GOP rivals jab Nunnelee in debate
TUPELO – Congressional candidates Angela McGlowan and Henry Ross turned up the heat Tuesday on Republican rival Alan Nunnelee as the trio marks four weeks until the June 1 party primary.
In a steamy American Legion Hall, McGlowan of Oxford accused Nunnelee supporters of perpetrating a smear campaign against her, and Ross of Eupora repeated urged voters to reject “career politicians,” with Nunnelee the only one who’s held lengthy public office.
“I was told by some elected officials not to run – that it was Alan Nunnelee’s turn,” said McGlowan, a black former Fox News commentator. “They’re saying I want to take guns away from white people. But here I stand and here I’ll stay.”
Nunnelee, a 16-year state senator from Tupelo, ignored her remarks. Later in the evening he said he’d not support term limits for Congress, saying he trusted the people of Mississippi, who twice soundly defeated term-limits amendments during the 1990s.
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