Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Democrats' pick for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat, rallied canvassers before a door-knocking push in the Harrisburg area on Sunday.
“I think democracy is on the ballot this year – voting rights, women’s rights,” said Elaine Owens, who had spent Saturday canvassing with her husband, Jim, and planned to do so again Sunday afternoon.
Fetterman himself had the same general assessment on Sunday. Although he often stuttered and flubbed a few words, Fetterman juxtaposed his medical issues with a portrait of Oz as a fundamentally flawed candidate who would stick to the Republican party line. During his Sunday stump speech, Fetterman made the explicit pitch to be the crucial 51st vote to eliminate the Senate filibuster for the passage of Democratic priorities such as raising the minimum wage. He also reiterated his support for universal healthcare and Medicare expansion, saying “the same healthcare that saved my life should be for everyone, if they’re in that situation,” and that such care “is a basic, fundamental human right.
“The big races in Maryland aren’t very competitive for the most part, and there are all these big, consequential races going on up here,’ said Fergal Mullally, one member of the Baltimore group.