Journalists and pundits were united in lambasting Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's debate performance, suggesting he shouldn't be running for Senate.
Fox News’ Bryan Llenas reports on the race between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz ahead of their lone debate, an event widely seen as an advantage for Dr. Oz.midterm election
Fetterman, who suffered a stroke earlier this year, agreed to only one debate and had requested closed captioning for him to read due to auditory processing issues he still faces. Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman particpates in a debate with his GOP challenger Dr. Mehmet Oz on October 25 in Harrisburg, PA.
"so far this is a disaster for Fetterman," Time correspondent Charlotte Alter reacted, later writing,"I spoke to Fetterman recently, and I expected him to be very bad tonight. But he was much much worse than I expected ." "Pretty selfish of Fetterman not to withdraw when he could have, but here we are," Substack writer Josh Barro tweeted. "This is the worst performance by any candidate I have ever seen in any debate. If this were a boxing match they would throw the towel in. This is sad," OutKick founder Clay Travis declared."@JohnFetterman's entire campaign should be ashamed for letting this happen.
"This debate was a horrendous idea for Fetterman. Malpractice by his campaign to go forward with it," Washington Free Beacon reporter Alana Goodman said. "Moderator is now literally quoting Fetterman being against fracking. Fetterman is frazzled. Doesn’t know how to answer the question, then claims he’s always been for fracking. Moderator follows - reads the quote back again. Fetterman is silent for four seconds. A rhetorical TKO," Fox News contributor Joe Concha summarized the moment.