GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE LEE
ZELDIN WHO ABSOLUTELY THUMPED
KATHY HOCHUL TONIGHT.
BUT FIRST, WE WANT TO BRING YOU
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MOST
ANTICIPATED DEBATE OF THE
MIDTERM CALENDAR.
OF COURSE I’M TALKING ABOUT
MEHMET OZ VERSUS JOHN FETTERMAN
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
NOW, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
IF THIS HAD BEEN A BOXING MATCH
THE REFEREE WOULD HAVE CALLED
THIS IN THE FIRST 60 SECONDS.
AND NOW IN CASE YOU NEED
REMINDING IT WASN’T YOUR RUN OF
THE MILL DEBATE BECAUSE DUE TO
HIS STROKE FETTERMAN REQUIRED
SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS.
>> MAY NOTICE THESE LARGE
MONITORS THAT ARE BEHIND US.
THIS IS PART OF OUR CLOSED
CAPTIONING SYSTEM.
IT WAS REQUESTED BY JOHN
FETTERMAN TO HELP HIM PROCESS
THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING
HIM TONIGHT.
>> Laura: BUT RIGHT OFF THE BAT
IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT
FETTERMAN WOULD NEED A LOT MORE
THAN THAT BIG SCREEN.
>> WHAT QUALIFIES YOU TO BE A
U.S. SENATOR?
YOU HAVE 60 SECONDS.
>> HI.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
>> Laura: GOOD NIGHT?
WELL, SCARY THOUGHT.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY
THE BEST MOMENT OF THE ENTIRE
DEBATE FOR FETTERMAN.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE
EXCHANGES WAS ABOUT FETTERMAN’S
VIEWS ON FRACKING.
>> I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT
FRACKING.
I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED
INDEPENDENCE WITH ENERGY, AND I
BELIEVE I’VE WALKED THAT LINE MY
ENTIRE CAREER.
>> YOU HAVE MADE TWO CONFLICTING
STATEMENTS REGARDING FRACKING.
IN A 2018 INTERVIEW, YOU SAID,
QUOTE, I DON’T SUPPORT FRACKING
AT ALL.
I NEVER HAVE.
BUT EARLIER THIS MONTH, YOU TOLD
AN INTERVIEWER, QUOTE, I SUPPORT
FRACKING, I SUPPORT THE ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> I’VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED
FRACKING AND I ALWAYS BELIEVE
THAT INDEPENDENCE WITH OUR
ENERGY IS CRITICAL, WE CAN’T BE
HELD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, RANSOM
TO SOMEBODY LIKE RUSSIA.
>> BUT THERE IS THAT 2018
INTERVIEW THAT YOU SAID, QUOTE,
I DON’T SUPPORT FRACKING AT ALL. SO HOW DO YOU SQUARE THE TWO?
SO HOW DO YOU SQUARE THE TWO?
>> OH, I, I DO SUPPORT FRACKING.
AND I DON’T, I DON’T -- I
SUPPORT FRACKING AND I STAND AND
I DO SUPPORT FRACKING.
>> Laura: WOW.
NOW, WHEN HE WASN’T LYING, THERE
WERE THESE BIZARRE MOMENTS.
>> ABORTION DECISIONS SHOULD BE
LEFT UP TO STATES, AND
SPECIFICALLY WHEN JOHN
FETTERMAN --
>> YOU ROLL DOUG MASTRIANO.
>> MR. FETTERMAN, IT’S HIS TURN
FOR HIS CLOSING.
>> Laura: HE KEPT LIKE SCREAMING
OUT RANDOM THOUGHTS.
THAT WAS DURING OZ’S CLOSING
STATEMENT.
SO, LOOK, WHOEVER THOUGHT IT WAS
A GOOD IDEA TO PUT FETTERMAN OUT
THERE, NOT ONLY TONIGHT BUT TO
RUN FOR THE U.S. SENATE?
THAT WAS CRUEL, AND IT WAS A
TOTAL FRAUD.
>> WILL YOU PLEDGE TONIGHT TO
RELEASE THOSE RECORDS IN THE
INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY?
YOU HAVE 60 SECONDS.
>> NO.
TO ME FOR TRANSPARENCY IS ABOUT
SHOWING UP.
I’M HERE TODAY TO HAVE A DEBATE.
I HAVE RUN A CAMPAIGN AND I HAVE
BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT.
