Nexstar refutes Fetterman campaign's claims that closed captioning was 'filled with errors'

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman's campaign is alleging that the closed captioning system used to assist the Democrat in Tuesday's debate against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz was slow and full of errors, a claim the debate host refutes.

Fetterman is recovering from a stroke he suffered in May and has since struggled with auditory processing issues and speaking clearly ever since. The campaigns for Fetterman and Oz both agreed that the lieutenant governor could use closed captioning for the debate.

Following the debate hosted by Nexstar, Fetterman communications director Joe Calvello told reporters his boss thrived in his performance on Tuesday despite errors with closed captioning.

"We are thrilled with John’s performance," Calvello said. "He did remarkably well tonight – especially when you consider that he’s still recovering from a stroke and was working off of delayed captions filled with errors. John won countless exchanges, counter-punched aggressively, and pushed back on Oz’s cruelty and attacks."