{"id":1710967,"date":"2022-10-25T21:33:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T01:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710967"},"modified":"2022-10-25T21:33:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T01:33:46","slug":"confident-oz-and-struggling-fetterman-clash-in-pennsylvania-senate-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confident-oz-and-struggling-fetterman-clash-in-pennsylvania-senate-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Confident Oz And Struggling Fetterman Clash In Pennsylvania Senate Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fconfident-oz-and-struggling-fetterman-clash-in-pennsylvania-senate-debate%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=1710967&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><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman debated against Republican <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/mehmet-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Mehmet Oz<\/a> on Tuesday evening two weeks before residents of the Keystone State cast their <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/2022-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two nominees exchanged barbs on a variety of topics, from abortion and crime to fracking and inflation, as the Democrat painted his opponent as a liar and the Republican argued that his rival is radically progressive. Fetterman, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-top-democrat-in-u-s-senate-race-in-pennsylvania-hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffered a stroke<\/a> days before the primary elections that placed him in the hospital and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fetterman-versus-oz-pennsylvania-senate-nominees-finally-nail-down-time-and-place-for-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed him<\/a> from the campaign trail for months, faltered and provided choppy responses as Oz, a veteran television host, aggressively pressed his opponent and occasionally exceeded his time limits.<\/p>\n<p>Oz, repeatedly raising examples of conversations he has shared with Pennsylvanians over the past several months, blasted Fetterman, who did not commit during the debate to releasing his medical records, on his absence from the campaign. In turn, Fetterman criticized Oz for his longtime residence in New Jersey. Even with a closed captioning system positioned behind the moderators designed to aid his auditory processing, Fetterman struggled to remain coherent.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion on the state of the economy quickly turned to energy. Oz pointed to fracking and natural gas production as mechanisms for expanding living standards in Pennsylvania, while Fetterman insisted that he has \u201calways supported\u201d fracking when confronted with his past statements opposing the practice.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7ArBOzBgA0k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7ArBOzBgA0k\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-181\">CLICK HERE TO WATCH ELECTION WIRE FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS AND POLLING ON THE UPCOMING MIDTERMS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fetterman said that he \u201cabsolutely\u201d supports increasing the minimum wage in Pennsylvania from $7.25 to $15.00. Oz argued that the minimum wage ought to be \u201cas high as it can go\u201d through market forces, which have already caused average wages to increase well above $7.25, while a federal wage floor would place unnecessary strain on small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>On the issue of abortion, Fetterman contended that \u201cabortion is health care\u201d and vowed to \u201ccodify\u201d the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Roe v. Wade, which was overturned earlier this year. When moderators pressed Oz to harmonize his support of rape and incest exemptions with his pro-life position, the candidate said that he would leave all abortion policy to the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a physician, I\u2019ve been in the room when there\u2019s some difficult conversations happening,\u201d Oz remarked. \u201cI don\u2019t want the federal government involved with that at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both candidates were asked if they would respectively support Joe Biden and Donald Trump as their parties\u2019 candidates should they run in the 2024 presidential election and secure the nominations. Fetterman said that Biden, a \u201cgood family man,\u201d would have to make his own decision on whether or not to run for a second term. Oz, when asked for clarification, affirmed that he would support Trump or any other Republican who successfully emerges as the nominee in two years.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about the greatest foreign policy threat to the United States, Fetterman pointed to China and accused Oz of manufacturing his merchandise in the communist nation. Oz, meanwhile, criticized renewed negotiations on the Iran nuclear deal, which he claimed was a move to secure more energy supply, as an affront to American allies. He added that \u201cthe best way for America to establish its dominance\u201d in opposition to Russia would be to \u201cunleash the energy here in Pennsylvania and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman closed by referencing his own medical battles as a motivation for his service in the federal government, asserting that he would represent all struggling Pennsylvanians. \u201cI\u2019ve made my entire career dedicating to those kinds of pursuits,\u201d he remarked in his closing statement.<\/p>\n<p>Oz made a final appeal for unity while encouraging viewers to consider the present trajectory of the nation. \u201cNone of this has to happen,\u201d Oz closed in reference to Democratic policies. \u201cThis is all very addressable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman debated against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday evening two weeks before residents of the Keystone State cast their ballots. The two nominees exchanged barbs on a variety of topics, from abortion and crime to fracking and inflation, as the Democrat painted his opponent as a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1710458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710967","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1710458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}