TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> GOVERNORS DEBATE UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
THE CANDIDATES AND MODERATORS
ALL IN SEPARATE ROOMS.
GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE SEEKING HIS
THIRD TERM.
WELL, LAUREN KULP IS RUNNING
FOR POLITICAL OFFICE FOR THE
VERY FIRST TIME.
WE'VE GOT A LOT TO GET TO
TONIGHT GETTING WELL LEWED
KING5 NEWS AT 11:00 MARK.
RIGHT.
>> I'M JESSICA JANJUH CASTRO.
THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC WAS A
LARGE PORTION OF TONIGHT'S
DEBATE.
THEIR RESPONSES HAVE BEEN
DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.
LAUREN KOLB HAS HELD DOZENS
OF RALLIES ACROSS THE STATE.
HE HAS NOT WORN A MASK.
MOST PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE HAVE
NOT WORN ONE EITHER.
COPE SAYS THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO.
BUT THE GOVERNOR SAYS MASS HAVE
SAVED LIVES AND SHOULD CONTINUE
TO BE A REQUIREMENT.
WASHINGTON HAD THE FIRST CORONA
VIRUS OUTBREAK IN THE COUNTRY
AND NOW HAS THE TWENTY FIFTH
MOST CASES OUT OF THE 50
STATES.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S
REALLY ON THE TABLE HERE.
THAT IS WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO
SAVE LIVES, WHETHER WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE LEADERSHIP TO HELP
PEOPLE WEAR MASKS WHICH CHIEF
COPE HAS NEVER PROVIDED.
NOT ONLY HAS HE DISAGREED WITH
MY ORDERS BUT HE HASN'T BEEN
WILLING TO SHOW LEADERSHIP
WHICH IS KIND OF MODELING YOUR
BEHAVIOR GOING AROUND RALLIES
WITH NO MASKS, HOBNOBBING WITH
THE TRUMP PEONS.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T.
IT'S TWO DANGEROUS TO HAVE A
MINI TRUMP RIGHT NOW IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC.
THAT'S WHAT IS AT RISK.
>> I'M NOT RUNNING TO BE THE
LEADER OF YOUR BUSINESS.
I'M NOT RUNNING TO BE THE
LEADER OF YOU.
YOU THE CITIZENS WILL BE THE
LEADERS OF YOURSELF.
>> YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR
BUSINESS.
I WILL BE THE GOVERNOR THAT
UNDERSTANDS THE SERVANT ROLE
OF THE GOVERNOR AND I WILL RUN
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE
STATE GOVERNMENT AND YOU WILL
RUN YOUR BUSINESS AND YOUR
LIFE.
>> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR
YOU TONIGHT.
OUR CHRIS DANIELS WAS A
CO MODERATOR OF THE DEBATES.
BUT LET'S GO FIRST TO TED LAND
WHO HAS REACTION FROM BOTH
CANDIDATES AFTER THE DEBATE
WELLMARK.
THE CANDIDATES COVERED A LOT
OF TOPICS TONIGHT, BUT HERE'S
WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO.
TWO CANDIDATES WITH TWO VERY
DIFFERENT STYLES OF LEADERSHIP
FOR THE STATE.
LAUREN KULP SAYING YOU THE
CITIZENS WILL BE THE LEADER
OF YOUR SELF, YOUR FAMILY AND
YOUR BUSINESS.
HE SAYS HE'LL BE THE GOVERNOR
AS A SERVANT TO THE PEOPLE.
JAY INSLEE SEEKING A THIRD TIME
IS RUNNING ON EXPERIENCE AND
HIS HANDLING OF THE CORONVIRUS
PANDEMIC SAYING HIS BOLD
DECISIVE LEADERSHIP IS GUIDED
BY SCIENCE.
WE SPOKE WITH BOTH CANDIDATES
RIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE FOR A
FINAL WORD.
HERE'S WHAT THEY TOLD US AND
THE MESSAGE MUSEUMOFFLIGHT KNEW
THAT WE SHOULD BE CONFIDENT IN
OUR ABILITY TO BEAT THE CUBITT
PANDEMIC AND REBUILDING THEIR
ECONOMY.
IF WE ACT IN THE FUNDAMENTAL
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND
MY OPPONENT, IS HE SIMPLY DOES
NOT PROPOSE ANY ACTION, NO
ACTION ON HEALTH CARE AT
AUCTION ON GUN SAFETY.
HE HAS BEEN ACTUALLY A
DETRIMENTAL FORCE ON OUR
MASKING CAMPAIN TO SAVE LIVES
AND FRANKLY I JUST DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT THAT KIND OF TRUMP
APPROACH IS RIGHT FOR THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON.
>> I SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT
SAYING WHETHER BARACK OBAMA OR
WHETHER IT'S DONALD TRUMP.
I LOVE WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS
DONE FOR MINORITIES AND WOMEN.
HIGHEST EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IN
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
THAT'S AMAZING.
WHO CAN ARGUE WITH THAT?
RIGHT.
BUT I'M RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
OF WASHINGTON STATE.
I HAVE GOTTEN I'VE TAKEN ZERO
DOLLARS FROM THE STATE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
MY CAMPAIGN IS SUPPORTED BY WE
THE PEOPLE BY THE CITIZENS.
THE AVERAGE DONATION MY CAMPAIN
IS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 DOLLARS
PER PERSON AND WE'VE RAISED TWO
AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS
DOING THAT.
I'M NOT OWNED BY ANYONE.
NO ONE HAS THEIR CLAWS ON ME.
NO BIG BUSINESS, NO PARTY.
