NYT: Fetterman Likens Post-Stroke Symptoms to Hearing Teacher from ‘Peanuts’ CartoonNick Gilbertson 10 Feb 2023
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has described his post-stroke auditory processing disorder symptoms, when they are their worst, as trying to listen to and interpret the teacher from the “Peanuts” cartoon, the New York Times reported Friday.
The freshman Senator from Pennsylvania suffered a stroke just days before the Democrat primary last year, though he still handily won the nomination. In the months that followed, Fetterman stayed out of the public eye while a general election race with Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz approached, and public scrutiny ensued.
Fetterman dodged debates for months, prompting local and national newspaper editorial boards to pressure him to take the stage with Oz. When he finally began making public appearances, his trouble with communicating and speaking became alarmingly apparent, and at their lone debate, Fetterman relied on closed captioning to adequately understand the moderators and his opponent.
Despite it all, he handily beat out Oz for the seat, giving the democrats a 51-seat majority in the U.S. Senate.
But, as the Times reported Friday, Fetterman may have pushed it too hard on the campaign trail and “set himself back permanently,” and his transition into the U.S. Senate has proven to be a “difficult period.”
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