{"id":1711913,"date":"2022-10-26T11:33:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711913"},"modified":"2022-10-26T11:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:49:25","slug":"fettermans-debate-performance-proves-we-need-to-ban-early-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fettermans-debate-performance-proves-we-need-to-ban-early-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman&#8217;s Debate Performance Proves We Need to Ban Early Voting"},"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\">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%2Ffettermans-debate-performance-proves-we-need-to-ban-early-voting%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=1711913&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.26-01.14-thepoliticalinsider-635932b884188.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman\u2019s \u201cpainful\u201d debate performance is a prime example of the perils of early voting, allowing people to cast ballots before they\u2019ve even had a chance to watch a candidate argue in favor of his policies and platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s performance <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/john-fettermans-painful-debate-performance-was-so-horrific-even-liberals-are-shocked\/?utm_source=home-headline-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was a debacle<\/a> by any measuring stick \u2013 including by some very prominent left-wing pundits.<\/p>\n<p>What is even more devastating is that several hundred thousand voters were robbed of the opportunity to see that the Democrat candidate is clearly incapable of performing the duties required in holding a Senate seat prior to voting.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s opponent, Republican candidate Mehmet Oz, challenged him to a series of five debates before the late October one-off was agreed to.<\/p>\n<p>It immediately became clear why the Fetterman campaign wanted to hide their candidate as long as possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fetterman opens the debate:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi. Good night everybody.\u201d <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<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/video-nbc-news-admits-democrat-john-fetterman-cant-understand-speech-needs-transcripts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video: NBC News Admits Democrat John Fetterman Can\u2019t Understand Speech, Needs Transcripts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Early Voting in Pennsylvania: Fetterman Voters Must Be Having Buyer\u2019s Remorse<\/h3>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Political Insider pointed out prior to the debate that it had been scheduled well after early voting was already underway in the state of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Voters in The Keystone State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goerie.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/10\/04\/early-voting-pennsylvania-everything-you-need-to-know-general-election\/69486541007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are not required to<\/a> give an excuse to attain a mail-in ballot and some counties were sending out ballots in late September and earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>How many of those voters cast their ballot on the word of the Fetterman campaign that their candidate was up to the task of serving in the Senate? On the word of a doctor who, as it turns out, is a campaign donor for the Democrat?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Fetterman\u2019s team released a note that claims he \u201ccan work full duty in public office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The note was written by a doctor who has given tens of thousands of dollars to Democrats\u2014including a $1,330 contribution to Fetterman\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckRossDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChuckRossDC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W7l8cqYzE3\">https:\/\/t.co\/W7l8cqYzE3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/1582806298348748801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rather than taking the word of a campaign donor doctor, Pennsylvanians could have decided with their own eyes and ears last night that Fetterman is not fit to run for dog catcher, let alone a seat in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>It is an unmistakable conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>It was a debate performance MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough described as \u201cpainful\u201d and\u00a0NewsNation host Chris Cuomo concluded shows the Democrat in the race \u201cclearly is dealing with health issues that affect his ability to process and his ability to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CHRIS CUOMO on tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PASen?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PASen<\/a> debate: \u201cVoters, I think, saw things that will definitely change the state of this race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFetterman struggled \u2026 I don\u2019t think his preparation was great.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hy58N3OD41\">pic.twitter.com\/Hy58N3OD41<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1585077373438869504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/john-fettermans-painful-debate-performance-was-so-horrific-even-liberals-are-shocked\/?utm_source=home-headline-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Fetterman\u2019s \u2018Painful\u2019 Debate Performance Was So Horrific Even Liberals Are Shocked<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Voters Had to Be Shocked<\/h3>\n<p>Voters who sent their mail-in ballots early in Pennsylvania may have trusted the word of Fetterman\u2019s campaign and cast their vote for him, confident that he was cleared by medical professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Surely they were shocked by what happened during Tuesday evening\u2019s debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Fetterman can\u2019t speak. This is disqualifying. Just watch. Answers like this are happening over and over again: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vnRQ0GMbtL\">pic.twitter.com\/vnRQ0GMbtL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1585064485756489729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, you might be saying to yourself, \u2018Self, how bad could the early voting be? How much could it sway the outcome of the Senate election?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re glad you asked.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours before the debate, CNN reported that nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/25\/politics\/pre-election-ballots-pennsylvania\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">640,000 pre-election votes<\/a> have already been cast in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats make up a wide majority of voters who have already cast a ballot in the Keystone State,\u201d they reported. \u201cAs of Tuesday, 73% of Pennsylvania voters so far have been Democrats, while 19% have been Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nearly half a million Democrats voted without knowing Fetterman is unfit to serve.<\/p>\n<p>How many, had they waited until Election Day, might have simply stayed home, too ashamed to vote for a candidate propped up by the Democrats like <em>Weekend at Bernie\u2019s<\/em>?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After watching that debate, keep a few things in mind:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Early voting has been going on in PA for four weeks.<br \/>\u2013 John Fetterman refuses to release his medical records.<br \/>\u2013 Liberals told us that an NBC reporter was \u201cableist\u201d for saying that Fetterman struggled to talk with her<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1585075859903639552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, writing in his dissent to a 2021 decision not to hear a challenge to the Pennsylvania mail-in voting procedures, claimed the institution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/article\/national\/susan-jones\/justice-thomas-scotus-refusal-hear-pennsylvania-election-challenges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had invited<\/a> an \u201cerosion of voter confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The challenge was against the Pennsylvania state court\u2019s ruling that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/ted-cruz-calls-on-supreme-court-to-rule-on-pennsylvanias-election-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">permitted<\/a>\u00a0ballots to be counted up to three days <em>after<\/em> Election Day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Clarence Thomas with the verbal smackdown <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wm2NdurwBi\">pic.twitter.com\/wm2NdurwBi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Good Night Poso (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1363903188475273217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Fetterman wins in Pennsylvania it will be in part to a significant Democrat edge in early mail-in voting. How much voter confidence will be left if that happens? How much <em>should<\/em> be left?<\/p>\n<p>Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow in the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Edwin Meese III Center, argues that early voting allows a proliferation of <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Arguments_for_and_against_early_voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ill-informed voters<\/a>. Or, as I call them, the Democrat base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is \u2026 no question that when voters cast their ballots weeks before Election Day, they do so without the same access to knowledge about the candidates and the issues as those who vote on Election Day,\u201d Spakovsky states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there are late-breaking developments in campaigns that could be important to the choices made by voters, those who have voted early cannot change their votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>640,000 voters cast their mail-in ballot not knowing Fetterman is still, months after his stroke, unable to form coherent sentences. Presumably, a good number of those would care to have known that.<\/p>\n<p>If they <em>don\u2019t<\/em>, then \u201cdemocracy\u201d has <em>much<\/em>, much bigger problems.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/senate\/pa\/pennsylvania_senate_oz_vs_fetterman-7695.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Clear Politics average<\/a> has Fetterman, at least up until last night, ahead of Oz by a mere 1.3 points. They consider the race to be a toss-up.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Bob Casey won his Senate seat in Pennsylvania by 13 points over his Republican challenger. The difference was a little <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_United_States_Senate_elections#Pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 657,000 votes<\/a>. 640,000 votes in a race polling within 2 points would most certainly help Fetterman\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It should never be allowed. Election Day is named as such for a reason. It\u2019s not called election week. Nor is it known as election month.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman\u2019s \u201cpainful\u201d debate performance is a prime example of the perils of early voting, allowing people to cast ballots before they\u2019ve even had a chance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1711917,"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":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"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\/1711913","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=1711913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}