Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz are locked in a tight battle for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Here’s a look at our fact-checks and stories about this pivotal race.
want to ban abortion nationwide and that they’d need Oz to do it. But the ad leaves out important context about Oz’s position, we found.
"I want women, doctors, local political leaders, letting the democracy that’s always allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves,"Newt Gingrich: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references "heroin use" and the Crips.Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker, claimed that tattoos on Fetterman’s arms are references to heroin use and violent gangs.
Tattoos on his right arms are numeric dates that Fetterman said are meant to memorialize Braddock residents who died in violent crimes while he was mayor. He also used to have a tattoo with the words "I will make you hurt" — which is a lyric from a Nine Inch Nails song that refers to needle use. Fetterman said in athat the words were connected to the pain he felt about those residents killed in violent crimes.
Oz’s campaign didn’t dispute a report that more than 300 dogs were euthanized in experiments from 1989 to 2010, but noted the work was done by students and postdoctoral fellows, and that veterinarians cared for the animals.
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