crucial race that could tip the balance of power in the senate. the pennsylvania face-off between john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz intensified worries about fetterman s health. he stumbled his way through the debate giving answers like this one. i support fracking. you have made conflicting statements regarding fracking. in a 2018 interview, you said, i don t support fracking at all, i never have. earlier this month you told an interviewer, i support fracking. i support fracking. i don t i don t i support fracking and i stand and i do support fracking. emily: last night welcome painting with musician dave matthews, fetterman made this stunning admission about his performance. doing that debate was not exactly easy. i knew it wasn t going to be easy after having a stroke after five months. i don t think that has ever been
re oz would let politicians like doug mastriano ban abortions in ca cases. reporter: it was fetterman s own shaky performance my doctors, the real doctors that i believe in, they all believe that i m ready to be served. reporter: that dominated the post debate discussion stirring alarm a among democratic leaders where the party s slim hold is on risk. with the help of closed captioning to accommodate, fetterman struggled to prosecute his case against oz but also on fracking, a critical source of energy jobs here. in 2018 he said this. i don t support fracking at all. i never have. reporter: on stage tuesday night he struggled to explain how his views have evolved.
0 with all of your favorite live tv and streaming apps. all in one place. all right, discovery plus because we know how much you appreciate having all you need all in one place. i live streaming and live tv. all in one place.my dish tuned in to you. go ., ever goodyb evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. good night, everybody. ore thtwo days before the democf senate primary in pennsylvania back in may,er staffers with thg john fetterman campaign announced that their candidate had tragicallyannoun suffered a stroke, but no problem. in a written statementtten purported written by john fetterman himself from the hospital, fetterman announced thatdly writ he was f absolutely fine.ai i m feeling much better, the statement read . ing muchetter.doctors tell me ie any cognitive damage. okay, so the primary continued as playing with veterans name on the ballo w t, and fetterman won. ate the democratic was t nominee and thatos was the lasto that most voters heard about. kefo john
entire career. you have made two conflicting statements regarding fracking. in a 2018 interview, you said, quote, i don t support fracking at all. i never have. but earlier this month, you told an interviewer, quote, i support fracking, i support the energy independence that we should have here in the united states. i ve always supported fracking and i always believe that independence with our energy is critical, we can t be held, you know, you know, ransom to somebody like russia. but there is that 2018 interview that you said, quote, i don t support fracking at all. so how do you square the two? oh, i, i do support fracking. and i don t, i don t i support fracking and i stand and i do support fracking. laura: wow. now, when he wasn t lying, there were these bizarre moments. abortion decisions should be
was outside the main team. it s not just his health concerns. it also concerns that he is too extreme. on answers regarding fracking and allowing abortion up to 38 weeks, his record on crime, he didn t provide any clarity at all. and we are now two weeks until the midterms. your goal is to sway on sway undecided voters right now and i can t imagine there are many suede after that performance from fetterman last night. the one you took the dr. oz approach focusing on the issues but i ll take the john fetterman approach and address the elephant in the room for it not even most partisan democrat can spin that for john fetterman. if you can watch what happens last night on that debate stage and still decide that fetterman is going to get your vote, that s a sad reflection of the partisanship that we currently have in our country. at some point you need to put country over party when in a chamber where speech and debate is so vital like the senate, you cannot have an individual like john fe