Daily News | Conor Lamb goes after John Fetterman for skipping first debate
Lamb accused frontrunner, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, of dodging scrutiny onThursday night came after Fetterman said he would not attend the first Democratic debate Sunday, and as Lamb has struggled to make up ground between him and the frontrunner.
“We all know why John Fetterman isn’t coming to the debate on Sunday,” Lamb wrote. “He doesn’t want to talk about the fact that he chased down an unarmed Black man and held him at gunpoint. That’s the elephant in the room. And we have to talk about it.”It’s the first time Fetterman’s opponents have so directly raised the issue and could mark a pivot in the tone of the race with less than two months to go.
Fetterman’s campaign responded quickly, calling the attack “pathetic” and noting Lamb’s meager poll numbers.is the first debate. Event organizers say it will go on with an empty podium to mark Fetterman’s absence. Fetterman has committed to attending three other scheduled debates on April 21st, April 25th and one in May in Philadelphia.
Fetterman’s campaign has said Fetterman is skipping Muhlenberg’s debate in part because it’s likely to get fewer viewers midday on a Sunday than the other three primetime debates, which will be broadcast by news sites and TV stations. Muhlenberg’s debate will be broadcast on the Pennsylvania Cable Network and livestreamed“What Fetterman did was wrong,” Lamb tweeted.“...he’s afraid of his own record. That’s a huge problem when we’re picking our nominee for the biggest race in the country.
Fetterman has long maintained he didn’t know the man’s race or point the gun directly at him. Miyaresin April 2021, saying he didn’t believe Fetterman didn’t know his race and that Fetterman did point the gun at him. In the same letter, written from prison where Miyares was serving a sentence unrelated to the Fetterman incident, Miyares said one mistake shouldn’t stop Fetterman from having the chance to become a Senator and endorsed his campaign.
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