question on abortion. the fetterman camp is highlighting oz s remarks in this just released campaign ad. this is who dr. oz wants in charge of women s health care decisions. i want women, doctors, local political leaders. local, political leaders. local, political leaders. oz would let politicians like doug mastriano ban abortion without exceptions. cnn s dan merica is here. dan, we have these quotes from fetterman supporters because of your reporting. tell us more about what they said about his performance. i spent the morning talking to folks i had met on the campaign trail covering fetterman who attended fetterman events, these are hardened supporters and to a voter they all plan to vote for him in november. most same disparaging things about dr. oz, they couldn t imagine voting for him but also to a voter they are deeply learned about the health questions that debate raised particularly when it comes to
political leaders, local political leaders, local political leaders. oz would let politicians like doug mastriano ban abortion without exceptions. nimble. very next day. subtle. no, i think it was important and we all talk to voters. voters are willing to overlook a lot of things and typically it s because, you know, if a voter is going to overlook something with the candidate it s because they view the other person as a worse choice and i think that s just where we are. so i think this race will come down to what you alluded to earlier, that thin slice of swing voters, maybe the suburban women that we ve talked about, are they willing to overlook oz s abortion stance, that comment? because they think john fetterman s communication, his cognitive ability or whatever, his transparency or are they willing to overlook john fetterman s communication because they disagree with oz? also in the race you have we re watching this play out.
local political leaders. oz would let politicians like doug mastriano ban abortion without exceptions. oz is too extreme for pennsylvania. how sal yient is that? that s what they need to do. we know the overturning of roe v. wade is the single most mobilizing issue for democrats. this is a numbers game in pennsylvania. it s, can you get more democrats to the polls to vote for fetterman? it s numbers. that ad cat catalyzes votes. gloria allred has a client that says herschel walker drove her to get an abortion. the impact of a second story. walk her denies it. it s doubling down on what is one of many of walker s weaknesses, but a real core contradiction for his
leaders which fetterman seized upon in a new ad. local political leaders. oz would let politicians like doug mastriano ban abortion without exceptions. even in cases of rape, incest or life of the mother. reporter: as democrats try linking oz to doug mastriano, the republican candidate for governor. it was fetterman s own shaky performance my doctors, the real doctors that i believe they all believe i m ready to be serve. reporter: if tt stirred alar among democratic leaders where the slim hold on the senate is at risk. with the help of closed captioning to accommodate for affects of his stroke, he not only struggled to prosecute his case against oz but also on fracking, a critical force of energy jobs here. in 2018, he said this. i don t support fracking at all. i never have. reporter: tuesday night, he struggled to explain how his views have evolved. i do support fracking.
he gets healthier every day. a stroke s a hard thing to get over. in one of the nation s tightest contests may well reverberate for the final days of the race with crime, energy, and abortion rights among the issues at the center of a bitter duel. i want women, doctors political leaders to put the best ideas forward so states can decide. today, his advisers told cnn oz believes the federal government should not play a role in the abortion policy in the wake of the supreme court decision overturning roe versus wade. at a campaign stop, he talked about crime. not abortion, and did not address his line about local political leaders, which fetterm fetterman seized upon in a new az. oz will let politicians like doug mastriano ban abortion in