Fetterman’s Debate Disaster Shows Just How Far Media Will Go To Keep Democrats In Power

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 “Friends”: “Oh. My. God.”

What was already expected to be a difficult performance for Fetterman — who suffered a stroke earlier this year — 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.

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, “I do support fracking and I don’t, I don’t, I support fracking and I stand, and I do support fracking.”

Another similar instance occurred when he was pressed about his refusal to release his medical records. Fetterman declined to address the moderator’s direct question and instead claimed, “My doctor believes I am fit to be serving and that’s what I believe is where I am standing.”

Mod: “Why haven’t you released your medical records?”

Fetterman: “My doctors believe I am ready to be served.”

Mod: “Why won’t you release the records?”

Fetterman: “My doctor believes I am fit to be serving and I believe that is where I am standing.” pic.twitter.com/kTH88tPH0Q

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 26, 2022

These verbal fumbles continued throughout the entire debate.

While Fetterman’s stroke and accompanying health problems are sad, what’s truly appalling is the lengths to which America’s corrupt corporate media have gone in covering up the Pennsylvania Democrat’s inability to serve in public office. Over the course of the 2022 election cycle, legacy media talking heads have gone from pretending Fetterman never had any health issues, to attacking anyone who raised concerns about his health, to now pretending Fetterman’s debate performance was the greatest thing since Lizzo twerked on stage while slobbering all over James Madison’s crystal flute.

In a Tuesday opinion column published in The Philidelphia Inquirer, some of the paper’s writers and contributors attempted to hype Fetterman’s extremely underwhelming debate performance, while giving Oz a lower average debate score than Fetterman.

“He had zingers, saying that Oz has never met an oil company that he doesn’t ‘swipe right’ on,” wrote Commentary and Ideas Editor Devi Lockwood, who gave Fetterman a score of 7/10 and Oz a 1/10. “Hearing 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 person [emphasis added] and their doctor.”

Opinion Editor-at-Large Paul Davies echoed similar remarks and gave Fetterman a score of 5/10, saying that despite his “speech challenges,” Fetterman “understands the struggles of working families and seniors, and especially believes that women — not the government — should be free to make their own choices surrounding their

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