Fetterman out of the gate:
“I’m running to serve Pennsylvania. He’s running to use Pennsylvania.”
Acknowledging his stroke as the "elephant in the room."
"I had a stroke - he’s never let me forget that. It knocked me down, I'm gonna keep getting back up."
“I’m running to serve Pennsylvania. He’s running to use Pennsylvania.”
Acknowledging his stroke as the "elephant in the room."
"I had a stroke - he’s never let me forget that. It knocked me down, I'm gonna keep getting back up."
Oz repeatedly hammering words like: civility, stability, balance...looking to paint himself as the moderate choice and calling his opponent "extreme."
Asked about raising the minimum wage, Fetterman talks about dignity of work. But struggles with a follow-up question about his message to small businesses that say they can't afford it. Reiterates his support for a higher minimum wage.
Oz once again refuses to simply say yes or no on federal abortion ban. Uses a line he used in our interview that he's giving a "bigger answer" that fed gov shouldn't be involved.
Asked to clarify: "Yes or no on Lindsey Graham bill?"
Oz: "I think I've answered it very clearly."
Asked to clarify: "Yes or no on Lindsey Graham bill?"
Oz: "I think I've answered it very clearly."
Fetterman asked if he will pledge to release his medical records.
He reiterates what he told us in our interview: "Transparency is about showing up...I've been out in front of big crowds...my doctors believe I'm fit to serve."
He reiterates what he told us in our interview: "Transparency is about showing up...I've been out in front of big crowds...my doctors believe I'm fit to serve."
Fetterman asked about a 2018 intv where he said he doesn't support fracking at all vs his quote from our @NBCNews intv earlier this month where he said he supports it.
He reiterates his support for it. In a followup on conflicting statements - he repeats "I support fracking."
He reiterates his support for it. In a followup on conflicting statements - he repeats "I support fracking."
Fetterman asked about law enforcement endorsements for Shapiro and Oz and accusations that he's "soft on crime"
"I run on my record on crime." Touts his time as Mayor of Braddock" Saying he fought gun violence "working with the police and working with our community."
"I run on my record on crime." Touts his time as Mayor of Braddock" Saying he fought gun violence "working with the police and working with our community."
Oz commits to supporting Trump if he runs in 2024.
Oz brings up 2013 incident when Fetterman pulled a shotgun on an unarmed black jogger. Asks why he won't apologize.
Fetterman repeats his answer from the primary: "Split-second decision" that "everybody in Braddock...the majority of the black community understood what happened."
Fetterman repeats his answer from the primary: "Split-second decision" that "everybody in Braddock...the majority of the black community understood what happened."
Asked exactly how Fetterman plans to reduce the cost of college:
"I just believe...it costs too much, and I believe providing the resources to reduce the tuition, allow families to be able to afford it."
"I just believe...it costs too much, and I believe providing the resources to reduce the tuition, allow families to be able to afford it."
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