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Memes playing pivotal role in PA Senate race between Fetterman, Oz

Jimmie Johnson, Reporter

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John Fetterman is back on the campaign trail after experiencing a life-threatening health scare in March. Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor has appeared before the media after recovering from a stroke. 

The tattoo-bearing, hoodie-wearing, and meme-sharing politician is running for U.S. Senate against former TV doctor Mehmet Oz. Both are vying to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA). 

“I’m glad Fetterman is healthy so he can worry less about his heart and hoodie and more about the crazy leftist ideas in his head,” Dr. Oz said in a July 14, 2022 campaign ad. 

While Fetterman has been away from the trail, his campaign has not stopped taking shots at Oz. It has leveraged comedy, celebrities, and social media to take digs at the talk show host turned politician. 

Snooki, a star on MTV’s reality TV show Jersey Shore, published a Cameo focusing on Oz’s New Jersey roots: 

Fetterman’s account tweeted: 

Despite an absence from campaigning, Fetterman has maintained his homegrown appeal and is polling ahead of Oz, according to FiveThirtyEight. The former athlete lives in a steel town where he served as mayor before being elected lieutenant governor in 2019.

According to Fetterman’s website, if elected to represent Pennsylvanians in Washington, some of the issues of importance to him include marijuana legalization, criminal justice reform, and laws aimed at creating jobs and boosting the economy. 

“For every job left and factory closed, for every person that works hard and can’t get ahead as costs keep rising,” Fetterman said in a July 7, 2022 campaign ad, “Those decisions were made for us by people who don’t know us. And that’s exactly who we’re running against.”

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John Fetterman is back on the campaign trail after experiencing a life-threatening health scare in March. Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor has appeared before the media after recovering from a stroke. 

The tattoo-bearing, hoodie-wearing, and meme-sharing politician is running for U.S. Senate against former TV doctor Mehmet Oz. Both are vying to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA). 

“I’m glad Fetterman is healthy so he can worry less about his heart and hoodie and more about the crazy leftist ideas in his head,” Dr. Oz said in a July 14, 2022 campaign ad. 

While Fetterman has been away from the trail, his campaign has not stopped taking shots at Oz. It has leveraged comedy, celebrities, and social media to take digs at the talk show host turned politician. 

Snooki, a star on MTV’s reality TV show Jersey Shore, published a Cameo focusing on Oz’s New Jersey roots: 

Fetterman’s account tweeted: 

Despite an absence from campaigning, Fetterman has maintained his homegrown appeal and is polling ahead of Oz, according to FiveThirtyEight. The former athlete lives in a steel town where he served as mayor before being elected lieutenant governor in 2019.

According to Fetterman’s website, if elected to represent Pennsylvanians in Washington, some of the issues of importance to him include marijuana legalization, criminal justice reform, and laws aimed at creating jobs and boosting the economy. 

“For every job left and factory closed, for every person that works hard and can’t get ahead as costs keep rising,” Fetterman said in a July 7, 2022 campaign ad, “Those decisions were made for us by people who don’t know us. And that’s exactly who we’re running against.”

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