>> DIDN’T HEAR YOU SAY YOU WOULD
RELEASE YOUR FULL MEDICAL
RECORDS.
WHY NOT?
YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
>> AGAIN, ME DOCTOR BELIEVES
THAT I’M FIT TO BE SERVING AND
THAT’S WHAT I BELIEVE IS WHERE
I’M STANDING.
>> Laura: NOW, FOR ALL THE TALK
OF WHAT ABLEISM IN THE LAST FEW
WEEKS AS IT RELATES TO
FETTERMAN, TONIGHT WAS KIND OF A
CLEAR EXAMPLE OF IT.
>> DR. OZ, YOU KNOW, LOVES FREE,
FREE MONEY WHEN IT’S HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS TAX BREAK ON ONE
OF HIS, YOU KNOW, HOMES DOWN ON
A RANCH IN FLORIDA.
AND WHETHER IT WAS A $50 TAX
BREAK, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HIS FARM
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SO IT’S ABOUT SUPPORTING AND
HELPING, YOU KNOW, YOUNG
EARNERS, EXCUSE ME, YOUNG,
YOUNG, YOUNG, YOU KNOW,
STUDENTS, TO GIVE THEM A BREAK.
I BELIEVE THAT, THAT
SUPPORTING --
>> Laura: REMEMBER ALL THOSE
REPORTERS, BY THE WAY, A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO ALL RUSHING TO SAY
THAT THEY TALKED TO FETTERMAN,
AND THAT HE SEEMED TOTALLY FINE?
WELL, TONIGHT I’VE GOT TO TELL
YOU, THAT WAS ALL A LIE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ELSE ARE
THOSE REPORTERS COVERING UP?
THE DEMOCRATS IN THE MEDIA, THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN HONEST WITH
THEMSELVES AND THE VOTERS FROM
THE VERY BEGINNING.
BUT THEY WOULD RATHER LIE AND
THEY WOULD RATHER COVER UP.
THEY WOULD RATHER HIDE THE BALL
AND THEN GIVE THE VOTERS THE
ACTUAL FACTS NECESSARY TO HELP
MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT WHO
SHOULD BE IN CHARGE AND WHAT
POLICIES WE SHOULD ADOPT.
LOOK, THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS,
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE MEDIA
AND THE DEMOCRATS TO TELL US THE
TRUTH IS TO PUNISH THEM FOR
THEIR LIES.
WHAT YOU SAW OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS WITH FETTERMAN,
FILLED WITH LIES.
THEY HAVE TO LEARN THAT WHEN
THEY LIE TO THE VOTERS, THEY
WILL SUFFER POLITICALLY.
NOW, UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, THE
LIES WILL CONTINUE.
JOINING ME NOW IS MOLLIE
HEMINGWAY EDITOR AND CHIEF AT
THE FEDERALIST AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
MOLLIE, I REALLY DO THINK THAT’S
THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT TO COME
OUT OF TONIGHT.
THEY JUMPED ON THAT POOR NBC
REPORTER, WHAT, A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO, DASHA BURNS FOR SUPPOSEDLY
SKEWING WHAT FETTERMAN’S
CONDITION REALLY WAS OR BEING
ABLE, ABLEIST ABOUT HIS, YOU
KNOW, STROKE.
DOESN’T THIS JUST PULL THE
CURTAIN BACK ON THE U.S. MEDIA
ONCE AGAIN?
>> YES, WHEN DASHA BURNS
REPORTED SHE WASN’T SURE
FETTERMAN WAS FULLY ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH HER WITHOUT
THIS ASSISTANCE, SHE WAS TRASHED
BY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA WHO
MOCKED HER AND SAID THAT HE WAS
TOTALLY FINE.
THOSE PEOPLE LOOK HORRIBLE RIGHT
NOW.
THEY CLEARLY WERE LYING, OR THEY
CLEARLY DID NOT KNOW ENOUGH TO
ACCURATELY CONVEY THE SITUATION.
BUT IT DOES REMIND YOU THAT THE
MEDIA DID THIS EXACT SAME
OPERATION WITH JOE BIDEN IN THE
2020 CAMPAIGN.
HE ALSO WAS SUFFERING AND NOT
ABLE TO ENDURE THE RIGORS OF A
CAMPAIGN.
THEY LIED ABOUT IT.
THEY PROTECTED HIM.
THEY EVEN KEPT DEBATES UNTIL THE
VERY LAST PART OF THE CAMPAIGN
CYCLE.
AND SO I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT.