I AM RUNNING FOR WE THE PEOPLE
AND THAT'S WHO I AM AND
REPRESENT AS GOVERNOR.
>> THIS WAS THE ONLY DEBATE FOR
THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
IT'S THE ONLY TIME WE'LL HEAR
FROM THEM IN THIS KIND OF FORUM
BETWEEN NOW AND ELECTION DAY.
THAT'S LATEST HERE IN OLYMPIA
10 LENTZSCH KING5 NEWS.
TED, THANK YOU.
AND OUR OWN CHRIS DANIELS IS
ONE OF THE CO MODERATORS IN
TONIGHT'S DEBATE.
IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN YOUR
AVERAGE DEBATE MODERATORS AND
CANDIDATES WERE NOT EVEN IN THE
SAME ROOM.
SO CHRIS, TELL US WHAT WAS IT
LIKE WAS JUST GO I'LL GIVE YOU
A LITTLE COLOR.
YOU JUST HEARD WHAT TED
REPORTED COPE AND HIS CAMPAIGN
TEAM DID WALK OUT OF THE TV W
HEADQUARTERS HERE IN OLYMPIA
WEARING MASKS TONIGHT ONLY WHEN
HE WALKED UP TO OUR CAMERA.
DID HE TAKE OFF HIS MASK.
YES.
THIS DEBATE WAS SHROUDED BY THE
PANDEMIC.
IT TOOK A WHILE FOR BOTH EEEE
INSLEE AND KULP CAMPS TO AGREE
ON TERMS AND WHAT IT WAS WAS
INVOLVING BOTH MEN IN SEPARATE
ROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR
OF THE TV W HEADQUARTERS.
NO STAFF IN THE ROOM, JUST THEM
A CAMERA AND A CLOCK.
AND THEN MYSELF AND THREE OTHER
MODERATORS IN A ROOM ON THE
FIRST FLOOR.
NOBODY ELSE THERE.
NO CROWD.
SO YES, IT WAS A LITTLE ODD.
IT ALSO MADE ASKING QUESTIONS
AND GETTING FOLLOW UPS IN A
LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.
BUT I THINK KULP YOU JUST HEARD
WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFIDENT
WALKING OUT TONIGHT.
HE FELT LIKE HE DID SCORE SOME
POINTS AGAINST GOVERNOR INSLEE
IN THIS MOST UNIQUE
OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
BACK TO YOU.
>> SO CHRIS, AS A VIEWER I
THINK IT MADE FOR A VERY
STRUCTURED DEBATE UNLIKE WHAT
WE SAW ON THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
I'M WONDERING YOUR TAKE SITTING
THERE IN THE ROOM IF THERE WERE
ENOUGH FIREWORKS.
I THINK THERE WERE CERTAINLY
SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS
TONIGHT.
>> YEAH, I THINK THE ONE THING
THAT DOES STAND OUT IS
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE
USING A LOT OF THE SAME
LANGUAGE HE USED WHEN HE WAS ON
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN A
YEAR AGO REALLY TARGETING
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TRYING TO
TIE LAUREN KOLB AS KIND OF A
MINI DONALD TRUMP IN.
AND I THINK THAT KULP DID SCORE
SOME POINTS WHEN HE SAID THAT
THE GOVERNOR HAD LABELED A
BUNCH OF HIS SUPPORTERS AS A
NEW FORM OF DEPLORABLY.
I THINK THAT THERE WERE
EYEBROWS RAISED BY THAT COMMENT
FROM LAUREN AND PERHAPS HE
SCORED SOME POINTS WITH SOME
PEOPLE ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE
JUST BASED ON THE DIALOG WITH
THE DIFFERENT ROOMS TONIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
CHRIS DANIELS LIVE FROM OLYMPIA
TONIGHT FOR US.
GREAT JOB COHOSTING THAT
DEBATE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
CONTINUED POLITICAL COVERAGE.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR KING5 NEWS POLITICAL
ANALYSTS HAVE A LOT TO SAY
ABOUT THE DEBATE TONIGHT.
RON SIMS SERVED IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN WAS GEORGE W.
BUSH'S PRESS SECRETARY.
SO WE PUT THE QUESTION TO BOTH
WHO WON THE DEBATE AND WHY.
WELL, I THINK THE PEOPLE ONE
YOU ACTUALLY SAW A DEBATE AND
SO IT WAS GOOD TO JUST HAVE A
REAL DEBATE WHERE THEY TALKED
ABOUT ISSUES.
>> AND I THINK THAT THE
CHALLENGE WAS THAT THIS DOESN'T
CHANGE THE DYNAMIC MUCH.
THAT COP GOT SOME AIRTIME.
>> AND SO HE WAS ABLE TO GET A
LITTLE BIT MORE NAME
RECOGNITION AND GET HIS MESSAGE
OUT THERE.
AND SO THAT'S A THAT'S A
BENEFIT TO HIM.
>> BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT
CHANGED THE OVERALL DYNAMIC
OF THE RACE TO ANY GREAT DEGREE
.
>> I THINK GOVERNOR INSLEE WON
THE DEBATE TONIGHT AND THE
REASON WHY IS BECAUSE HE SHOWED
SUBSTANCE THERE WASN'T AS MUCH
RHETORIC.
>> IT WAS ACTUALLY SUBSTANCE
AND SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSES.
AND THAT'S WHAT VOTERS WANT TO
HEAR.
IT'S SUBSTANCE.
THEY'RE VERY USED TO THE
RHETORIC.
BUT HE MOVED BEYOND RHETORIC.
HE TALKED ABOUT THINGS IN A
SUBSTANTIVE WAY AND COVERAGE
OF THE DEBATE CONTINUES ONLINE.
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