NORTH DAKOTA – Accusations of using party talking points surround North Dakota’s Senate Race.
“Many of the talking points you’ll hear tonight from my opponent are the ones that he used six years ago. You’re probably wondering why he hasn’t accomplished a lot. That’s because in the 117th Congress, he had the third worst attendance rate,” Democratic North Dakota Senate candidate Dr. Katrina Christensen said earlier this week on a BEK TV debate.
The 117th Congress was held between 2021 and 2023. Senator Cramer argues those years were some of his most productive since he helped pass the Water Resource Development Act that provided money for cities, counties, rural communities and farmers the type of infrastructure that brings down inflation.
On What’s On Your Mind on AM 1100 The Flag with Scott Hennen Friday morning, Cramer called Christensen’s talking points argument ironic.
“The day of the debate, her newspaper in Jamestown, North Dakota endorsed me specifically because I don’t use talking points. The one thing I did resist, though, and it’s the first time I’ve seen this in a debate, you guys, she had pages of typed-written notes with her which is always forbidden in a debate. And it’s certainly weird,” Cramer said.
When asked if Christensen used notes during his debate, her campaign said in a statement “Senator Cramer is obviously frustrated he wasn’t prepared to deal with the facts and an opponent who stands up to his lies.” In a follow-up, we pressed the campaign in a yes or no question if Christensen used notes in the debate and they referred back to the original statement.
You can watch the entire Senate debate here. You can read the Jamestown Sun’s endorsement of Sen. Cramer here, listen to Sen. Cramer’s radio town hall here and listen to Christensen’s Thursday interview on The Steve Hallstrom Show on AM 1100 The Flag here.
