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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Chuck Schumer caught on hot mic telling Biden that Democrats are losing pivotal Senate race in Georgia



Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York was caught on a hot microphone admitting to President Joe Biden that the Democrats were losing the U.S. Senate election in Georgia to the Republicans.

Schumer was speaking to Biden on an airfield tarmac Thursday when his comments were caught by a Washington Post microphone.

"The state where we're going downhill is Georgia," said Schumer. "It's hard to believe that they will go for Herschel Walker."

Schumer and the president were surrounded by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, both New York Democrats.

"But our early turnout in Georgia is huge! Huge!" he added enthusiastically.

Video of the exchange was widely shared on social media:

\u201c\ud83d\udea8Schumer to Biden: "The state where we're going downhill is Georgia. It's hard to believe that they will go for Herschel Walker."\u201d
— Greg Price (@Greg Price) 1666902736

Schumer also explained the state of other midterm elections during the exchange and claimed that the poor performance of Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman in a debate with Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz wasn't hurting Democrats.

"It looks like the debate didn't hurt us too much in Pennsylvania as of today, so that's good," he said on the video, "and basically, we're picking up steam in Nevada."

The race to fill one of Pennsylvania's two seats on the U.S. Senate could be the key to flipping control of Congress to Republicans. Polling shows that the race has tightened significantly from earlier when Fetterman had an advantage over Oz.

The Tuesday night debate between the candidates could have been the moment that Oz seized the advantage as questions about Fetterman's health and ability to fulfill the obligations of the office worsened. Democrats have used social media to barrage those who have pointed out Fetterman's poor performance.

Early voting in Pennsylvania has already begun.

Here's the video of the hot mic moment:

Chuck Schumer on hot mic: Fetterman debate didn't hurt us too muchwww.youtube.com

MSNBC viewers furiously insult Andrea Mitchell for pointing out Fetterman's horrible debate: 'She needs to STFU'



Viewers of progressive cable news network MSNBC lashed out furiously at longtime anchor Andrea Mitchell after she recognized that a Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate performed badly at a debate.

Mitchell addressed the contentious debate between Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman for one of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seats on Tuesday.

Fetterman had many embarrassing moments at the debate, owing to his continuing recovery from a stroke, but many Democrats were incensed that Mitchell would even address the issue. Some even defended Fetterman by mocking 75-year-old Mitchell for stumbling over her words at times.

"Andrea Mitchell has an agenda. She degraded John Fetterman when talking about last nights debate. All about his stroke. What’s her excuse? She can’t find words when trying to form a sentence," read one popular tweet.

"Andrea Mitchell should be the last person beating the dead horse about Fetterman’s speech problems. She can barely complete a sentence without pauses. I recognize as I age that can be a problem but I don’t keep calling out someone for it. She needs to stop," read another tweet.

"It’s rich that Andrea Mitchell is talking about John Fetterman stroke and his disability. When Andrea Mitchell can’t string a sentence together and she didn’t have a stroke !" said another angry critic.

"Andrea Mitchell and Joe Scarborough fumblef***ing through their shows while disparaging Fetterman's 'performance' in a debate while RECOVERING FROM A STROKE, is galling. He will improve. What are your excuses, Joe? Andrea? Neither of you successfully complete sentences daily," responded another commenter.

"I find it rich Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC, who can hardly put together sentences herself, criticizing Fetterman for having a hard time last night," read another reply.

"John Fetterman spoke much better during his debate than Andrea Mitchell does on a daily basis so she needs to STFU," read a popular response.

At least one commenter compared her comments about Fetterman to the Nazis in Germany seeking to exterminate the disabled. Others, like the co-hosts of "The View," were angry at Oz for attacking Fetterman's health at the debate because he is a medical doctor.

Here's more about Fetterman's debate performance:

Fetterman MELTS DOWN When Asked To Release Medical Recordswww.youtube.com