Five takeaways from the testy U.S. Senate debate between Schiff and Garvey

KABC-TV Los Angeles hosted the 2024 California U.S. Senate Candidate Forum with Republican former Dodger Steve Garvey and Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff, left, on Tuesday in Glendale. When Schiff in his first remarks accused Garvey of turning a blind eye to the worst impulses of Trump — who Schiff noted has said he wants to “be a dictator on Day One” — Garvey borrowed a line Ronald Reagan famously used in a 1980 presidential debate: “There you go again.” In another exchange on immigration, in which Schiff accused Garvey of supporting Trump’s plan for mass deportations, Garvey said, “One of the two of us is honest and straightforward.” “I would agree with that,” Schiff shot back. Asked how he would help renters, Garvey said he’d do so by getting the U.S. economy “roaring again.” For his part, Schiff said he would support more federal spending on housing, as well as an expansion of Section 8 vouchers, a subsidy that helps eligible tenants pay rent to private landlords. Schiff said he doesn’t support Trump’s “across-the-board tariffs,” which he said would lead to higher prices for consumers. He said he would support “targeted tariffs” when China dumps cheap goods into the country “to try to drive American businesses out of business.” Clashing over Feinstein’s legacy Throughout the debate, the political specter of the woman whose seat Schiff and Garvey are vying for loomed large.