REPORT: Damning profile on John Fetterman raises serious concerns about his political future

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From the Washington Examiner: Sen. John Fetterman‘s (D-PA) political future is under scrutiny after a profile alleged he is struggling with mental health issues.

New York Magazine published a long profile on Fetterman on Friday detailing his struggles after his stroke in 2022. The profile, largely sourced from former staffers, alleged the senator has deteriorated drastically since taking office, contradicting his public insistence that he’s largely recovered from his stroke.

According to the profile, Fetterman’s stay at Walter Reed Medical Center in 2023 was more serious than publicly disclosed. He was admitted after a few troubling episodes, including one where he wandered across a road, narrowly missed being hit by a car, then walked around Capitol Hill aimlessly. He reportedly became delusional by the time he was sent to Walter Reed, believing he would be arrested if he took a bed at the hospital and that his family members were secretly recording him with wires. He tried to break out of his room at one point, thinking a political rally was being held in the hospital’s lobby, according to the profile.

Fetterman was assigned different medication and discharged from the hospital with a detailed recovery plan, the profile reported. After showing some improvement, his condition deteriorated rapidly after Hamas’s surprise attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. His hawkish pro-Israel position isolated him from former allies, including staff who were part of his recovery plan. Staffers and physicians once again began noticing him “acting bizarrely” at the end of 2023, including an alleged instance at the Capitol where he nearly knocked over a group of people after obliviously wandering into them.

The report quotes staffers from Fetterman’s office who said there were times when he couldn’t be out in the public as he might say something “unhinged” to people, and said sometimes he would go on a downward spiral and spend entire days just scrolling on social media.

Staffers also alleged that Fetterman “engages in risky behavior” and “drives recklessly,” sometimes even texting or reading news articles while driving very fast.

This incident is particularly concerning:

In June 2024, Fetterman crashed into a woman while driving “well over” the 70 mph speed limit, totaling both vehicles. He told a staffer he fell asleep at the wheel after they had begged him to find someone else to drive him. His wife, Gisele Fetterman, suffered a pulmonary contusion and spinal fractures.

“It’s a miracle no one died,” an officer allegedly told the staffer.

Staffers also claimed Fetterman nearly suffered a mental breakdown while anguishing over whether to vote for Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.

Ben Terris, author of the New York Magazine profile on Fetterman, shared a link to the article Friday morning. As of Friday evening, his post on X has already gotten 2.7 million views in the first 12 hours.

“Fetterman has to go,” declared one Democrat strategist.

However many social media users are condemning the New York Magazine’s article on Fetterman, saying they would have never written it if Fetterman had not been such a staunch supporter of Israel.

Another X user mocked the New York Magazine writer: “As was unable to find your piece on Biden’s mental decline and the ensuing cover up, can you point me to it?”

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