Democrats scramble to push Fetterman over the finish in Pennsylvania
by Julia Manchester - 10/30/22 6:00 AM ET
Democrats in Pennsylvania are scrambling to flip the script on a less-than-stellar performance from Senate candidate John Fetterman during the state’s first and only televised debate and throwing the kitchen sink at pushing him over the finish line.
With just over a week until Election Day, they are hoping Fetterman can hang on in a state that’s emerged as the center of Democrats’ hopes of retaining control of the Senate.
The conversation immediately after last week’s debate largely surrounded Fetterman’s struggles on stage due to lingering symptoms from a stroke earlier this year and questions about whether he should have debated at all. But Democrats and Fetterman’s campaign quickly turned to Republican nominee Mehmet Oz’s comments on abortion and Fetterman’s impressive post-debate fundraising in a bid to reassure anxious Democrats and appeal to skeptical swing voters.
“There [are] two choices: We rally around or you abandon, and nobody has abandoned John,” said T.J. Rooney, the former chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.
“It’s caused voters, and I can’t say for better or worse, to lean in more and want to know more,” he continued.
Fetterman’s campaign announced on Wednesday that it raised a whopping $2 million in less than 24 hours after the debate, with $1 million of the haul coming during the three hours after the forum.
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