>> Harris: THE DEBATE DRAMA
RAGING ON IN THE PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RACE.
JOHN FETTERMAN FINALLY AFTER
PRESSURE AGREED THIS WEEK TO
DEBATE HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT
MEHMET OZ BUT NOT UNTIL MID TO
LATE OCTOBER.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
EARLY VOTES WOULD BE CAST
BEFORE PEOPLE EVEN GET TO HEAR
FROM THEM.
DR. OZ CALLING HIM OUT
DEMANDING THE TWO MEN FACE OFF
BEFORE ABSENTEE VOTING BEGINS
ON SEPTEMBER 19th.
FETTER MAN RESPONDED THIS WAY.
LET’S BE CLEAR.
THIS HASN’T BEEN ABOUT DEBATES
FOR DR. OZ.
IT HAS BEEN ABOUT HIS TEAM
MOCKING ME FOR HAVING A STROKE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE.
DR. MEHMET OZ IN "FOCUS" NOW.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
LET’S START WITH HIS RESPONSE.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
>> IT’S PREPOSTEROUS.
I COULD START TALKING ABOUT THE
FAR LEFT RADICAL POSITIONS AND
THE REASON WHY WE’RE WINNING
THE CAMPAIGN.
THERE IS NO JOHN FETTERMAN
DEBATE OFFER.
DEBATES HAVE TO BE HELD AT A
SPECIFIC TIME AND PLACE AND
HOST AND TV STATION.
WE DON’T HAVE ANY OF THE
DETAILS.
HE THREW OUT THIS HEAD FAKE
IDEA OF COURSE I’LL DO A DEBATE.
WE’LL GET AROUND TO IT.
I HAVE AGREED TO SIX DEBATES.
THREE IN SEPTEMBER.
ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TODAY.
THREE IN OCTOBER.
I’LL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO SERVE
THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
JOHN FETTERMAN AGREED TO ZERO
DEBATES.
HE IS DODGING BECAUSE HE
DOESN’T WANT TO DEBATE ME.
WHEN I CALL HIM OUT FOR SAYING
1/3 OF ALL PRISONERS SHOULD BE
RELEASED FROM PRISON AND THE
LARGEST NUMBER OF HOMICIDES
EVER IN PHILADELPHIA IT’S A
PROBLEM AND HE SAYS HE WANTS TO
LEGALIZE ALL DRUGS AND WE HAVE
THE LARGEST OPEN AIR DRUG
MARKET IN PHILADELPHIA EVER IS
A PROBLEM.
HE SHOULD HAVE AGREED WEEKS AGO
TO THESE DEBATES.
THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE GOING
OUT.
FOR 36 YEARS IN A ROW EVERY
TIME THERE HAS BEEN A SENATE
RACE THERE HAVE BEEN DEBATES.
WHY SHOULD IT CHANGE NOW?
>> Harris: I WANT TO GET INTO
SOMETHING.
I USUALLY PREFACE IT BY SAYING
WE’RE NOT ALL DOCTORS.
THAT’S NOT TRUE THIS TIME.
I KNOW YOU ARE A RETIRED
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON AND YOU
KNOW WHAT SOMEONE’S HEALTH
COULD BE A JOURNEY AFTER A
HAVING A PRETTY MAJOR STROKE ON
MAY 13th, FETTERMAN DID AND
UNDERWENT THREE HOURS OF
SURGERY A FEW DAYS LATER AND A
LENGTHY STAY OUT OF THE PUBLIC
EYE FOR A BIT SINCE GETTING OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL AFTER NINE DAYS.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
THAT A PERSON WOULD FACE AND
WHETHER OR NOT THAT PLAYS A
ROLE AT ALL POTENTIALLY IN THE
RACE.
>> I HAVE TREMENDOUS EMPATHY
FOR JOHN FETTERMAN’S STRUGGLE
WITH A STROKE.
THE HEART FAILURE THAT HAS BEEN
AROUND FOR FIVE YEARS.
HE HASN’T TOLD ME OR ANYBODY
ELSE THE DETAILS THAT WE WOULD
NEED TO KNOW TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION AND THAT’S PART OF THE
CHALLENGE.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT HEALTH.
HE IS TRYING TO MAKE IT ABOUT
HEALTH SO PEOPLE FEEL SORRY FOR
HIM.
IT IS ABOUT HONESTY AND
INTEGRITY.
HE CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS
ANYMORE.
