{"id":1713631,"date":"2022-10-27T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1713631"},"modified":"2022-10-27T13:38:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T17:38:13","slug":"fetterman-debate-disaster-demonstrates-how-far-media-will-go-to-keep-dems-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-debate-disaster-demonstrates-how-far-media-will-go-to-keep-dems-in-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman Debate Disaster Demonstrates How Far Media Will Go to Keep Dems in Power"},"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\">28<\/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-debate-disaster-demonstrates-how-far-media-will-go-to-keep-dems-in-power%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=1713631&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 highly anticipated Tuesday night debate between Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz can best be summarized by the apt catchphrase of Janice from the hit sitcom \u201cFriends\u201d: \u201cOh. My. God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What was already expected to be a difficult performance for Fetterman \u2014 who suffered a stroke earlier this year \u2014 turned out to be cataclysmically worse than anyone could have ever imagined. Despite having closed captioning assisting him in comprehending the questions from the debate moderator, the Democrat Senate candidate was unable to string together coherent, thoughtful responses throughout the whole debate. <\/p>\n<p>In one exchange with the moderator when Fetterman was asked to address his previously stated support of banning fracking, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor audibly froze for an extended amount of time before managing to blurt out, \u201cI do support fracking and I don\u2019t, I don\u2019t, I support fracking and I stand, and I do support fracking.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Another similar instance occurred when he was pressed about his refusal to release his medical records. Fetterman declined to address the moderator\u2019s direct question and instead claimed, \u201cMy doctor believes I am fit to be serving and that\u2019s what I believe is where I am standing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"WrZYE1iahMK3maeQxsLHmgv8CFdCtbqVDpJNA08de3X6fy41T9B0TSn6V5jPxhGlKpkzuJo4vyLnfqRUEcrMsb9SX5wPokGiUIW2\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mod: &#8220;Why haven&#8217;t you released your medical records?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman: &#8220;My doctors believe I am ready to be served.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mod: &#8220;Why won&#8217;t you release the records?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman: &#8220;My doctor believes I am fit to be serving and I believe that is where I am standing.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kTH88tPH0Q\">pic.twitter.com\/kTH88tPH0Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1585065946510594048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>These verbal fumbles continued <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/26\/allowing-john-fetterman-to-run-for-senate-is-just-abusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">throughout the entire debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Fetterman\u2019s stroke and accompanying health problems are sad, what\u2019s truly appalling is the lengths to which America\u2019s corrupt corporate media have gone in covering up the Pennsylvania Democrat\u2019s inability to serve in public office. Over the course of the 2022 election cycle, legacy media talking heads <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/12\/its-not-ableist-to-wonder-if-fetterman-can-do-his-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have gone from<\/a> pretending Fetterman never had any health issues, to attacking anyone who raised concerns about his health, to now pretending Fetterman\u2019s debate performance was the greatest thing since Lizzo <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/30\/lizzo-twerking-with-madisons-flute-is-the-antithesis-of-civilizational-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">twerked on stage while slobbering all over<\/a> James Madison\u2019s crystal flute.<\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/6v1vF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opinion column<\/a> published in The Philidelphia Inquirer, some of the paper\u2019s writers and contributors attempted to hype Fetterman\u2019s extremely underwhelming debate performance, while giving Oz a lower average debate score than Fetterman. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had zingers, saying that Oz has never met an oil company that he doesn\u2019t \u2018swipe right\u2019 on,\u201d wrote Commentary and Ideas Editor Devi Lockwood, who gave Fetterman a score of 7\/10 and Oz a 1\/10. \u201cHearing Fetterman say that Roe v. Wade should be the law led me to audibly sigh in relief. Abortion should be a choice between a pregnant <em>person<\/em> [emphasis added] and their doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opinion Editor-at-Large Paul Davies echoed similar remarks and gave Fetterman a score of 5\/10, saying that despite his \u201cspeech challenges,\u201d Fetterman \u201cunderstands the struggles of working families and seniors, and especially believes that women \u2014 not the government \u2014 should be free to make their own choices surrounding their own bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davies separately gave Oz a 0\/10, claiming the Republican candidate \u201cdisqualified himself from holding public office\u201d the \u201csecond\u201d he \u201csaid that he would support the return of the twice-impeached former president [Donald Trump] who incited a deadly insurrection and tried to overturn a free and fair election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And of course, what Democrat-legacy media lovefest would be complete without input from Twitter\u2019s blue-check brigade? In a Wednesday morning tweet, Daily Beast Senior Columnist Matt Lewis offered what he called a \u201c[c]ontrarian take\u201d on the Fetterman-Oz debate, saying that while he \u201cwouldn\u2019t vote Fetterman for philosophical reasons,\u201d if he \u201cwere leaning toward him, last night would make me root for him even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-8.png 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-8-300x200-1.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Lewis was not alone in covering for Fetterman\u2019s disastrous performance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-9.png 623w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-9-300x191.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-11.png 641w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-11-300x160.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-12.png 578w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-12-300x187.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Corporate media\u2019s practice of obfuscating the faltering health of Democrat politicians is nothing new. Look no further than their continued dismissal of President Joe Biden\u2019s current mental state. Over the course of his presidency, Biden has made countless <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/20\/bidens-60-minutes-interview-proved-once-again-he-isnt-running-the-country-so-who-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">verbal missteps<\/a> and experienced numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/wheres-jackie-bidens-latest-gaffe-ignored-cnn-msnbc-cbs-nbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memory lapses<\/a>, with America\u2019s commander-in-chief even seemingly falling asleep during a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/24\/joe-biden-is-literally-falling-asleep-on-the-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent interview<\/a> on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>But to the country\u2019s left-wing propaganda press, none of it matters. Whether it\u2019s Fetterman or Biden, leftists masquerading as journalists couldn\u2019t care less if Democrat political figures are physically or mentally capable of representing their constituents and serving the needs of Americans. All they care about is maintaining government power for their political party. And if that means propping up individuals clearly not medically qualified for the job, then so be it. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highly anticipated Tuesday night debate between Democrat Lt. Gov. 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