Connecticut Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and his Republican challenger Tom Foley put aside their talking points to attack each other's personal character during a live televised debate on Thursday night.
The debate did focus on the economy, taxes, education and jobs. But it became personal after Foley repeatedly accused Malloy of lying to Conn. voters. He went further to say Malloy is untrustworthy because he had been investigated for corruption when he was mayor of Stamford. Malloy responded by referring to a 1981 car crash that involved Foley.
“I've never been charged with hitting another car five times that had two women in it, Tom, and then lying to the FBI about it. You did that. You got a job as a result of not disclosing that information. And then you told us it was a minor traffic offense. Nobody in this room feels that hitting a car five times at 50 miles an hour is a minor traffic offense,” Malloy said to the challenger.
“It is very interesting that the governor is talking about something that happened 30 years ago where there were never any charges filed. It was dismissed. And yet you're saying that to bring up the fact that you were investigated for corruption and it was dismissed means I shouldn’t bring it up. Listen, you're a prosecutor. You know that people don't get investigated where there isn't a lot of suspicion or a reason to suspect that something went wrong,” Foley said in his rebuttal.
It was Malloy and Foley's second debate in the week. It's not certain how many more live televised debates they’ll be having before the Nov. 4 election.
