FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 2nd, 2024
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Coby Eiss
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DEMOCRAT WILL ROLLINS CONDEMNS INCUMBENT KEN CALVERT’S REFUSAL TO DEBATE
Calvert Declined Fourth Debate Invitation This Week
CORONA, C.A. — This week, Republican incumbent Congressman Ken Calvert declined his fourth consecutive invitation to debate Will Rollins in the race for California’s 41st District.
After declining initial invites to debate from KTLA, KESQ, and LAist, The Press-Enterprise partnered with KESQ to extend one more debate invitation to the two candidates. Rollins, of course, accepted as he had with the first three invites. Calvert, once again, declined.
In a recent article on the potential for debates from The Press-Enterprise, Calvert called a debate, “the last thing our community needs.”
“He’s failing to do his job, but that’s no surprise,” said Rollins. “This is a guy who thinks elected office is better used as a self-service than a public service. He manipulated the earmarking system in Washington to increase his net worth by up to $20 million, voted to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, voted twice against expelling George Santos, voted against Congress investigating Jack Abramoff, and so much more over his 32 years in office. That’s why he’s been named one of the most corrupt members of Congress, and it’s evident that he thinks he’s above the task of sitting down for a job performance review, which is exactly what a debate is.”
Rollins’ campaign has taken Calvert to task for refusing to debate, including running this online video highlighting Calvert dodging questions on his willingness to debate, and running this billboard ad on the 15 in Corona.
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Will Rollins is a Palm Springs resident and Southern California native. A former federal prosecutor and counterterrorism law attorney, he is now the Democratic nominee for Congress in California’s 41st Congressional District. California’s 41st District is shaping up to be a key 2024 matchup that will help decide the House majority. Punchbowl News called it the #2 most critical race in the battle for control of the House, and the National Journal ranked it as one of its 15 seats most likely to flip this November.
