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Watch: Dem Candidate Tries to Play Victim After Republican Exposes Her Hypocrisy with One Debate Question

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Watch: Dem Candidate Tries to Play Victim After Republican Exposes Her Hypocrisy with One Debate Question

Of all the major races in this year’s midterms, Vermont’s lieutenant governor contest wasn’t really on the top of my to-watch list.

Sure, statewide Republicans tend to do better than Republicans trying to get elected to federal office in the Green Mountain State, but it’s still reliably progressive even in the red camp. And, in a midterm year where Donald Trump is not on the ballot, Democrats are going to invoke him even if a RINO is trying to stay in office.

That’s precisely what makes the race so interesting after Tuesday’s debate, however — because, when called on her hypocrisy on one of the key issues nationally by current Republican Lt. Gov. John Rodgers, Democratic nominee Molly Gray tried playing the victim card in an unintentionally hilarious manner.

Gray, who previously served in the position from 2021 to 2023, left the position after running in the Democratic primary for the state’s at-large House seat, which she lost to current Rep. Becca Balint. So, she’s trying to get back into her former gig, and she’s been using her time on the family farm to get crossover voters.

In fact, Rodgers said, she’s been talking “constantly about your family farm” and that her “campaign website also says you believe everyone has the right to live with dignity and ensure humane treatment.”

“But your family farm was at the center of serious labor violations around its treatment of H-2A migrant workers,” Rodgers said during the debate. “Why did you not speak out against the mistreatment of migrant workers on your family farm, and did you use your influence to direct the investigation?”

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