Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s debate performance was a sharp contrast to Dr. Mehmet Oz’s and injected a dose of anxiety into a crucial contest two weeks before Election Day.
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Lt. Gov. John Fetterman speaking to supporters at an event in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
A day after delivering a halting debate performance, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a stroke survivor and the Democratic nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, spent Wednesday night with a friendly crowd in Pittsburgh, rallying with the musician Dave Matthews.
“To be honest, doing that debate wasn’t exactly easy,” Mr. Fetterman said. “I knew it wasn’t going to be easy after, you know, having a stroke after five months.”
“We still love you!” someone yelled, according to a video posted on Mr. Fetterman’s Twitter account.
The stroke left him with an auditory processing disorder, which affects the brain’s ability to filter and interpret sounds, his doctor said recently, adding that Mr. Fetterman has “no work restrictions.”
The debate on Tuesday with his Republican opponent, the former talk-show host Dr. Mehmet Oz, included some accommodations, like large monitors to show the text of questions and answers.
The race, which could decide control of the Senate, is nearly deadlocked.
“I’m going to fight for everyone in Pennsylvania, who ever got knocked down, that ever had to get back up,” he said. He noted that he had raised more than $2 million after the debate.
The Fetterman campaign said the event drew 3,300 people.
Source: nytimes.com
