Second governor's debate highlights divergent economic visions

[TexasTowelie]

RUTLAND — During a debate in Rutland Wednesday evening, Christine Hallquist, a Democrat running against Gov. Phil Scott, made a point to mention, on multiple occasions, that she had voted for the incumbent in the last election.

But she had grown disappointed with the governor, she said, before going on to list the litany of bills he had vetoed in the last legislative session — among them proposals to raise the minimum wage and create a paid family leave program.

Scott took the opportunity to mark his own distance from the Democratic challenger.

“I just want to make perfectly clear,” he said. “I’ve never voted for Christine.”

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