Democratic allies of John Fetterman feared that the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate would struggle in the first and only scheduled debate with Republican opponent Mehmet Oz, citing Oz’s experience as a television personality and Fetterman’s continued recovery from a severe stroke in May.
Their concerns were immediately validated when the former mayor of Braddock and current Pennsylvania lieutenant governor started his opening statement by saying, “Hi, good night, everybody.”
During the hour-long forum in Harrisburg, the candidates sparred over inflation and the economy, crime, abortion, and illegal immigration among other issues, yet it was Fetterman’s responses to questions that generated attention during and after the event….