Donald Trump Jr. mocked Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman as “brain dead” when he took the stage at his father’s Make America Great Again rally in Miami on Sunday.
It’s the third rally in three days hosted by the former president and the penultimate rally before Tuesday’s controversial midterm elections on Tuesday, November 8.
In his warmup remarks, Donald Jr. attacked Democrats for rising crime rates across the country, including Fetterman over his tenure as mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania.
Like many Republicans, he also suggested that Fetterman had auditory processing and speech problems after suffering a stroke in May, making him unfit for the Senate job.
“Democrats want violent criminals released,” said Donald Jr., including “John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s brain-dead senator.”
A crowd standing outside the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition Center booed the name of the populist progressive.
Junior later returned to commenting about Fetterman. That is, I used Fetterman’s example earlier.
He referred to a similar comment made in late October.
“I believe that if you are going to be a U.S. Senator, you should have basic cognitive function,” said Donald Jr.
Donald Trump Jr. takes the stage at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition Center before his father’s headliner speech
He said the media called him a “capablelist” for making fun of Fetterman, whom he defined as “a racist against people with disabilities.”
“The media go after me. They say he’s a meritocrat, which means he’s a racist against people with disabilities.”
He continued, “He’s not in a wheelchair, he can think, but he can’t compose sentences.”
That was after Fetterman mistakenly said he was against abortion at a Saturday rally in Philadelphia.
“I stand by Roe v. Wade. We celebrate the end of Roe v. Wade,” said the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.
Referring to the incident at his rally, Donald Jr. opined, “Even if Chuck Schumer told him, they would put him in there to vote.” . Just show up and raise your hand. ”
“And his comments on yesterday’s Law vs. Wade make it seem like he can’t even do it right.
“We are against Democrats today who don’t believe that U.S. Senators shouldn’t have brains.”
Fetterman, who is going head-to-head with prominent physician Dr. Mehmet Oz, may be trying to say that his opponent is celebrating the end of the Roe v. Wade case.
Fetterman and his Republican rival were evenly matched in a hard-fought race.
John Fetterman appeared to misspell ‘celebrating the end of Law V. Wade’ in his Saturday night address to voters
Fetterman appeared alongside Barack Obama, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro, and President Biden
“I stand by Roe v. Wade. Celebrating the end of the Roe v. Wade case. I could hear him saying on camera while he had the mic in his hand.”
Fetterman at a campaign rally at Temple University’s Leah Course Center in Philadelphia
Last week, Oz surpassed John Fetterman for the first time in the polls just days before the midterm elections and a week after a debate in which the lingering effects of his Democratic rival’s stroke were fully visible.
The Hill/Emerson College poll shows a 2-point difference of 48% to 46%, continuing steady improvement for Oz, with support among likely Pennsylvania voters down since September. points are increasing.
The Real Clear Politics poll averages Oz ahead by just 0.1% and is predicted to win.
It also reflects a national trend of Republicans surging in the polls, drawing or overtaking Republican challengers just days before the election after months of trailing. .
Fetterman’s approval rating, meanwhile, is up just 1% from the September poll, which took place Oct. 28-31. The difference between the two candidates is within the plus or minus 3% margin of error of the poll.
Consistently, 53-year-old Fetterman beats 62-year-old Oz in this particular poll.
His televised debate performance last month shocked some viewers and sowed the seeds of further concern over his political capacity.
“Hello, good night,” Fetterman said before mentioning his health. Let’s also talk about the elephants in the room. I had a stroke. [Oz] Never forget it.
At one point, Fetterman was asked to clarify his position on fracking, saying in a 2018 interview with the moderator that the lieutenant governor had expressed broad opposition to fracking but not a ban. This is because it was pointed out by
“I support fracking – I don’t, I don’t – I support fracking, and I support fracking,” he replied to voters’ complete confusion. .
During the course of the debate, Fetterman twice objected to the release of his complete medical record to the public.
“My doctor ultimately believes I’m fit to serve, and that’s what I believe,” Fetterman said.
With just five days to go until the 2022 midterm elections, Dr. Mehmet Oz leads Democratic rival John Fetterman for the first time, according to a new poll from The Hill/Emerson College.
Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz participated in last month’s Pennsylvania Senate debate.
Democratic Lt. Governor John Fetterman (left) debated Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz (right) last month
It had previously been revealed how Fetterman used a giant screen on the ground to convey his message.
Former President Barack Obama (left) and President Joe Biden (right) stroll the stage together at a rally for Democrats John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro in Philadelphia.
At Saturday’s Philadelphia rally, (left to right): Gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro, former President Barack Obama, President Joe Biden, and Senate candidate Lt. Governor John Fetterman.
Ahead of the debate, Fetterman’s campaign has tempered expectations by saying there are “jerky pauses” and “delays and errors” as Democrats read closed captions due to auditory processing problems. I got
When asked about small business owners concerned about raising the minimum wage, he said: Living with dignity is true.
“No company can be subsidized by not paying individuals who simply can’t avoid paying their way,” he said.
The next day, Fetterman gave a smooth 13-minute stumps speech in Pittsburgh, in which he tried to downplay Tuesday’s performance by saying he was consistently bad at debates and that the closed captioning system he used as an aid was flawed. .
