Pundits divided over Fetterman’s performance in key Senate debate

Rightwing news outlets and commentators called for candidate to drop out of race while campaign said it raised $1m on back of event

As the dust settled over Tuesday night's sole televised debate in the crucial US Senate race in Pennsylvania, pundits were starkly divided over the impact of the Democrat John Fetterman's struggles with speech in his recovery from a stroke.

The Pennsylvania lieutenant governor raised the issue of his auditory processing disorder, which makes it difficult for him to understand certain spoken words, in his opening remarks in the debate with his Republican rival, the former TV doctor Mehmet Oz.