Democrat Senator John Fetterman’s cover up of his health issues continues to unravel.
Fetterman can’t keep his story straight.
And John Fetterman is in deep trouble after getting caught concealing this dark secret.
Fetterman suffered a devastating stroke last May just days before the Pennsylvania Senate Democrat Primary.
His campaign tried to pass off the event as a trivial health blip and that Fetterman would soon be back on the trail.
But Fetterman remained hidden from voters for nearly three months.
When Fetterman finally did campaign, viral videos showed he could not speak in coherent sentences because the stroke left him seriously impaired.
In an interview with NBC News’s Dasha Burns Fetterman tried to gaslight voters into thinking he only suffered from minor auditory issues and that he would be fine to serve as a Senator if he won the election.
“Every now and then I’ll miss a word. Every now and then,” Fetterman said in the interview. “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.”
This interview caused a stir as Burns was the first member of the media to reveal that Fetterman could not understand basic small talk without computer software transcribing the conversation.
Everyone could see something was wrong with Fetterman, but Burns’ report was the first official word from a neutral third party that Fetterman’s health was not in tip top condition.
In mid-February, Fetterman entered the hospital to receive treatment for clinical depression, which The New York Times reported stemmed from the fact that Fetterman had difficulty dealing with the fact that he would never fully recover from the stroke, which turned out to be near fatal.
Fetterman confirmed that reporting in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes where Fetterman discussed the lowest point for his depression came after winning the election as it dawned on him how badly his stroke affected him during the campaign and how it would affect him going forward.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) says the toughest time for his depression was after he was elected to the Senate:
"That's what's so insidious about depression … you might win and you still feel like you lose." pic.twitter.com/V1XmsOAs5w
— The Recount (@therecount) May 5, 2023
This is all information voters should have known before casting their ballots.
The fact that Fetterman hid it from the public shows that he knew it would have been the straw that broke the camel’s back for voters.
