{"id":1711701,"date":"2022-10-26T11:03:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711701"},"modified":"2022-10-26T11:03:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:03:39","slug":"hi-goodnight-everybody-even-liberals-admit-fettermans-debate-performance-was-abysmal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hi-goodnight-everybody-even-liberals-admit-fettermans-debate-performance-was-abysmal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hi. Goodnight, Everybody\u2019: Even Liberals Admit Fetterman\u2019s Debate Performance Was Abysmal"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhi-goodnight-everybody-even-liberals-admit-fettermans-debate-performance-was-abysmal%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=1711701&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>Tuesday night\u2019s debate between two Senate hopefuls in Pennsylvania turned out to be a disaster for one of them.<\/p>\n<p>The performance of Democrat John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke over the summer and has clearly not fully recovered, was so bad even liberals were forced to admit just how truly awful it was.<\/p>\n<p>The train wreck began from the first words the Lurch-like Fetterman uttered: \u201cHi. Goodnight, everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What the \u2026!?<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fetterman opens the debate: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi. Good night everybody.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mg0X3Iwf5D\">pic.twitter.com\/mg0X3Iwf5D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1585060068932063233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At one point, Fetterman was asked about his position on fracking, with a debate moderator noting he said in a 2018 interview that he completely opposed the practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do support fracking \u2014 I don\u2019t, I don\u2019t \u2014 I support fracking, and I stand \u2014 and I do support fracking,\u201d he stammered.<\/p>\n<p>At another point, Fetterman was asked: \u201cHas the Biden administration overspent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman: \u201cHere\u2019s what I think we have to fight about inflation here right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Huh?<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the debate, Fetterman proved he is simply not cognitively able to serve in the Senate. His comprehension was so bad after his stroke that he had to have giant Teleprompters erected in order to read what his opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, was saying.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, recovery from a stroke is difficult and everyone hopes Fetterman fully recovers. But it\u2019s an odd time for him to seek a six-year gig in the world\u2019s most exclusive debate club, where comprehension in fast-paced oratories is key.<\/p>\n<p>Before the debate, Fetterman\u2019s campaign said there would be \u201cawkward pauses\u201d and \u201cdelays and errors\u201d as the candidate would be reading closed captioning because of his \u201cauditory processing issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, they declared victory and blamed Fetterman\u2019s dismal performance on the closed captioning \u2014 which they had demanded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled with John\u2019s performance. He did remarkably well tonight \u2014 especially when you consider that he\u2019s still recovering from a stroke and was working off of delayed captions filled with errors. John won countless exchanges, counter-punched aggressively, and pushed back on Oz\u2019s cruelty and attacks,\u201d said Joe Calvello, Fetterman\u2019s communications director.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Weitman, communications chief for Nexstar, which ran the closed captioning, fired back, saying, \u201cIt is unfortunate that Mr. Fetterman is now criticizing the closed captioning process employed by Nexstar during tonight\u2019s debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth 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\u2019s debate; Mr. Fetterman chose to do only one,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fetterman-campaign-blames-captioning-system-for-disastrous-debate-tv-company-sets-record-straight\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At another point, a debate moderator asked: \u201cYou say that you will hold big corporations accountable for what you call price gouging. How will you do that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman: \u201cExactly. Dr. Oz has never seen an oil company he wouldn\u2019t swipe right on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And at yet another point, while discussing the minimum wage, Fetterman said: \u201cHow can a man, you know, with with 10 gigantic mansions has \u2014 am willing to talk about willing wage for anybody? Imagine a signal mom trying with two children trying to raise with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FETTERMAN: &#8220;How can a man, you know, with with 10 gigantic mansion has am willing to talk about willing wage for anybody? Imagine a signal mom trying with two children trying to raise with them.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hbqePfo8Of\">pic.twitter.com\/hbqePfo8Of<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1585062627473911808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the debate, CNN host Alisyn Camerota said she was unsettled by the spectacle. \u201cI\u2019ve interviewed him many times as lieutenant governor,\u2019 she said. \u201cAnd he sounds \u2013 he\u2019s sounded different before the stroke. In the interviews, he was much more, sort of, clear spoken than what I\u2019m hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats agree, with David Axelrod, a Democrat strategist who served as a senior adviser to Obama, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1585077889136939008\">writing<\/a> on Twitter: \u201c\u2018Fetterman needed to show he\u2019s sufficiently recovered, and this debate surely did not help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another huge liberal, former CNN host Chris Cuomo, said on his NewsNation show he was troubled by the performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Fetterman struggled,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cHe clearly is dealing with health issues that affect his ability to process and his ability to speak. Clearly, fitness for office is going to be on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat may not be fair, to some, for me to say \u2013 but if the voters aren\u2019t talking about it, I\u2019ll be shocked,\u201d Cuomo said.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, they\u2019re talking about it, Chris.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday night\u2019s debate between two Senate hopefuls in Pennsylvania turned out to be a disaster for one of them. The performance of Democrat John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke over the summer and has clearly not fully recovered, was so bad even liberals were forced to admit just how truly awful it was. 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