The inability to string together coherent sentences during a debate exposes John Fetterman, US Senate candidate and the Biden party’s great hopes of securing a majority in the November 8 parliamentary election
Ever since voters in the last election decided to split the Solomonic Senate 50 to 50 between the Democratic and Republican Parties, everyone has been dreaming of that Senator number 51. The one who would have allowed President Joe Biden to carry out his agenda without subjecting it to the tyranny of his colleague Joe Munchin, a conservative Democrat.
John Fetterman, a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania government and a candidate for the Senate seat vacated by Republican Pat Toomey, has always presented himself as the Democratic Party’s best shot at hitting that magical number. By Wednesday, however, the magic was gone in his lone debate with his Republican rival, Dr. (Mehemet) Ozz, a television star born under Oprah Winfrey.
The hour that lasted was without a doubt the longest of this campaign the Democrats have lived. Sixty painful minutes in which Fetterman couldn’t quite articulate even the first sentence of the introduction. Ever since he said “good night” instead of “good afternoon”, everything went downhill without a brake. The charismatic former mayor, who has left an image by wearing a hooded sweatshirt and tattooing on his arm the murders that took place in his city where he wanted to end crime as an alderman, suffered a stroke last May that jeopardized its viability in doubted. His opposition to making his medical history public fueled those doubts, assuaged by the confidence unearthed by all senior officials of his party, who have supported him with the faith to make him Senator No. 51.
Joe Biden himself, who has been very careful not to spend too much on the election campaign given his low popularity figures, made an exception last week to join him in Pittsburgh and participate in a fundraising dinner for his campaign. His television rival enjoys a lavish checkbook, both from himself and from the party, which has been defending the Pennsylvania seat, which he has occupied since 1969, tooth and nail. Biden, who was born there, managed to win his own state by a hair. In fact, it was the one that gave him the final victory over Donald Trump, three weeks after the election.
Fetterman’s painful articulation in front of the cameras has exposed the president, who plans to redouble his efforts to support him along with Barack Obama in the November 8 parliamentary election. Everyone already knows that due to the stroke, the candidate was unable to compose coherent sentences in which he ate words, contradicted himself, stuttered and mixed unintelligible sounds. This is despite the fact that for the first time in history the unusual format to transcribe everything that was said in real time on the screens. In this way, he was able to visualize what his brain was unable to coordinate auditory. The million-dollar question was what his team of advisers thought by accepting the debate no matter how hard they pushed it.
The problem wasn’t just the television experience of his rival, winner of ten Emys for the most popular health program on American television, selling millions of “magic” capsules to women to lose weight or remove wrinkles. When the host asked Fetterman to explain the contradiction that he was for and against the gas extraction technique ‘fracking’ on two separate occasions, the candidate was no help. «I am in favor of ‘fracking’. I’m for ‘fracking’ and I’m for ‘fracking,’ he repeated roboticly.
If anything saved him, it was his rival’s outrageous abortion statement, who presents himself as a moderate despite Trump’s support. Fetterman believes the decision is up to women, but Dr. Ozz says he will leave it to “women, their doctors and local authorities.” Since Republican governor candidate Doug Mastriano is too extreme even for some Republicans, that expression will weigh on many women’s minds, at least as much as Fetterman’s dismal performance.
Source: La Verdad
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