Fetterman then took the stage to the Styx 1979 hit song “Renegade,” waving a Steelers’ Terrible Towel. He started making his pitch to his faithful followers. “I’m overwhelmed,” he said. “I’m overwhelmed. … Franco Harris? That’s pretty Western Pennsylvania, right? What’s the opposite of Western Pennsylvania?”

He had the answer for that one: “Dr. Oz,” referring to his Republican opponent.

“Now,” he continued, “let me ask you a question. How many of you are going to want to tailgate with Dr. Oz?”

Fetterman went on with several stumbles over the next 10 minutes. He talked about sandwiches, salads, french fries on salads, more salads, how Dr. Oz is rooting for him to stay sick, and his most reliable tropes: crudites and protecting marriage equality. He said that Oz wanted to ban abortion with no exceptions and that he reduced crime while mayor of the borough of Braddock.

Then, he left the stage.

It speaks volumes that none of the speakers, including Fetterman himself, addressed the issues that polls show to be of utmost importance to the voters in this state — inflation, increasing crime, and the drug epidemic.