THEY’LL KEEP DOING IT.
THEY KEEP DOING IT WITH ALL
SORTS OF CANDIDATES.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST DEBATE
THAT WE HAVE HAD WHERE WE HAVE
SEEN THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE DO
A VERY GOOD JOB AFTER THE MEDIA
PRESENTED THE RACE IN A
DIFFERENT MANNER.
BEFORE THIS DEBATE BEGAN,
FETTERMAN WAS REALLY LOSING
GROUND, MOSTLY ON THE BASIS OF
HIS POLICIES AND HIS SOFT ON
CRIME APPROACH.
HE ALREADY WAS GOING TO HAVE A
HARD TIME AND HAD BEEN LOSING
MOMENTUM.
AFTER THIS, IT’S JUST, IT’S AN
EMBARRASSMENT.
>> Laura: RIGHT.
MOLLIE YOU’RE RIGHT BECAUSE
THEY’RE LIEDING ABOUT BIDEN’S
CONDITION.
THEY LIED ABOUT INFLATION FOR A
YEAR.
AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THEY
LIED ABOUT FETTERMAN.
AND, BY THE WAY, FETTERMAN’S
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ON
IMMIGRATION, THIS IS A DOOZY.
WATCH.
>> I DON’T EVER RECALL, IN THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY DID THEY SAY,
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TAKE OUR
TIRED HUDDLED MASSES AND PUT
THEM ON A BUS AND USE CHEAP
POLITICAL STUNTS ABOUT THEM.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A
COMPREHENSIVE AND BIPARTISAN
SOLUTION TO ADDRESS OUR ISSUE
HERE FOR IMMIGRATION HERE IN OUR
NATION.
>> Laura: MOLLIE, OF COURSE,
IT’S ALSO BAD POLICIES THAT HE’S
ADVOCATING FOR WHICH IS
BASICALLY JUST IMMIGRATION
AMNESTY WHICH IS OPEN THE FLOOD
GATES EVEN MORE.
>> YEAH, WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF
THESE CLIPS THAT ARE SO PAINFUL
TO WATCH OF FETTERMAN, BUT THEY
WERE ALL -- THIS ALSO, AS WE
SAW, WHAT MEHMET OZ DID IN HIS
DEBATE WHERE HE WAS PUTTING
FORTH SOME PRETTY REASONABLE
BALANCED VIEWPOINTS.
HE CAME OFF LOOKING VERY
RESPECTABLE.
AND SO IF YOU ARE AN UNDECIDED
VOTER GOING INTO THIS DEBATE, I
THINK YOU’RE GOING TO LOOK AT
THE DIFFICULTIES THAT FETTERMAN
HAD AND THE PARTICULAR POLICIES
HE SEEMED TO BE ADVOCATING,
VERSUS WHAT MEHMET OZ WAS
SAYING.
AND, YOU KNOW, ON ALL SORTS OF
ISSUES, WHETHER IT’S CRIME OR
THE BORDER, OR INFLATION, OR
FOREIGN POLICY, THERE ARE A LOT
OF ISSUES THAT ARE GOING INTO
PEOPLE’S DECISION ON HOW THEY’RE
GOING TO VOTE, AND I CAN’T THINK
THAT FETTERMAN’S CAMP IS FEELING
VERY GOOD ABOUT HOW IT WENT.
>> Laura: NO.
I FELT SORRY FOR THE POOR
SPOKESMAN TONIGHT.
HE CAME OUT AND BASICALLY SAID
GIVEN THE FACT THAT HE WAS IN
THE HOSPITAL A FEW MONTHS AGO,
HE REALLY TOOK IT TO THE F TO
OZ, THE WORST JUST IN THE WORLD.
>> I DO NOT FEEL BAD FOR THE
PEOPLE AROUND FETTERMAN.
I DO FEEL VERY BAD FOR
FETTERMAN.
BUT I AM ACTUALLY APPALLED AT
THE PEOPLE AROUND FETTERMAN.
>> Laura: THAT’S A GREAT POINT.
>> THAT THEY DID NOT PROTECT OR
LOVE HIM MORE.
HE HAS FAMILIES MEMBERS.
IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME I
WOULD PRAY PEOPLE AROUND ME
WOULD LOVE ME ENOUGH TO NOT PUT
ME THROUGH THIS.
THIS IS VERY BAD FOR THEM, FOR
THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, AND IT’S AN
EMBARRASSMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF