Legislative
John Fetterman says he is still fit to serve in spite of stroke, but healing publicly is difficult
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke earlier this year, gave an interview this week in which he admitted that while the stroke “changed everything,” he is still fit to serve as a United States senator.
Fetterman has not given many interviews since he suffered his stroke in May, but sat down with NBC News on Friday and frankly discussed his stroke recovery and how it has affected his campaign.
Asked how the stroke recovery process has affected his day-to-day routine, Fetterman answered, “It changes everything. Everything about it is changed.” He detailed how the stroke changed his ability to communicate with his family, and admitted he needs to use captions sometimes to understand what people are saying to him as his hearing has been altered.
“I use captioning,” Fetterman said. “And every now and then I’ll miss a word. Every now and then. Or sometimes I’ll maybe mush two words together. But as long as I have captioning, I’m able to understand exactly what’s being asked.”
Asked whether he believes his stroke recovery will impact his ability to serve in the United States Senate, he replied, “I don’t think it’s going to have an impact. I feel like I’m gonna get better and better — every day. And by January, I’m going [to] be, you know, much better. And Dr. Oz is still going to be a fraud.”
As of Monday, FiveThirtyEight polling had Fetterman leading his rival, Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, by 6 points.
Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.
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The problem is with or without the stroke John Fetterman’s background would appear to be make him undesirable. He apparently leached off his parents for decades and has never stood on his own. So how can he understand what people are going through. Then there is the town he was mayor of. Did he help improve the town or make it worse. It seems he made things worse. The question people need to ask is does he have a background that demonstrates an ability to help people. After all, he apparently is also promoting emptying prisons of just to empty them. People need to always look behind the curtain and look at the background and character of the person.