{"id":2286167,"date":"2024-06-30T16:41:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T20:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-uses-his-own-poor-debate-as-evidence-bidens-campaign-can-recover-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T16:43:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T20:43:11","slug":"fetterman-uses-his-own-poor-debate-as-evidence-bidens-campaign-can-recover-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-uses-his-own-poor-debate-as-evidence-bidens-campaign-can-recover-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman cites his debate struggles as proof that Biden&#8217;s campaign can rebound &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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-uses-his-own-poor-debate-as-evidence-bidens-campaign-can-recover-washington-examiner%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=2286167&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>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), in\u2063 a recent interview with Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday, discussed President Joe Biden\u2019s less-than-stellar debate performance, using his \u2063own experience from the 2022 Senate debates as\u2062 an example. Despite facing criticism\u200c himself after a difficult debate against Mehmet Oz, Fetterman won his Senate\u2062 race significantly. He referred to this experience to argue that a single bad debate should \u2062not determine Biden\u2019s or any candidate\u2019s political fate. Fetterman resisted calls from some Democrats for Biden to step down as the presidential \u200bnominee following his\u200b debate with former President Donald Trump, emphasizing that a rough\u200d debate \u200ddoes \u2063not define a person\u2019s entire\u200d career or record.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Fetterman <\/a>(D-PA) reflected upon his own lackluster debate performance in 2022 to dismiss calls for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> to drop out of the presidential race following his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-biden-the-debate-stakes-couldnt-be-higher-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"For Biden, the debate stakes couldn\u2019t be higher - Washington Examiner\">poor debate performance<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3064893\/four-editorial-boards-call-biden-step-down-nomination-following-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>expressing concern<\/a> about Biden being the nominee after he performed poorly in Thursday night&rsquo;s presidential debate against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>. Fetterman pointed to his own poor debate performance when he ran for Senate in 2022 against Mehmet Oz, a race Fetterman ultimately won, as a sign that the Biden campaign can recover from the backlash.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We had a difficult debate, and yet we still managed to go on to win. Now, everybody was calling that that was the end of my career, that was the end of this race, and everyone was predicting that I was going to lose actually by 2 points or more. And I smoked Oz by 5 points,&rdquo; Fetterman said in an interview with Shannon Bream on <em>Fox News Sunday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;And that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;m saying. It &mdash; it&rsquo;s like one debate is not a career,&rdquo; He continued.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>I refuse to join the Democratic vultures on<br \/>Biden&rsquo;s shoulder after the debate.<\/p>\n<p>No one knows more than me that a rough debate is not the sum total of the person and their record. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NjWdUw5ugh\">pic.twitter.com\/NjWdUw5ugh<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnFetterman\/status\/1806658909052055762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>When Fetterman debated Oz in 2022, it was largely seen as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-teacher-pleads-guilty-after-mailing-white-powder-threats-to-elementary-school-staffers\/\" title=\"Ex-Teacher Pleads Guilty After Mailing White Powder Threats To Elementary School Staffers\">poor performance<\/a> by Fetterman, who had just suffered a stroke. One Democratic lawmaker told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/10\/26\/fetterman-pennsylvania-senate-debate-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Axios<\/a><\/em>  at the time, &ldquo;Why the hell did Fetterman agree to this?&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/biden-family-path-forward-disastrous-debate-mess-rcna159591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>asking similar questions<\/a> as to why the Biden campaign agreed to a debate after Biden often stumbled through questions and appeared lost during the debate. Fetterman, still, dismissed those concerns from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That whole abandoned Biden thing &mdash; that&rsquo;s the dumbest s*** I&rsquo;ve ever heard,&rdquo; Fetterman said.&nbsp; &ldquo;I mean, if you are more inclined to vote for a Democrat or be a Democrat, if you&rsquo;re willing to walk away from Joe Biden &mdash; you&rsquo;re by defecting, helping Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said voters should consider the contrasts between both the Trump and Biden presidencies when making their choice in November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a very stark choice. What kind of president do you want for the next four years?&rdquo; Fetterman said. &ldquo;Donald Trump, who is obsessed with revenge and has been very clear he is here to be retribution. I don&rsquo;t believe that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-beaten-in-broad-daylight-in-seattle\/\" title=\"Man beaten in broad daylight in Seattle\">president office<\/a> should ever be weaponized against the people in this America that disagree with you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) used his own challenging debate in 2022 to defend President Joe Biden against suggestions to withdraw from the presidential race after a weak debate performance. Despite concerns from some Democrats about Biden&#8217;s candidacy following his lackluster showing against former President Donald Trump, Fetterman remains supportive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2286168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/john-fetterman-in-congress.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,4087,33389,7921,24473],"class_list":["post-2286167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-campaign","tag-debate-struggles","tag-fetterman","tag-rebound"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/john-fetterman-in-congress.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286167","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2286168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}