EITHER HE IS HEALTHY ENOUGH
THAT THEY’VE SAID, HEALTHY
ENOUGH TO DEBATE AND WANTS TO
HIDE HIS RADICAL EXAMPLES OR HE
IS LYING ABOUT HIS HEALTH.
THAT SENDS A VERY DIFFERENT
MESSAGE TO THE VOTERS OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
PAT TOOMEY AND NIKKI HALEY AND
SENATOR KENNEDY IS COMING HERE
TOMORROW.
ALL THE REPUBLICANS ARE COMING
TO HEALTH.
WE SHOULD HAVE A SENATOR
CAPABLE OF DOING THE JOB AND
FIGHTING FOR THEM.
FETTERMAN SHOULD HAVE TO
EXPLAIN THE FAR LEFT RADICAL
POSITIONS BEFORE THE ABSENTEE
BALLOTS ARE MAILED.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM.
PEOPLE ON THE COASTS, LIBERALS
DEMOCRATS ARE FUNDING HIS
CAMPAIGN AGGRESSIVELY BECAUSE
THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW FAR
LEFT RADICAL AND BUYING INTO
HIS NARRATIVE.
IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT,
YOU SHOULD BE.
GO TO DR. OZ.COM AND SUPPORT ME.
I AM FIGHTING FOR CHANGE.
THESE ARE ISSUES HE SHOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO TRICK PEOPLE WITH.
DEMOCRACY IS BASED ON
TRANSPARENCY AND IT IS NOT JUST
ABOUT THE DEBATE.
HE HASN’T ANSWERED A QUESTION
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
>> Harris: HE HAS TO DO A SIT
DOWN.
LOOK, MAYBE HE IS TAKING A PAGE
OUT OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S BOOK.
WE’VE SEEN THIS FROM THE MAN IN
THE WHITE HOUSE AS WELL.
LOOK, IT CAN WORK IF PEOPLE
LOOK DOWN THE ROAD AND SAY
STAYING IN THE BASEMENT WORKED
FOR THIS GUY.
UP TO A POINT.
WHEN THE FORMER CANDIDATE JOE
BIDEN WAS RUNNING HE DIDN’T
HAVE RECORD INFLATION AND HE
ISN’T SITTING DOWN.
YOU MAKE THAT COMPARISON.
IT GETS TOUGH WHEN I LOOK AT
THE FACT.
WHEN YOU SAY OTHER REPUBLICANS
ARE COMING TO HELP.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE YOU
ARE.
YOU WOULD BE REPLACING A
REPUBLICAN, PAT TOOMEY,
SENATOR, BUT YOU ARE STILL 6
1/2 POINTS DOWN.
LET’S POP THIS UP ON THE SCREEN
AND ASKING MY TEAM TO DO THIS.
REAL CLEAR POLITICS AVERAGE
SHOWS FETTERMAN UP STILL BY 6
1/2%.
I DRILLED DOWN AND LOOK AT ALL
WHAT THEY ARE TAKING AN AVERAGE
OFF HERE, DOCTOR.
THE MARGIN IS ERROR IS WELL
BELOW THAT.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, WITH
FETTERMAN WILLING TO WEAR THE
INVISIBILITY COAT WHY AREN’T
YOU LEADING?
WE CAN’T SEE OR HEAR FROM HIM.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> WE’RE GAINING RAPIDLY.
OVER THE SUMMER HE TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT HE
HAD A LOT OF MONEY SAVED UP
FROM HIS PRIMARY AND HE WAS
ATTACKING ME DAILY.
SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS PORTRAYING HIMSELF AS A
MODERATE CANDIDATE WHO HAS BEEN
A WORKING PERSON HIS WHOLE LIFE.
HE HAS NEVER HAD A JOB.
HE GREW UP AFFLUENT AND NOT
DONE MUCH WITH IT.
AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS
ATTACKING ME ON BASELESS
PERSONAL CHARGES.
THE REALITY, AS THE RACE
TIGHTENS, WHICH IT IS DOING AND
AS PEOPLE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND
HOW RADICAL HE REALLY IS, THE
INDEPENDENT VOTE IS SHIFTING IN
MY DIRECTION.
THAT’S WHERE THIS ELECTION WILL
BE WON.
I’M OPTIMISTIC AND CONFIDENT
WE’LL PREVAIL IN NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT IDEAS AT THE
RIGHT TIME AND HE IS UNABLE TO
ARTICULATE A DEFENSE FOR WHAT
HE LIKES TO DO.
