hold her Big Pharma donors accountable for price gouging all while voting to raise her own taxpayer funded salary,” said Cyrus Shick, campaign manager for Gloria Johnson’s U.S. Senate campaign. “Marsha Blackburn answers to corporations and special interest groups, not to hardworking Tennessee voters.” On Sept. 10, Americans witnessed how presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris answered or did not answer questions, presented policy proposals and reacted to criticism from each other. The people of Tennessee deserve the same from their direct representatives to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be in the cards. Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was first elected in 2018 to the Senate. She participated in a few debates against former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen that year. Her office’s press releases say she has visited the state’s 95 counties and addressed questions in public gatherings, but she will not face her Democratic opponent state Rep. Gloria Johnson, one...