During a visit to Pennsylvania on Thursday, President Biden said voters should support Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman over Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Biden is trying to instill a sense of urgency among voters to vote in an election that is expected to be fiercely contested and could determine the Senate majority.
Biden pointed to recent comments by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that with a Republican majority, he could not transfer billions of dollars to Ukraine amid a war with Russia. claimed.
“They said if they win, they are unlikely to continue to fund Ukraine,” Biden said at a fundraiser in Philadelphia. Much bigger, Eastern Europe, NATO, it’s a really serious, serious, inevitable consequence.”
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“The rest of the world is watching this election, the good guys and the bad guys, to see what happens. We have to win. John has to win.”
The president’s visit comes amid a fierce Pennsylvania race that gave voters a choice between the state’s current lieutenant governor and Trump-backed Republicans and political outsiders.
Earlier this year, former President Donald Trump endorsed Oz’s candidacy in the state’s Republican primary. The endorsement also helped Oz narrow his once 10-point deficit to just under 3 points, which is within margin of error in most polls.
Biden also swiped Oz, calling him a “perfect example” of Trump-loyal lawmakers, whom the president calls “MAGA Republicans.”
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A fierce race has seen the two candidates trade thorns such as Oz aimed at Fetterman’s health after suffering a stroke during the Democratic primary. In response, Fetterman’s campaign continues to claim that Oz is from New Jersey, not the state in which he is running.
“Sometimes we miss a word or we put two words together,” says Fetterman. “Dr. Oz never let me forget I had a stroke. In January I will feel much better. But Dr. Oz is still a crook.”
Fetterman and his wife Gisele joined Biden during a tour of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge and later accompanied him to a Primanti Brothers sandwich shop in nearby Moon Township. Anticipate the opposite.
“It’s not over until it’s over,” Biden said.
The Fettermans and the Bidens then traveled on Air Force One to Philadelphia, where the president headlined another fundraiser.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.