Health won’t slow down Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman, as he reassures his supporters that he is able and ready to keep on the campaign trail, after suffering a stroke in May.
The state’s current lieutenant governor, 52, said, “I’m feeling really good and there is nothing to hide when it comes to my health right now.”
Although he does experience some lingering effects from his health scare, which happened days before he won the May primary, Fetterman said he has no physical limits and is regularly exercising. Fetterman has been walking 4 to 5 miles every day in 90-degree heat.
His word recognition and cognitive abilities are intact, and the Democratic hopeful has not lost any memory. He does sometimes struggle with hearing, however, and at times may miss a word or slur two together.
However, Fetterman shared that he was working with a speech therapist and has a team behind him that knows his abilities and limits, limits he has not reached.
“I would never be in this if we were not absolutely, 100 percent able to run fully and to win and we believe that we are,” Fetterman said.
Fetterman is rather hopeful that he will soon return to making public appearances very soon and has been keeping in close contact with his team in the meantime.
Immediately after his stroke in May, Fetterman released a statement affirming that his campaign wasn’t slowing down one bit.
Earlier this month, a spokesperson for Fetterman updated supporters on the Senate candidate’s health and activities while he recovered.
“Every day John is meeting with and working with his campaign staff to make sure things are moving along and that the campaign is firing on all cylinders,” spokesman Joe Calvello previously said. “He is also speaking with senators in Washington regularly about the race.”
Fetterman will face off against Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz.
I hope he loses, He is a clone of wolf and we need someone who will be for the people of PA
Did you love it when Trump said to get all the Muslims out of America (remember? right after he was elected) Oz is a Muslim.
I hope he is beaten to a pulp, he’s a typical democrat liar and coward. A stroke is too good for this piece of shit.