I thought it went really well other than making a little bit of a spectacle there at the very beginning,” Bashaw said afterwards.

New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Curtis Bashaw took to social media to confirm that he froze during his recent debate with Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) because he “never stopped to get a bite to eat.” The two men were squaring off Sunday during a 90-minute debate when Bashaw began slurring his words and stopped speaking.

Rep. Andy Kim and Curtis Bashaw — the Democratic and Republican candidates for New Jersey's open U.S. Senate seat — debated Sunday.