TUCKER CARLSON EXPOSES THE JOHN FETTERMAN HOAX
Tucker Carlson: This is shocking
Radical Democrat John Fetterman Supports Abortion Up to Moment of Birth
Radical Democrat John Fetterman, who is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, supports abortion up until the moment of birth.
Fetterman, the lieutenant governor of the Keystone State, made his position clear in a May interview with CNN when he said he does not support abortion limitations through the third trimester of pregnancy.
“I believe that choice is between a woman, her doctor,and a God if she prays to one,” he said. “As a man and a politician, I don’t have a right to intervene.”
The comments reaffirmed his position on abortion, which he shared in an April Democrat primary debate jointly hosted by the nonprofit SpotlightPA and the Pennsylvania Cable Network.
“Are there any limits on abortion you would find appropriate?” a moderator asked Fetterman.
“I don’t believe so, no,” he responded. “I believe that that is between a woman and her physician, and it’s certainly not between me and any politician.”
The debate occurred before the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, which overturned the longstanding Roe v. Wade decision and made aboriton an issue for state legislatures to decide. Fetterman said if he were elected senator, he would not vote for any Supreme Court justice nominee who questioned the 1973 ruling.
“If they don’t support Roe v. Wade, they would not earn my vote,” he said. “I feel that strongly about women’s reproductive freedom and how settled of a case law it is in the United States.”
That evening, Fetterman also pledged to abolish the filibuster and support legislation that would nationally codify abortion rights in America if elected to the Senate:
If I’m in the United States senate I would immediately support the first campaign to support the elimination of the filibuster to make sure that we codify women’s reproductive freedom in law to make sure that even if the Supreme Court does go down that road and eliminates or revoke Roe v Wade that we already existingly codified that into law and make sure that we can’t go back.
While Fetterman’s stance on abortion is clearly radical, so are his views on the criminal justice system. As lieutenant governor, he chairs Pennsylvania’s five-person Board of Pardons and commutation recommendations for convicted murderers and others facing life sentences skyrocketed under his leadership. Additionally, he has stated that he agrees emptying the state’s prison systems by one-third would not “make anyone less safe.”
TUCKER CARLSON EXPOSES THE JOHN FETTERMAN HOAX
Tucker Carlson: This is shocking
Democrat John Fetterman Cracks Under Pressure, Agrees to Debate Republican Mehmet Oz
Democrat John Fetterman is committing to at least one debate with his Republican opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, in Pennsylvania’s race for U.S. Senate.
In a Wednesday afternoon article authored by Politico’s Holly Otterbein, Fetterman said voters will see him on the debate stage with Oz “sometime in the middle to end of October.” A “major television station” in the Keystone State will host the debate, Fetterman said.
“Early voting typically begins 4-6 weeks before the election and ends at the mail-in ballot request deadline,” the University of Pennsylvania notes, meaning voting will be well underway by the time the candidates take the debate stage.
“We’re absolutely going to debate Dr. Oz, and that was really always our intent to do that,” he added.
Fetterman, who suffered a stroke in May, has struggled in campaign events since getting back on the trail and stated that he has “auditory processing” complications stemming from the medical emergency. He told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle last week that he “might miss a word every now and then” or he “might mush two together” due to these issues, and his team is currently working on accommodations for this for next month’s showdown, according to Politico.
“It was just simply only ever been about addressing some of the lingering issues of the stroke, the auditory processing, and we’re going to be able to work that out,” he said.
Oz has already committed to five debates and had blasted Fetterman for his refusal to commit to a single one up until Wednesday. The pair would have squared off Tuesday night in a KDKA debate had Fetterman accepted the invitation, but he declined to attend. Oz’s team announced several snarky concessions to Fetterman’s camp for the unrealized September 6 matchup and offered to “pay for any additional medical personnel he might need to have on standby.”
Fetterman framed the concessions as mocking “a stroke survivor” and said he “chose not to participate in this farce,” as Fox News noted.
Despite the narrative that Fetterman aimed to create that would paint Oz as insensitive, he could not escape the pressure from others to debate, including from Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), whose seat he is vying for. On Tuesday, Toomey offered Fetterman his best wishes in recovery but said his refusal to debate was because he was either not well enough or because he was scared to defend his radical positions.
“He’s either not as well as he claims to be, or he’s afraid to be called out for the radical policies he supports. It’s one or the other,” Toomey explained, seemingly referencing Fetterman’s far-left criminal-friendly record.
Accompanying Toomey’s comments on Tuesday were a pair of op-eds from local and national media that called for Fetterman to accept a debate challenge. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s editorial board wrote that his excuses for dodging a matchup were insufficient.
The Republican’s antics have given Mr. Fetterman a plausible out: He won’t share the stage with someone who has behaved so shamefully. But that won’t cut it. Voters have a right to know whether their prospective senator can do the job — including handling the give-and-take of a vigorous debate.
The New York Post published an op-ed entitled “John Fetterman must debate and let Pennsylvania voters decide if he’s up to the job,” which was authored by the National Review’s editor-in-chief, Rich Lowry.
Lowry asserted that “Fetterman should have to show and not tell.”
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