Burr's Answer to Ross Debate Challenge: Silence

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Ten days later and incumbent Senator Richard Burr has yet to accept Deborah's challenge to appear in four debates and defend his record of putting Washington special interests ahead of North Carolina's voters. While Deborah has accepted four debate invitations, Burr has chosen to stall and refuse to answer Deborah's invite to participate in four debates. Burr's stall came after Deborah closed the race to a statistical tie, out raised two-term incumbent senator in the first quarter, and Politico called North Carolina's U.S. Senate race the "biggest riser in ranking" of Senate seats most likely to flip.

Statement from Cole Leiter, Ross Press Secretary:

"Of course Richard Burr has no interest in answering for his record of putting big money and Washington special interests ahead of voters in our state. He knows his plan to privatize Medicare while taking $1 million from insurance companies won't fly with the people who elected him. So, he's chosen to hide and hope big money and special interests come to his rescue this November. The problem for Burr is that North Carolina is ready for a change and for a U.S. Senator who will stand up for working people -- and they know that's not Burr."

To ensure all North Carolinians are able to hear from their next U.S. Senator, Deborah has accepted four invitations to debate: WECT in Wilmington, WTVD in Raleigh, Time Warner Cable, and the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters. To date, Burr has refused to entertain more than one debate invitation at a time.

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