Then there's this Jewish student being assaulted and held hostage (for over an hour according to reports), unable to leave because the mob surrounded him. Just smoke and mirrors.
Every response to pleas to nominate better candidates is met with "what about John Fetterman," as if a single race means candidate quality is irrelevant.
But okay, let's talk about John Fetterman, because that race is very instructive.
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Fetterman was a bad candidate, but he had some positives in his favor. He was from Pittsburgh. He was a local mayor. He was the incumbent Lt. Gov. He also had deep union connections and a persona (as fake as it was) that he was working class.
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Mehmet Oz was seen as a grifter who moved to PA to run for Senate and who spent his career selling snake oil. No amount of smooth talking ever brought his incredibly low favorable ratings up throughout the campaign.
If Fetterman was a bad candidate, Oz was a terrible one
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