Weekend at Fetterman’s: The View Props Up Struggling PA Democrat

Nicholas Fondacaro | November 4, 2022
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The Friday edition of ABC’s The View brought with it one of the more highly anticipated interviews for the show, Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman. If you predicted it would be a cakewalk for him, you’d be correct. They refused to grill him pretty much on anything, instead, they repeatedly teed him up to go after critics and his Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz, and downplayed his obviously strained health condition.

Wasting her first question asking about his endorsement from Oprah, co-host Joy Behar didn’t push for him to release his medical records but rather for him just to explain what his doctors told him:

So, today, I understand, you're using closed captioning to read questions. So let's just ask you directly. What are your doctors telling you? Are they telling you that you'll make a full recovery, a substantial recovery, or full recovery? What are they saying?

The only information Fetterman has released on his health has come from letters written by one of his doctors, who just so happens to be one of his donors and biggest supporters. Of course, this truth was omitted by the cast. “You've only released two letters from your doctor and said you will not release your full medical records,” noted Ana Navarro.

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