John Fetterman’s return to Washington led to some head-scratching moments.
The Pennsylvania Democrat embarked on a public relations tour.
John Fetterman made a bone-chilling revelation that will stop you in your tracks.
In the first two months of 2023 John Fetterman made two separate trips to the hospital.
Both attempts to seek medical treatment stemmed from the near-fatal stroke Fetterman suffered just days before the Democrat Senate primary last May.
Fetterman initially checked into the hospital in February complaining of headaches following Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.
Weeks later Fetterman entered the hospital to seek treatment for clinical depression.
The New York Times reported that Fetterman’s depression traced to his realization that he would never fully recover from his stroke due to the fact that he rushed back to the campaign trail.
Americans who watch videos of Fetterman struggling to translate his thoughts into coherent speech believe Fetterman is cognitively and physically impaired from the stroke.
There is mounting pressure on Fetterman to resign since his stroke left him unable to carry on basic conversation.
Democrats are already facing a difficult 2024 Senate map and if Fetterman resigns it would force a special election in a key swing state forcing the party to devote tens of millions of dollars to defend Fetterman’s seat when Democrats already face uphill battles in states like Ohio, West Virginia and Montana.
That’s why Fetterman appeared on MSNBC to retcon his struggles with a mental health issue as opposed to a medical issue.
But in doing so Fetterman confirmed that he hid the extent he suffered from his stroke during the campaign and deprived the voters of making the most informed choice possible.
“Winning doesn’t mean that it still didn’t hurt still,” Fetterman explained in recounting how he felt the depression about his condition really hit him after he won the election.
Fetterman then discussed the very real suffering he and his family endured throughout his bout with depression.
“The only person you’re really going to hurt more than anyone else is actually your family,” Fetterman continued.
“It nearly ruined me, and I know it put my family through a lot of pain,” Fetterman stated.
In 2023 America, the public is very sympathetic to mental health issues and there is a greater awareness of conditions like depression.
Fetterman played into this empathy on the part of the public to position himself as a spokesman for getting treatment for mental health problems.
“This is not a Democratic issue. This is not a Republican issue. This isn’t a hard right, hard left… this was just a human issue. There’s somebody living right now in a red county that desperately needs mental health, and there is a person in a blue county that needs to make somebody to speak to because they’re thinking of harming themselves, you know, and we all need something created as a national priority,” Fetterman declared.
“I’m begging you, please go look for your treatment. It works, and it’s what saved me from my anguish,” Fetterman emphasized.
Fetterman’s mental health issues are very real and every American is glad he received treatment.
But critics still point out that this interview was an admission about the severity of the stroke Fetterman suffered and highlighted the fact that Fetterman never released his medical records or made his doctors available for questioning.
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