'You should all ask yourself, 'why is everyone attacking me?'' Mehmet Oz said. 'Because you're a liberal,' interjected Kathy Barnette.
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- The first public appearance between the highest-profile Republicans running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania quickly became chippy Wednesday, as themes playing out in millions of dollars in sharp-elbowed TV attack ads played out on a small forum stage.
"Because you're a liberal," interjected Kathy Barnette, a one-time congressional candidate who has allied herself with arch-conservatives and leaders of fringe conspiracy theories about Democrats stealing 2020s election from former President Donald Trump. "On your shows and in your columns, you've argued for more regulation in fracking, you've made the case that there was health effects from fracking and you argued for a moratorium in Pennsylvania like that in New York," McCormick said.Republicans in Pennsylvania have staunchly sided with Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry, and often used it as a wedge issue in campaigns, including in 2020's presidential race to claim that Joe Biden would ban fracking.
Oz's TV shows cited by McCormick's campaign were cases of Oz more generally advising viewers about the potential for toxins in water and air. The forum's questions about economic, tax and energy policy didn't necessarily illuminate sharp policy differences between the candidates, as much as the candidates used it to try to establish a persona.
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