one, was that affective to you? that wasn t the moment people were talking about and struggling, frankly. but the idea of talking about it in that context, you are waiting for this debate, was that persuasive to you as a way to set the stage? no, it really was not. i thought somebody should vote the mercy rule 20 minutes into the debate. fetterman, in my view, i don t know if it was the stroke or he s just a lousy debater or if he doesn t understand the issues. he was flustered he, was confused. he should have not been out there. and i ve had a number of people say why was this guy in on the ballot after that? i don t know if the debates matter that much. but people watch that, they are going to question his capacity to serve. the bar was set very low. it should ve been set lower. on that point, you ve talked about that too, alisyn, the bar was set so low in the sense of doctor oz you know him because he s the television personality. he s on tv, he s been doing it for two decades
mush two words together. but it knocked me down, i m going to keep coming back up. and this campaign is all about, to me, fighting for everyone in pennsylvania that ever got knocked down. that needs to get back up, and fighting for all, all communities across pennsylvania that also got knocked down that needs to keep getting back up. when you think about that, the idea of how he turned it into a discussion, really about, look, i am the every person. one, was that effective to you? that wasn t the moment people were talking about in struggling, frankly. but the idea of talking about it in that context, you were waiting for this debate, was that persuasive to you as a way to set the stage? no, it really was not. i thought somebody should vote the mercy rule 20 minutes into the debate. fetterman, in my view, i don t know if it was the stroke or he s just a lousy debater or if he doesn t understand the issues. he was flustered, he was confused.
have always supported fracking, there is that 2018 interview that you said, quote, i don t support fracking at all. how do you square the two? oh, i do support fracking and i don t i don t i support fracking and i stand and i do support fracking. thank you, mr. fetterman. not just a statement you read. there are multiple pictures of him signing a moratorium. we have to move on. we have to get the fundamentals of the truth. we have a lot of topics. we have a lot of topics. lawrence: of course the moderator has a hard time. get as to ain t where there is abuse some sort of mercy rule in it. unwatchable. policy position. obviously a flip flop. this all started during the primary when he just went ghost. you didn t know where he was. he wasn t doing campaign stuff.
a runoff in georgia. if you are just tuning in this morning i m in for brian kilmeade along with ainsley and steve. thank you all for having me. steve: thank you for joining us. lawrence: three pivotal debates in the books. pennsylvania senate candidates and the nominees for governor in michigan and new york squaring off on stage. steve: meanwhile, kevin corke is joining us from d.c. with the post game wrap up. hey there, kevin. good to be with you, steve, ainsley and lj good morning. a very busy night for politics across the country with key midterm debate duals in new york and michigan. in particular. let s begin in the keystone state democrat and recent stroke survivor john fetterman sadly struggled throughout his matchup against tv savvy dr. oz. so much so, in fact, one critic said they should have used the mercy rule and called it a night after about 20 minutes. here s a sample. you shouldn t shown up on the
now. i thought it was devastating. single best in terms of controlling the senate that republicans have had since this. lawrence: summer saying they should have been for this sports reference mercy rule introduced because it was that bad. clay. because they should have thrown the towel in. if a boxer, they would not be allowed to continue after 5 minutes. lawrence: you can see what is clicking on out kick.com. 40 years of helping new jersey s vulnerable nonprofit is making the incredible milestone this year. the group ceo joins us live to share the biggest success. but first, let s check in with dana perino for what is coming up at the top of the hour. hello, lawrence. thank you so much. first up on newsroom, the painful pennsylvania debate between john fetterman at dr. oz. how did the states democrats feel this morning? we have analysis kicking us off