Midterm elections: 10 most off-the-rails debate moments of 2022, from Fetterman on fracking to Walker’s badge

Here are 10 of the most news-making moments of 2022 midterm debates, from Democratic candidate John Fetterman's struggles to GOP hopeful Herschel Walker's badge.

"For instance, with the [John] Fetterman-[Mehmet] Oz debate, or the [Raphael] Warnock-[Herschel] Walker debate [in Georgia], there were a lot of expectations set around those debates. In the Fetterman case, the questions of would he debate or not and how he would perform given his condition, all set huge expectations, so it caused folks to watch it," O’Donnell told Fox News Digital.  Brian Flood is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood. 

"And then there was a question about whether Walker was up to the task. In the Walker instance, he met those expectations and surpassed them," O’Donnell continued. "So that got talked about a great deal. In the Fetterman debate, even though the expectations were very low, people wanted to see what would happen with him, and he fell even lower and ell flat on those expectations."

The results of the much-anticipated showdowns were several memorable moments that could very well tip the  scales on Election Day.