Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman struggled to speak clearly and needed a monitor with closed captioning to understand a reporter’s questions months after suffering a stroke and two weeks before a scheduled debate with his GOP opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Fetterman allowed Dasha Burns of NBC News to give him his first sit-down interview since his May medical episode, which sent him into a months-long absence from the campaign trail.
“We had a monitor set up so that he could read my questions,” Burns told MSNBC host Katy Tur Tuesday afternoon, “because he still has lingering auditory processing issues as a result of the stroke, which means he has a hard time understanding what he’s hearing.
“Now, once he reads the question, he’s able to understand,” Burns went on. “You’ll hear he also has some problems, some challenges with speech. And I’ll say, Katy, that just in some of the small talk prior to the interview, before the closed captioning was up and running, it did seem that he had a hard time understanding our conversation.”
Many people have questioned if Fetterman would be able to withstand the rigors of six years in the Senate as a result of his health issues.
However, the commonwealth’s lieutenant governor insisted to Burns that there would be no issues.
“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,” Fetterman said.
Despite Fetterman’s positive outlook on his health issues, a video clip of the interview shows Fetterman skipped over several words, seemed to misplace words, and stuttered while speaking with Burns.
He even at one point, struggled with the word “empathetic” and acknowledged the moment as an example of the stroke’s lingering damage.
The Twitter account for RNC Research, which is managed by the Republican National Committee, highlighted the moment on social media.
Oz has blasted Fetterman for dodging debates and has accused him of “hiding” from voters after his stroke. The two campaigns have agreed to hold one debate on Oct. 25.
“Well, yeah, of course I’m going to show up on the 25th,” Fetterman told NBC.
It is unclear if Fetterman will require the use of closed captioning or if such a concession will be allowed.
Polls show Fetterman with a 3.7 percentage point lead over Oz as of Monday.
Fetterman clearly is unqualified to be the next Pennsylvania Senator.
This guy is pure scum, he’s trying to get elected on sympathy and the fact that democrats are just scum. He actually might win, and he’s a brain dead freak.
So, if by some ridiculous chance he wins, will the Senate be required to provide him with a close captioned unit of some kind so he can actually participate? If not, he shouldn’t even be there.
The guy is a bad apple, he’s nuts & so are the folks voting for this flatliner.
If anyone really wants to know the cure for cancer, keep reading. What i am revealing to everyone who reads this that this is no joke, it is real and your doctor will not tell you. The cure for cancer was discovered in 1931 by a doctor, William Howard Hay and your government knows this. His PH scale was 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral. Cancer starts at a body PH of 5.8 and when a persons body PH reaches 3.5, their body will cease to function which means they DIE. Go to any business that has PH test strips. I use HTH pool test strips. PH is short for Potential of Hydrogen. First thing in the morning before you eat or drink anything , take a test strip and spit on the square that corresponds with the PH square on the back of the HTH container. After a few minutes compare the color of the test strip to the color on the back of the container. Neutral is 7.2 and the color should be a deep pink to light red. If the color is light yellow, you are at risk of getting cancer. Take a quarter teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water and drink it. This will raise your bodys PH. Do this 3 days in a row then recheck your ph. Keep repeating this until your bodys PH reads atleast 7.2. I brought this to my doctors attention and my blood PH was 8.0 and i said am i going in the right direction, i got this blank stare like she didnt want to say anything, finally she said yes. Trust me, do not go over 8.0 body PH . Your doctor will never tell you this and they charge you ((((MONEY)))) for every visit, i told you this information for FREE. Look at all the people and children that have and are dying from cancer and the American Cancer Society claims to be looking for a cure for cancer. Our government has been lying to the American people since 1931 and people have believed them and are paying MONEY to support this cause. I GIVE THEM NOTHING because it is all a lie. Everything comes down to MONEY. Our government can fool the majority of the public but they cannot fool everyone. Secret service agent George HICKEY assassinated JFK November 1963 and sealed the records for 75 years and blamed oswald. Watch the video. The flags on Kennedy’s limo are blowing towards the grassy knoll fence which means the wind was blowing north. People on the street said they could smell gun powder. The wind was blowing towards the grassy knoll fence which was over 100 feet from the street and gun powder doesnt travel against the wind. The second shooter was Secret service agent George HICKEY. Our government lied and blamed oswald.
The gov. has lied to us every chance they get. The only difference is a D or R. They both lie, they are career politicians. Tar & feather all of them.
I’d heard this before. You are confirmation to that. Our gov’t and medical establishment are truly evil!
Too many narcissistic pols have no character or integrity, like Fetterman, Biden and too many others to bore you with in this space. If they did have character, they wouldn’t burden the rest of us with their presence.
The Republicans are not by any standard a bastion of decency, but don’t equate them with the lying, Hateful, Anti American pig Democrats. THe Dem’s are the eptome of Scum. The Republicans know how to govern and defend this nation, the Dem’s no nothing of either, both parties are corrupt, but make no mistake the Dem’s are trying to destroy our country. With your liberal neighbors help, they will.