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I blame his leftist, activist power-hungry wife.

Gosh, that sort of sounds familiar.

Some are speculating that the plan is to get Fetterman elected and then have him step down for health reasons, and then Shapiro (if elected governor) would appoint his nasty wife to the seat.

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Originally posted by PASig:


Guy makes Kamala sound like a Rhodes Scholar

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Originally posted by spunk639:
Don’t count out Fetterman, we’re talking a Blue state, he still can pull it off, don’t doubt the Democratic machine getting the votes. In a normal world you’d say he’s toast, but it’s not a normal world, or a fair one.

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His campaign slogan should be "Hire the handicapped". He might have a better shot.

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Fetterman Blames The Closed Captioning System After His Train Wreck Debate


After Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman had difficulty speaking during his highly anticipated debate with Mehmet Oz, the stroke survivor’s campaign blamed the captioning system provided for him as being “delayed” and “filled with errors.”

Nexstar’s communications chief said both candidates were given a chance to test the system twice, but Fetterman chose to only do one rehearsal.

Fetterman is still recovering from a stroke he suffered in May. The debate included closed captioning as an accommodation. Ahead of the debate, both campaigns agreed to have everything the moderators and Oz said typed out on a large screen by captioners providing live transcriptions.

The organizer of the sole debate between John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz fired back after Fetterman’s campaign alleged that the closed captioning system deployed to assist the stroke survivor was slow and “riddled with errors.”
Fetterman’s camp made the allegations in a statement just after the Pennsylvania Democratic lieutenant governor’s disastrous debate performance Tuesday night, which the campaign praised.

“We are thrilled with John’s performance. He did remarkably well tonight – especially when you consider that he’s still recovering from a stroke and was working off of delayed captions filled with errors,” Fetterman communications director Joe Calvello told reporters.

“John won countless exchanges, counter-punched aggressively, and pushed back on Oz’s cruelty and attacks,” Calvello said.

The host of the debate responded to the Fetterman campaign with fire, knocking down their excuses and stating the system worked as expected.
“It is unfortunate that Mr. Fetterman is now criticizing the closed captioning process employed by Nexstar during tonight’s debate,” Nexstar communications chief Gary Weitman said in a statement.

“Both candidates agreed to the technical set-up for the closed captioning process weeks ago, which was implemented at the request of the Fetterman campaign. Both candidates were offered the opportunity for two full rehearsals with the same equipment used in tonight’s debate; Mr. Fetterman chose to do only one,” the statement continues.

Weitman concludes by definitively stating that the closed captioning system functioned “as expected” during the live debate.
“The closed captioning process functioned as expected during rehearsal and again during tonight’s debate. We regret that Mr. Fetterman and his campaign feel otherwise,” Weitman said.

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Originally posted by liner:
If Fetterman was a Republican his debate performance would be the opening skit on this week's Saturday Night Live and every Dem knows it.

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John won countless exchanges, counter-punched aggressively, and pushed back on Oz’s cruelty and attacks,” Calvello said.

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Heard an ad on the radio today, Shapiro the Dem candidate for governor in PA is now running ads trying to distance himself from Fetterman. Saying he does not agree with Fetterman and letting murderers out of jail.

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Originally posted by kx90:
Heard an ad on the radio today, Shapiro the Dem candidate for governor in PA is now running ads trying to distance himself from Fetterman. Saying he does not agree with Fetterman and letting murderers out of jail.

Karl Rove's PAC is behind that. Yep...that Karl Rove. The Republican.