{"id":1670222,"date":"2022-10-03T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T17:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1670222"},"modified":"2022-10-03T13:23:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T17:23:30","slug":"oz-fetterman-race-tightens-as-candidates-campaign-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oz-fetterman-race-tightens-as-candidates-campaign-in-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Oz\u2013Fetterman Race Tightens As Candidates Campaign in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foz-fetterman-race-tightens-as-candidates-campaign-in-pittsburgh%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1670222&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pittsburgh was front and center last weekend in the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race as Republican nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mehmet-oz\">Mehmet Oz<\/a> held a press conference downtown on Sept. 30 while Democratic opponent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-john-fetterman\">John Fetterman<\/a> spoke at a rally in the city\u2019s Strip District the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman is Pennsylvania\u2019s lieutenant governor and a former longtime mayor of Braddock, a borough of 1,633 eight miles southeast of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>At the Oct. 1 rally, Fetterman walked out to the stage to \u201cRenegade,\u201d a 1979 song by Styx that is a fan favorite during Steelers\u2019 home games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m kind of a Heinz Stadium, Dr Oz is more of an Acrisure Stadium,\u201d Fetterman said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243149440-1200x800-1.jpg\"><\/a> State Lt. Gov. and U.S. senatorial candidate John Fetterman delivers remarks during a \u201cWomen for Fetterman\u201d rally at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2022. (Kriston Jae Bethel\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>Since both candidates won their primaries, Fetterman has trolled Oz on social media and in speeches and interviews, sharing his viewpoint that the celebrity surgeon is a wealthy carpetbagger who is \u201cout of touch\u201d with Pennsylvanians.<\/p>\n<p>Heinz owned naming rights to the Steelers\u2019 stadium until this year when was the name of the Steelers\u2019 stadium until this year when the iconic Pittsburgh brand opted to not renew their contract. The stadium now bears the name of Acrisure Insurance, which is based in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman had a double-digit lead in polls over the summer when he mostly remained at home recovering from a severe stroke he suffered before the May 3 primary.<\/p>\n<p>Oz, and multiple media outlets, have called for Fetterman to release his medical records, questioning his ability to fulfill his role as a senator if he wins on Nov. 8.<\/p>\n<p>The Oz campaign has also criticized Fetterman for only agreeing to one debate\u2014on Oct. 25, two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh was front and center last weekend in the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race as Republican nominee Mehmet Oz held a press conference downtown on Sept. 30 while Democratic opponent John Fetterman spoke at a rally in the city\u2019s Strip District the next day. Fetterman is Pennsylvania\u2019s lieutenant governor and a former longtime mayor of Braddock, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1670222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1670222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1670222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1670222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}