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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Buncombe

Trump-backed Joe Kent accused of spreading conspiracy theories after calling Covid vaccine ‘experimental gene therapy’

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Trump-backed candidate Joe Kent has been accused of spreading conspirary theories after he called the Covid vaccine “experimental gene therapy”, during a testy, sold-out debate in Washington state.

Little more than 40 days berfore voters across the country go to the polls in the midterm elections, Mr Kent clashed with Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, in their first debate in the showdown for Washington’s third congressional district.

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