Guys, this is unnerving. Democrats are so desperate to fill seats that they’ve pushed a man who clearly needs personal time to heal from a major stroke into moving forward with his candidacy. PA candidate, John Fetterman struggled through a horrific debate with opponent Dr. Oz where it became very clear that he has a long road ahead of him—Healthwise.
It’s apparently not an ‘on the spot’ issue, either. After watching him drop some pretty major softballs from CNN’s demoted host Don Lemon, I think Democrats need to start planning his concession speech.
When Lemon asked him to explain his stance on Fracking, Fetterman said he is “very supportive” of the oil-extraction process because Pennsylvania has passed “some of the strongest environmental regulations” on fracking.
Lemon pushed back, noting the laws went into effect in 2016 and Fetterman denounced fracking in 2018. “In 2017, I was actually very supportive of fracking directly across the street from where I live, as well, too,” Fetterman replied. The 2018 denunciation was on a progressive YouTube show, where the then-mayor said, “I don’t support fracking, at all, and I never have.”
Lemon was seeking clarification on the moment during the Oct. 25 debate when Fetterman said he did support it.
“I do support fracking. And I don’t, I don’t. I support fracking, and I stand, and I do support fracking,” Fetterman said during the debate.
Since the disastrous debate between Fetterman and Republican opponent Mehmet Oz, the Democrat has fallen in the polls. A recent survey found 47.6 percent of voters would vote for Oz while only 45.9 percent would back Fetterman.—
“Well, I just do. I think that simply is — also, let’s talk about the trillions in massive tax — tax cuts to the corporate — tax structure is well true,” Fetterman answered Lemon.
“Trillions of dollars that have added to the deficit, and now they still want to support those is well true,” he said.
“I think in terms of being very serious about addressing inflation is making sure that those rates are brought back in to align with what they should have been, where they’re able to fight that deficit,” Fetterman added.
“And at the end of the day, we did, I think, made some important points, it’s well true,” he continued. “And I think it also, you know, reminded Dr. Oz the fact that he still believes, you know, with the same kind of abortion thoughts, with [GOP gubernatorial candidate] Doug Mastriano, who believes that local political leaders are the – need to be part of the decision between women and their doctors, is well true.”
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Perhaps the most alarming part of this interview to me was how well Fetterman seemed to think he did. What do you think? Let me know in the comments below.