{"id":1711002,"date":"2022-10-25T23:03:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T03:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711002"},"modified":"2022-10-25T23:03:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T03:03:37","slug":"fetterman-faces-fallout-from-disastrous-debate-worst-performance-by-any-candidate-i-have-ever-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-faces-fallout-from-disastrous-debate-worst-performance-by-any-candidate-i-have-ever-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman Faces Fallout From Disastrous Debate: \u2018Worst Performance By Any Candidate I Have Ever Seen\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ffetterman-faces-fallout-from-disastrous-debate-worst-performance-by-any-candidate-i-have-ever-seen%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=1711002&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>The fallout from Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman\u2019s (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/confident-oz-and-struggling-fetterman-clash-in-pennsylvania-senate-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate<\/a> performance lit up social media Tuesday night with commentators from the across the political spectrum calling it an unmitigated disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has faced scrutiny over his fitness for office after he suffered a stroke earlier this year and has demonstrated that he sometimes struggles to understand words and has difficulty speaking and often needs conversations transcribed for him just to understand what is being said.<\/p>\n<p>The two nominees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fetterman-called-out-for-attacks-on-fracking-cant-respond-when-asked-why-he-changed-views\">exchanged barbs<\/a> 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 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>The fallout from the debate was seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.predictit.org\/markets\/detail\/7016\/Which-party-will-win-the-US-Senate-election-in-Pennsylvania-in-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">betting markets<\/a>, on cable news, and on social media with pundits with various views noting that Fetterman\u2019s obvious health concerns will likely end up being a major factor in the outcome of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with the moderators constantly cutting Fetterman off to protect him from himself, there is nothing the media can do to spin this debate,\u201d political strategist Andrew Surabian tweeted. \u201cI have never seen someone so obviously mentally\/physically unfit to serve in office than John Fetterman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PR executive Josh Holmes wrote: \u201cI\u2019ve honestly never seen anything like this. The partisanship required to vote for Fetterman at this point should be studied in a lab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust so we are all clear: that was Fetterman WITH weeks of prep and specialized computer assistance throughout,\u201d former White House adviser Stephen Miller tweeted. \u201cSo what you just saw is the very, very best Fetterman can do. Which is terrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoly s***, Fetterman is fried,\u201d Donald Trump Jr. tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTap out, @JohnFetterman,\u201d former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell tweeted. \u201cThis is hard to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not funny. It is not something to make fun of. It is genuinely upsetting,\u201d political commentator Viva Frei tweeted. \u201cAnd if Fetterman gets elected, it will show the degree to which Democrat voters are prepared to exploit vulnerable humans for political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media protected this guy,\u201d political commentator Mike Cernovich tweeted. \u201cThere\u2019s no bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TIME Magazine reporter Charlotte Alter tweeted: \u201cI spoke to Fetterman recently, and I expected him to be very bad tonight. But he was much much worse than I expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Media analyst Joe Concha tweeted: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to see this race not changing decidedly after just 20 minutes into this debate. Some of Fetterman\u2019s statements simply don\u2019t make any sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Fetterman\u2019s ability to communicate is seriously impaired,\u201d MSNBC News Joe Scarborough tweeted. \u201cPennsylvania voters will be talking about this obvious fact even if many in the media will not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is painful to watch regardless of one\u2019s politics,\u201d Scarborough added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat #PASenateDebate was painful to watch,\u201d British commentator Piers Morgan tweeted. \u201cI feel very sorry for John Fetterman that he suffered a stroke, but it is cruel of his team to expose him to such ridicule when he is clearly unfit to either take part in TV debates or be a fully-functional senator. He should withdraw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the worst performance by any candidate I have ever seen in any debate,\u201d sports commentator Clay Travis tweeted. \u201cIf this were a boxing match they would throw the towel in. This is sad. @JohnFetterman\u2019s entire campaign should be ashamed for letting this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Ben Zeisloft contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fallout from Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman\u2019s (D) debate performance lit up social media Tuesday night with commentators from the across the political spectrum calling it an unmitigated disaster. Fetterman has faced scrutiny over his fitness for office after he suffered a stroke earlier this year and has demonstrated that he sometimes struggles &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1711005,"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-1711002","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\/1711002","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=1711002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}