I talked to a couple of dozen people before the rally started as they waited in line. And I asked all of them what they thought of Federman Stroke. You're making fun of someone who's gone through a serious health crisis. Did that resonate? Yeah, it really, really did. As long as he's healing and he's going to get back to 90%, I'll take 90% over Oz any day.
John Fetterman, the 6-foot-8, hoodie and cargo shorts-wearing Democratic candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, may be the model for how progressives can win elections. He just needs to beat Dr. Oz.
This episode was reported and produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Cristian Ayala and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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