Don Lemon presses Fetterman to have his doctors answer media questions before the election and gets a nonresponse



CNN anchor Don Lemon pressured John Fetterman on whether he would permit his doctors to answer questions from the media before the election, but he offered a nonresponse to the press.

Lemon had the Democratic candidate for one of two of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seats on his show Monday and asked him a difficult question about his health. Fetterman suffered a stroke but insists that he is healthy enough to campaign despite often mixing up words and misunderstanding questions put to him.

"Listen, we've heard a little from your doctor, but we haven't heard a lot. You're asking voters to trust you on your word that your health is good without the full story, so in the interest of full transparency for the voters, do you think it would help if you let your doctors brief the press before election night?" Lemon asked.

"I think we've been pretty transparent, you know, we've had our doctors just be very clear that they're here, that we're able to and fit to serve," Fetterman responded.

"And from my point, uh, you know, we've been also been very transparent in terms of showing up at a debate, and very transparent about, you know, having events in front of thousands and thousands of Pennsylvanians for months, and I was again, it was no secret that I was gonna miss some words, I was gonna mush some words together," he continued.

"And as we've been very clear in the debate and during this interview I've been using captioning, it's all true," he added. "I believe we've been very transparent to give all the voters to make it their choice."

Questions around Fetterman's health gained traction when Fetterman and Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz debated on a public forum, and the Democratic candidate struggled to answer some questions competently. In one embarrassing moment, he was asked to square contradictory statements about fracking, and he simply repeated that he supported the practice.

The Pennsylvania election will help determine whether Democrats maintain their tenuous hold on the U.S. Senate or whether Republicans will take control.

Here's the Lemon interview with Fetterman:

\u201cDon Lemon: "In the interest of full transparency for the voters, do you think it would help if you let your doctors brief the press before election night?"\n@JohnFetterman: "I think we've been pretty transparent." https://t.co/ZjbajpBvfE\u201d
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Associated Press gets torched online for pouncing on NBC News in order to protect Democrat PA candidate John Fetterman



The Associated Press was criticized by many on the right after it collected complaints against NBC News in order to protect Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman.

NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns commented that Fetterman appeared to have trouble answering questions during an interview about his campaign. The 52-year-old candidate suffered a stroke earlier this year but maintains that he is healthy enough to continue running for the federal seat.

Burns was immediately criticized for reporting that Fetterman had trouble understanding questions and needed closed captioning in order to help him answer the questions completely.

The Associated Press collected the criticism against Burns despite her report noting that Fetterman's cognitive abilities didn't seem to be impaired, but that his hearing ability had been.

“Our reporting did not and should not comment on fitness for office,” tweeted New York magazine reporter, Rebecca Traister. “This is for voters to decide. What we push for as reporters is transparency. It’s our job.”

The article from the Associated Press drew criticism online from many who saw it is protecting the Democrat candidate from reasonable suspicion.

"When is the last time the @AP did press criticism as a news* story?" asked John McCormack of National Review.

"NBC accidentally did journalism, so here comes AP to clean things up for Democrats," replied Mark Hemingway.

"This is a rare moment where leftists are pouncing... but they're the media pouncing in defense of their candidate," read another tweet.

"The report and subsequent narrative were a controlled burn, intended to prevent further spread (reporting) of Fetterman’s condition and fitness to serve," tweeted Jorge Bonilla of NewsBusters.

"When did the Associated Press start doing the thing where you write up people's tweets criticizing something?" asked journalist Zaid Jilani.

"Amazing," responded Charles C.W. Cooke of National Review.

Fetterman is running against Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz. While Fetterman had a large lead over Oz earlier in the campaign, recent polling has their pivotal race tightening up significantly. The result of the election will help determine which party has control of the U.S. Senate after the midterm elections.

Here's part of the controversial interview:

John Fetterman Answers Health Questions Ahead Of PA Election Daywww.youtube.com