With Limitations On Display in Lone Debate, Fetterman Refuses to Release Medical Records

John Fetterman refused during a Senate debate Tuesday to release medical records related to his near-fatal stroke, citing a note from his doctor—a campaign donor—saying he is fit to serve. (He began his opening statement with the greeting, "Hi, goodnight everybody.")

Fetterman was asked repeatedly whether he would provide transparency into his medical condition by releasing his full medical records. The candidate refused twice to commit to doing so, saying that he was being transparent by "showing up" for the debate against Republican Mehmet Oz.

"My doctor believes that I’m fit to be serving and that’s what I believe is where I’m standing," Fetterman said on Tuesday.

In an hour-long debate in which Fetterman’s limitations were on full display, the Democrat sparred with Oz over crime, abortion, immigration, and the minimum wage. Fetterman repeatedly stumbled while trying to address his shifting position on fracking, saying "I do support fracking and —I don’t, I don’t, I support fracking and I stand and I do support fracking." Fetterman attacked Oz for owning multiple residences and not being from Pennsylvania.