TWEET OUT IDEAS THAT SOUND GOOD
TO HIM AT THE TIME BUT MAKE NO
MISTAKE HURT THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
I CAN GO ON QUITE A BIT ABOUT
THE SPECIFIC POLICIES BUT PICK
UP ON ONE YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT.
AGGRESSIVELY SUPPORTS OPEN
BORDERS AND SANCTUARY CITIES.
PENNSYLVANIA IS TOP THREE IN
THE COUNTRY IN FENTANYL
OVERDOSES.
PHILADELPHIA IS GROUND ZERO FOR
IT.
THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA ALL
OVER THE COMMONWEALTH ARE DONE
WITH THAT IDEA.
JOHN FETTERMAN IS DOUBLING DOWN
ON IT.
>> Harris: THAT’S A LOT THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
IF WE GOT TO SEE A DEBATE
BEFORE SEPTEMBER 19th MAYBE
VOTERS IN PENNSYLVANIA, THOSE
VOTING ABSENTEE, WOULD GET TO
SEE SOME OF WHAT YOU SAID AND
HEAR HIS REBUTTAL.
I DON’T WANT TO MAKE EVERYTHING
ABOUT THE DEBATE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS TO
HIT QUICKLY.
YOU HAVE HAD AND CONTINUE TO
HAVE SUPPORT FROM FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT IF YOU
WOULD.
>> IT’S VERY HELPFUL.
HE GETS THE BASE ENERGIZED.
HE DID A BIG EVENT HERE ON
SATURDAY, HAD 12,000 PEOPLE,
WHICH IS THE CAPACITY OF THE
FACILITY WE WERE IN.
PEOPLE OUTDOORS WAITING TO GET
IN.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
PENNSYLVANIA ARE HURT BY WHAT
JOE BIDEN SPOKE OF WHEN HE
CRITICIZED 70 PLUS MILLION
AMERICANS AS BEING MAGA.
FOLKS ARE WORRIED ABOUT OUR
COUNTRY.
HAVE STRONG FAMILY VALUES AND
EXPECT THOSE OPINIONS TO BE
RESPECTED IN WASHINGTON
SO THIS ALL CARRIES ME IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
I’M GETTING SUPPORT FROM ACROSS
THE BOARD.
PEOPLE DON’T NORMALLY GET ALONG
TOGETHER ARE SUPPORTING ME
BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THE THREAT
OF JOHN FETTERMAN.
FOR EVERYONE WATCHING NOT IN
PENNSYLVANIA THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT POINT.
HE HAS ALREADY PLEDGED HE WANTS
TO BUST THE FILIBUSTER.
PACK THE SUPREME COURT AND ADD
MORE STATES.
THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT SOUND
COOL WHEN YOU TWEET THEM BUT
THE DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE
NATURE OF THE SENATE.
HE DOESN’T RESPECT THE OFFICE
AND THINK HE DOESN’T HAVE TO
DEBATE AND STILL SERVE IN THE
SENATE WHICH IS THE GREATEST
DELIBERATIVE BODY IN THE WORLD
IS SHAMEFUL AND INSULTING THE
VOTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA WITH
HEAD FAKES ABOUT WHETHER HE
WILL REALLY DEBATE OR NOT IS
PROBLEMATIC.
THE PENNSYLVANIA VOTERS ARE ON
TO HIM NOW.
THE MAJOR PAPERS ARE EVEN
COVERING IT.
THEY THE END TO BE LIBERAL.
I’M VERY, VERY OF THE OPINION
THAT MOST VOTERS HERE WILL HOLD
HIM ACCOUNTABLE IF HE DOESN’T
SHOW UP IN A DEBATE.
>> Harris: THE ONE DATE THAT
POPPED UP COMING FROM WHAT I
COULD SEE A TELEVISION STATION,
OCTOBER 19th FOR THE DEBATE.
EVEN THE LOCAL MEDIA REALIZE
THAT EVERYBODY IN THE STATE HAS
THE RIGHT AND SHOULD HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THE TWO MEN
WHO WANT TO TAKE THAT IMPORTANT
SENATE SEAT YOU JUST TOLD US
WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT, 59 DAYS
FROM NOW.
OR 10 DAYS FROM NOW IF THEY
SHOULD WANT TO VOTE EARLY.
10 DAYS, IT’S COMING UP.
DR. OZ, THANK YOU FOR BEING IF