Tucker Carlson His take? on why Republican candidate Dr. Oz is losing so badly to his Democratic opponent in the polls for Pennsylvania’s senate race, whom the Fox News host said is “a stroke victim who was already crazy.”
The most recent numbers Show John Fetterman was more than 10 percentage points ahead of the former television personality. According to FiveThirtyEight, he’s been down since late July, despite receiving endorsements by prominent Republicans — including Donald Trump.
On Friday’s edition of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,”The host tried to figure out the root cause. “the sad and bewildering story of Dr. Oz, a man with absolutely everything going for him.”
“Talent, decency, charm, money, name recognition, all the right endorsements…”Carlson began, referring specifically to Oz. He continued and turned his attention to Fetterman. “…who is nevertheless losing by a big margin as a Republican in what should be a Republican wave election to a radical and incompetent Democrat lieutenant governor, who’s presided over the decline of the state, and who – by the way – who’s had a stroke and can no longer speak in complete sentences.”
Carlson continued on: “Dr. Oz is getting crushed by a stroke victim who was already crazy.”
Fetterman had a stroke in May and was forced to reduce his public appearances as he recovers. He RetourLast week, he was on the campaign trail. Oz uploaded a video showing him running while saying, “Now that he is back, John Fetterman can’t keep hiding from voters forever.”
Oz was heavily criticised throughout the campaign for not being in touch with Pennsylvanian voters. The latest gaffe came from a viral clip in which Oz complained about inflation’s price while shopping. “crudité”Carlson was ridiculed when he misidentified a grocery store.
“Twenty dollars for crudités?” Carlson through laughter on Thursday’s episode. “Whatever that is.”
Despite the dismal poll numbers, Carlson suggested that Oz isn’t inherently a bad candidate.
“There are no bad candidates, there are just candidates who are running on the wrong things, candidates who are talking about issues that people don’t deeply care about,”He elaborated.
