LIVE BLOG: Dr. Oz and John Fetterman squared off in Pennsylvania’s only U.S. Senate debate ahead of the midterm elections.
Fetterman and Oz had an extended exchange over the minimum wage, which is $7.25 an hour in Pennsylvania, has not been increased since 2009 and trails the wages in each of its neighboring states.
Just before the debate began, the Fetterman campaign said it asked Nexstar, the media group hosting the debate, to give the media access to the real-time closed captions being used during the debate. Oz, who has attacked Fetterman for being soft on crime, said, “Fetterman takes everything to an extreme, and those extreme positions hurt us all.”Faulkner, the widow of a Philadelphia police officer who was shot and killed in the 1980s and has been critical of Fetterman, accompanied him to the debate.Allan Smith
"And I might miss some words during this debate," he said, adding,"This campaign is ... about fighting for everyone in Pennsylvania" who has ever been"knocked down."The Fetterman v. Oz debate is underway after the moderator explained the format for this evening's contest, as well as the closed captioning system Fetterman's team requested after his stroke.Meanwhile in N.Y.
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