Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was overheard assuring President Joe Biden that Pennsylvania Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman wouldn’t hurt Democrats’ chances on Tuesday night, with just 11 days left until the election. midterms.
At the same time, he warned Biden that Democrats “risked” losing one seat in the House.
“Looks like the debate hasn’t hurt us too much in Pennsylvania and we’re picking up steam in Nevada,” Schumer told Biden as the two Democratic leaders spoke on the tarmac Thursday afternoon as the president arrived in Syracuse, New York. .
No public poll has been released showing whether Fetterman’s performance in the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday night against Republican candidate Mehmet Oz ruined his chances of vacating the Senate seat by outgoing GOP Senator Pat Toomey.
Fetterman suffered a stroke in May and deals with “auditory processing” issues — and used captioning for the debate.
While Fetterman and his campaign tried to prepare viewers that his performance could include awkward pauses and missed words, the effects of his stroke were fully apparent in his hour-long performance against Oz, a polished TV doctor.
The appearance raised further questions about his health and fitness and has sparked fear among Democrats in a race that will be decisive in determining who
In Nevada, incumbent Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto could be knocked out of her seat by Republican Adam Laxalt, who was backed by former President Donald Trump and whose grandfather was a prominent politician in the state.
Majority leader Chuck Schumer (left) was bugged, assuring President Joe Biden (right) that the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman’s debate performance won’t dent Democrats
“Looks like the debate hasn’t hurt us too much in Pennsylvania and we’re picking up steam in Nevada,” Schumer (left) told Biden (right) as the two Democratic leaders spoke on the tarmac Thursday afternoon, when the president arrived in Syracuse, New York
President Joe Biden (right) greets New York Governor Kathy Hochul (right) alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (center) as he lands in Syracuse, New York on Thursday
In addition, Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak faces a tough challenge from Clark County Republican Sheriff Joe Lombardo.
Since the debate, the message has been spread that Fetterman is not equipped to take on the task, with a new ad from a Trump-backed super PAC labeling the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor as “ignorant” and “weak.”
Fox News Channel reported Wednesday that the group MAGA, Inc. Spending $870,000 to run the ad on the air in Pennsylvania in an effort to get Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz a boost.
The ad links Fetterman to President Joe Biden and uses footage of Biden tripping over the steps of Air Force One and Fetterman saying, “The Eagles are so much better than the Eagles!”
The worst border crisis in American history. The worst crime wave in decades. The threat of nuclear destruction. Our economy is collapsing,” the narrator says. “Joe Biden and John Fetterman are no match for these challenges.”
“Biden is stumbling around, and Fetterman just isn’t right,” it continues, showing the Air Force One and Eagles clips. “Biden and Fetterman: liberal, clueless, weak,” it concludes.
Former President Donald Trump’s super PAC labeled Pennsylvania Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman “ignorant” and weak” in a new tantalizing TV ad after his debate performance raised more questions about his recovery from his stroke
The ad links Fetterman to President Joe Biden and uses footage of Biden tripping over the steps of Air Force One
On the spot, Fetterman, who is recovering from a stroke, says: ‘The Eagles are so much better than the Eagles!’
The worst border crisis in American history. The worst crime wave in decades. The threat of nuclear destruction. Our economy is collapsing,” the narrator says. Joe Biden and John Fetterman are not up to these challenges
The last poll, which was performed by Franklin & Marshall College ahead of Tuesday night’s showdown in Harrisburg, Fetterman showed a five-point lead, but that was within the margin of error of the investigation.
Fetterman’s saving grace may be that the debate took place while voting was already underway.
By Wednesday, about 635,000 Pennsylvanians had already voted.
During the debate, Fetterman was asked to clarify his stance on fracking, as moderators pointed to an interview from 2018where the lieutenant governor spoke widely against the practice, but no ban.
“I support fracking — I don’t, I don’t — I support fracking, and I support fracking,” he replied.
At another time, when Fetterman was asked specifically about the allegations Oz had made that some of the Democrat’s campaign ads were being removed for being factually incorrect, Fetterman instead stuck to the topic of abortion.
“I’ll have Mr. Fetterman respond specifically to the ads being taken off the air, and we’ll get to that, Mr. Oz,” said one of the moderators.
Fetterman didn’t answer the question.
“Yeah, I want to look in the face of every woman in Pennsylvania. If you believe that choosing your reproductive freedom with Dr. Oz hears, you have a choice, but if you believe the abortion choice is between you and your doctor, that’s what I’m fighting for,” Fetterman said. “Roe v. Wade to me should be the law,” he celebrated when it happened. And my campaign would be fighting for Roe v. Wade — and if I had the chance to codify it into law.”
Wednesday night in Pittsburgh at a rally alongside Dave Matthews Band, Fetterman told supporters, “To be honest, having that debate wasn’t exactly easy.”
“I knew it wouldn’t be easy to have a stroke after five months,” he continued. “In fact, I don’t think that’s ever happened in American political history.”
Fetterman’s campaign raised more than $2 million from the effort.
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