Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman defended his recent debate performance, arguing that he “may not say everything perfectly sometimes.”
Fetterman, who recently suffered from a stroke, struggled in his performance while debating with Dr. Mehmet Oz (R-PA) on Tuesday night. During the Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s 3rd Annual Independence Dinner on Friday, however, the Senate candidate spoke clearly before the crowd, claiming that his health was improving after his stroke in mid-May, according to the Daily Mail.
“So I may not say everything perfectly sometimes, but I’ll always do the right thing if you send me to Washington, D.C.,” he said to a standing ovation.
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Fetterman had previously defended his performance at the debate in an interview on Thursday night with MSNBC’s Joy Reid, claiming that it “wasn’t gonna be easy and that it was “about getting back up and fighting.”
During the debate, moderators permitted the use of closed captioning so the lieutenant governor could respond to questions more easily as his stroke had caused an auditory processing disorder. However, he continued to struggle throughout the night, even beginning the debate by saying, “Hello, goodnight everyone.”
An InsiderAdvantage poll taken in the days after the debate shows Oz surpassing Fetterman, leading his Democratic counterpart 48% to 45%. Fetterman remains slightly ahead of his opponent, scoring 46.8% on FiveThirtyEight on Friday, a mere 1% ahead of Oz.
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While the Republican Party is expected to take control of the House after the 2022 midterm elections, FiveThirtyEight says that the Senate is in a dead heat. The party needs a net gain of at least one Senate candidate to take control of the upper chamber.
