Posted on 09/07/2022 12:28:41 PM PDT by conservative98
A new conservative ad attacking Democrat John Fetterman for pulling a gun on an unarmed Black jogger almost a decade ago aims to sway Black voters in the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race.
The reported $500,000 ad created by a political committee backing Republican Mehmet Oz, says Fetterman "chased down an innocent unarmed Black man" in his pickup truck, eventually pulling a 20-gauge shotgun on the individual. It is a reference to a December 2013 incident provoked by what Fetterman believed was heard gunshots while he was playing with his son.
Fetterman was at the time mayor of Braddock, a Pittsburgh suburb. Fetterman served in the role for 13 years prior to being sworn in as Pennsylvania lieutenant governor in January 2019.
The ad's release was feared by prominent Black Pennsylvania Democrats even prior to the state's May 17 primary, according to NBC News. Black-heavy populations in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are viewed as an instrumental voting bloc to determine who represents the entire state.
The 30-second spot reportedly started airing Tuesday on networks including Black Entertainment Television (BET), the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), MSNBC, and ESPN, in addition to shorter spots on mobile devices.
Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler, a top Democratic organizer in Philadelphia who helped President Joe Biden win over Black voters in 2020, told NBC News in April that those who believe Fetterman's actions regarding the jogger wouldn't be brought up were "living in fantasy land."
Tyler equated it with Hillary Clinton's use of the term "superpredators" being brought up again during her 2016 campaign.
"This story can become a drumbeat almost every day or just result in one good ad that can depress Philadelphia's turnout by 40, 50,000 votes," Tyler said. "That would be enough to lose the election for us."
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That is some ad.
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PA IQ test?
That's really the only thing young voters really care about, stupid marijuana.
Reckless
Risky
Wrong
Don’t be cowards.
Racist
Could be that those tats are covered. Fetterman has what looks like a piece of gray tape on his right forearm. I wondered if it has something to do with his illness or something else. I’ve seen other people with catheters in their arms and the medical devices don’t look anything like that tape; also it doesn’t look like a piece of medical tape. Therefore it could very easily be something to hide racist tats.
GOp has put up a joke of a candidate…. What amazes me is that PA was winnable in previous senate cycles and the RNC didn’t even take field… now they are going to spend countless millions to try to replace Toomey with another Toomey…
And what’s saddest of all are the people like some on here who are going all in on how we must if we value all that is sacred and honorable vote for the new Toomey or we are traitors to all that is good in the world.
OZ is a just a terrible candidate.. it’s really not more complicated than that..
When I see a picture of this guy, I can’t help but think of Anton LaVey.
Why would the left bring up Willie Horton?
“Odd creature...is it part human?”
They say it’s a lab experiment that went wrong.
Did Fetterman have KKK tattoos or were they Nazi?
He needs to explain which he had/has and why he got them.
No fan of Oz, but:
Awwwwww.
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Extra credit if he was pictured in a Klan uniform…
“Extra credit if he was pictured in a Klan uniform…”
And he comes out as transgender.
Also, that shotgun was probably bought by his parents.
Slacker, wokester, ....slob.
Because it was viewed as racist and that’s what they do.
You’ve been swiftboated, comrade.
Good to see!
Trump’s praise of Oz in front of thousands of cheering PA MAGA voters was also encouraging.
Glad the few fake repubs who want to elect the sick socialist are being ignored!
Dr. Oz is proving to be pretty savvy.
LOL! Fetterman is not physically fit for office. I hope enough Pennsylvanians come to realize that before voting.
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