Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor John Fetterman and TV personality Mehmet Oz met for their only pre-election debate, in what was perhaps the most closely watched match ups of all U.S. Senate candidates this midterm cycle.
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NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns reported Tuesday that John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, still has "a hard time understanding what he’s hearing" ahead of the midterm elections. Burns appeared on MSNBC’s "Katy Tur Reports" to preview her exclusive interview with the lieutenant governor, which will air in its entirety on Wednesday. Both Burns and Tur noted that this would mark the first time that Fetterman has sat down for a one-on-one interview with a reporter since his stroke in May.
Regarding the stroke, Burns commented that the interview itself showed Fetterman struggling to have verbal conversations. "We had a monitor set up so he could read my questions because he still has lingering auditory processing issues as a result of the stroke, which means he has a hard time understanding what he’s hearing. Now, once he reads the question, he’s able to understand.
You’ll hear he also still has some problems, some challenges with speech. I’ll say that just in some of the small talk prior to the interview, before the closed captioning was up and running, it did seem that he had a hard time understanding our conversations," Burns said. John Fetterman, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and Democratic Senate candidate, speaks during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, on Saturday, Oct.
1, 2022. (Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg via Getty Images) She also described the interview as "unconventional" and a departure from how she originally spoke with him prior to the stroke. "Now, Fetterman has always been an unconventional candidate, but this is a particularly unconventional interview. I sat down with him at his home in May before the stroke.This was very different, including
.Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor John Fetterman and TV personality Mehmet Oz met for their only pre-election debate, in what was perhaps the most closely watched match ups of all U.S. Senate candidates this midterm cycle.
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Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz said on "America's Newsroom" he believes Black voters in the state are increasingly rejecting Democrat John Fetterman's policies. Oz said the people in Philadelphia are not "having it" in regard to heroin injection sites, supported by Fetterman. He responded to a new Fox News poll showing Fetterman leading among non-White voters 52-24%.
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A disability advocate told Buzzfeed News on Wednesday that NBC's interview with Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman will increase "violence" against disabled people. "The way Burns handled that interview will only worsen attitudes and violence towards disabled people in a time when virtual accommodations are being removed left and right after they were implemented overnight in 2020," Charis Hill told the outlet. Hill called on NBC to apologize for "overt discrimination." NBC reporter Dasha Burns' interview with Fetterman aired on Tuesday. While previewing the interview on MSNBC's "Katy Tur Reports", Burns said Fetterman had "a hard time understanding what he’s hearing." Fetterman used closed-captioning during the interview. John Fetterman, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and Democratic senate candidate, speaks during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.
America loves a comeback story. When you grow up in western Pennsylvania you are surrounded by some of the most compelling narratives in our history. In Elementary School, local students take field trips to Ft. Necessity to learn about the French and Indian War. We are reminded of the outgunned, under equipped, and ill-trained Pennsylvania soldiers who won the American Revolution under George Washington.
Outkick founder Clay Travis echoed calls from Fox News' Sean Hannity for Pennsylvania Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman to take the conservative host up on his offer to appear on up to three hours of radio and an hour of television.
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NBC reporter Dasha Burns defended her observation that Democratic Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman had a "difficult" time understanding small talk prior to a recent interview.
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Tony Lundy is sitting on one of three chrome stools at Hocky Brothers auto parts store on Braddock Avenue, waiting to find out how much it will cost to fix his car. Dressed in work clothes from the plant he works at nine miles down the river in Pittsburgh, the 61-year-old has called Braddock home for most of his life. Lundy fondly recalls growing up as one of 13 children surrounded by this once-vibrant community. "The town was the place to be," Lundy said.
for a nationwide abortion ban. Or maybe the governor of to your state without warning, where you have no infrastructure or preparation to aid them, and you would like that to change.The outcome of the midterms this year is going to affect everybody in every state.
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