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John Fettermanis responding to baseless accusations of illicit drug use thatDonald Trumpmade about the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Saturday.
“More and more lies from Trump and Dr. Oz; another day, but it’s the same crap from these two desperate and sad dudes,” the Fetterman campaign said in a statement provided to PEOPLE from spokesperson Joe Calvello.
“Fetterman supports taxpayer-funded drug dens and the complete decriminalization of illegal drugs, including heroin, cocaine, crystal meth, and ultra lethal fentanyl,” Trump said during his speech on Saturday. “By the way, he takes them himself.”
Trump offered no proof of Fetterman’s alleged drug use.
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for the state’s U.S. Senate seat, speaks during a rally in Erie, Pa.Gene J Puskar/AP/Shutterstock
The former president also mocked Fetterman’s preference for wearing hoodies and shorts at campaign stops, comparing him to a “teenager getting high in his parents' basement.”
“He may not look like a Senate candidate for New York or California, but he’s just fine for Pennsylvania,” Ed Rendell, a Democratic former governor of the state,toldThe New YorkTimesof Fetterman in a May profile. “He’s a very believable candidate for the working class.”
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Fetterman, who’s usedsocial mediato relentlessly depict his opponent as an out-of-touchtransplant from New Jersey, returned to the campaign trail in Julyafter suffering a stroke just days ahead of the state’s primary electionin May.
He recently hit back atcriticism from an official for Dr. Oz’s campaign, who said if he’d “ever eaten a vegetable in his life, then maybe he wouldn’t have had a major stroke.”
“I had a stroke. I survived it. I’m truly so grateful to still be here today,” Fetterman tweeted in response to the comment. “I know politics can be nasty, but even then, I could never imagine ridiculing someone for their health challenges.”
source: people.com
