Hopes that a Dr. Mehmet Oz victory over John Fetterman in Pennsylvania would contribute to a Republican “red wave” in that state was brought to a halt after the race was called for the Democrat candidate:
🚨 PENNSYLVANIA: We have a projection to make in Pennsylvania. Democratic Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman will defeat the Republican and former daytime TV host Mehmet Oz. This is a pickup for the Democrats. Fetterman unseats the retiring Republican Senator Pat Toomey.
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) November 9, 2022
Fox News projecting Fetterman (D) will beat Oz (R) in Pennsylvania, reducing chances that Republicans take control of the Senate https://t.co/Mk9Y9nVLWw
— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) November 9, 2022
Just wow… https://t.co/GweGhahIDG
— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) November 9, 2022
Fetterman celebrated the declared victory on Twitter:
It's official. I will be the next U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
We bet on the people of Pennsylvania – and you didn’t let us down
And I won’t let you down. Thank you.
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) November 9, 2022
The Pennsylvania Democrat’s victory speech was on-brand:
THIS is the man who Dr. Oz lost to.
You can thank a lot of people for why Pennsylvania voters chose this mentally and physically impaired man who's wholly incapable of doing anything remotely significant, let alone serve in the Senate. pic.twitter.com/lIr9QG0EwT
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 9, 2022
Luckily for Fetterman he got a ton of votes before the one debate his campaign agreed to.
635,000 people voted in PA before the Fetterman debate
What a disgrace. We deserve better.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 9, 2022
So where to go from here?
I think this from Trey Gowdy is spot on:
“I think we’re in a ‘Blue no matter who, red til I’m dead’ stage."— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 9, 2022
Hard to look at Fetterman and tell yourself that candidate quality matters.
It does until it doesn't — but the tribalism is significant.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 9, 2022
It sure seems to be.
People who voted for John Fetterman are why reality and rationality no longer matters in politics, just party identity and raw power
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) November 9, 2022
Congrats to Senator Gisele Fetterman. https://t.co/eL1f1Z3uyv
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 9, 2022
That could be how it ends up playing out.
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