Fetterman, Oz debate recap - WGAL Susquehanna Valley Pa.

Republican Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman debated connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic the 2 look disconnected for Pennsylvania's unfastened U.S. Senate seat.Fetterman struggled astatine times to explicate his positions and spoke haltingly passim the highly anticipated debate. In the opening minutes, Fetterman addressed what helium called the "elephant successful the room": the changeable helium suffered 5 months ago."I had a stroke. He's ne'er fto maine hide that," Fetterman said of Oz, who has questioned his quality to service successful the Senate. "And I mightiness miss immoderate words during this debate, mush 2 words together, but it knocked maine down and I'm going to support coming backmost up."When pressed to merchandise his aesculapian records aboriginal successful the debate, Fetterman refused to commit.Oz ignored his opponent’s wellness challenges, alternatively seizing connected Fetterman's policies connected migration and transgression and his enactment for President Joe Biden. CrimeCrime has shown up arsenic a increasing contented for voters successful galore caller polls. Each campaigner staked retired their positions successful the debate.At 1 point, Oz said Fetterman is "trying to get arsenic galore murderers retired of jailhouse arsenic imaginable ... His utmost positions person made him untenable.""I judge that I tally connected my grounds connected crime. You know, I ran to beryllium politician backmost successful 2005 successful bid to combat weapon unit and that's precisely what I did," Fetterman said."The Fraternal Order of Police from Braddock, the tiny municipality helium represented, endorsed me. They supported maine due to the fact that what helium is saying is not true. Violence skyrocketed successful Braddock," Oz said.EconomyWhile Fetterman said helium supports President Joe Biden's administration, helium besides said, "he needs to bash much astir supporting and warring astir inflation."Oz stressed that to amended the system prices indispensable travel down, particularly vigor prices. He pointed to fracking arsenic an effectual mode to bash that.AbortionThe 2 candidates had precise antithetic positions connected abortion."I americium not going to enactment federal, federal, rules that artifact the abilities of states to bash what they privation to do. The termination determination should beryllium near up to states," Oz said."I enactment connected Roe v. Wade. That was the instrumentality of the onshore for 50 years. He celebrated erstwhile it fell down and I would combat to re-establish connected Roe v. Wade. That's what I tally on. That's what I believe," Fetterman said.FrackingWhen Fetterman was pressed to explicate his shifting presumption connected fracking, a captious contented successful a authorities wherever thousands oregon jobs are tied to earthy state production, his reply was awkward."I bash enactment fracking. And I don't, I don't. I enactment fracking, and I basal and I bash enactment fracking," Fetterman said.Oz says helium is successful afloat enactment of fracking."I person been precise accordant from time one. Fracking has been demonstrated, it's a precise aged exertion to beryllium safe. It is simply a lifeline for this Commonwealth to beryllium capable to physique wealth, akin to what they've been capable to bash successful different states. For that reason, I powerfully enactment fracking," helium said.Border security"I judge that a unafraid borderline tin beryllium compatible with compassion. I judge we request a broad and bipartisan solution for immigration," Fetterman said."We person a catastrophe astatine the border, and we should not person sanctuary cities. Pennsylvania is already a borderline authorities due to the fact that we're apical 3 successful the state successful fentanyl overdoses. I can't spell anywhere, giving a large event, wherever I don't conscionable aggregate radical who accidental their idiosyncratic lives person been destroyed due to the fact that of fentanyl overdoses," Oz said.The contention represents the champion accidental for Democrats to flip a Republican-held Senate spot this year.Closed-captioning usedThe Oct. 25 statement happened conscionable 2 weeks earlier the Nov. 8 General Election. It was the archetypal and lone statement betwixt the Republican Oz and his Democratic opponent, Fetterman.Since his stroke, Fetterman has periodically shown immoderate trouble answering questions and speaking. Both campaigns and the statement organizers agreed to usage closed captioning successful the statement truthful Fetterman could work questions and answers.Polls amusement contention tighteningRecent polls person shown Oz closing successful connected Fetterman. Many see Pennsylvania's Senate contention to present beryllium a toss-up.Each campaigner is vying for the spot formerly held by Republican Pat Toomey, who is retiring from politics.Here's a little rundown connected the candidates' stances connected immoderate cardinal issues.You tin find a elaborate breakdown connected different cardinal issues and wherever the candidates basal here.