HENRICO, Va. — The race for Virginia Lieutenant Governor took an unexpected turn on Tuesday. In a bizarre twist, the Republican candidate for the position held a debate with an AI version of his opponent.

Since the democratic candidate, Ghazala Hashmi, has refused all invitations to debate her opponent, John Reid, Reid used artificial intelligence to hold a debate on his own. The 40-minute debate was streamed live on YouTube, dubbed "The Debate That Should Have Happened."

Reid's campaign said the debate was a fully cited and sourced, one-take debate video responding directly to his opponent’s publicly stated positions.

In the video, questions are asked by a recorded moderator. Reid answers live, and Hashmi's responses are answered with a robotic voice that sounds a little like her.

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