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In reply to the discussion: All By Himself: John Fetterman insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize [View all]Dennis Donovan
(30,655 posts)95. From the same article - christ!
In May 2024, Jentleson decided it would be best to lay everything out there. I wanted to do what I could think of to try and get him help, he said. Thats why I sent the letter. He also said he worried that Fetterman could end up inadvertently hurting someone else. He engages in risky behavior, he wrote in the letter. He drives recklessly: he FaceTimes, texts and reads entire news articles while driving and I dont mean while stopped at a light or something, he reads and FaceTimes while driving at high speeds.
Less than a month later, Fetterman caught a red-eye flight back from Los Angeles after taping an episode of Bill Mahers show. His staff urged him to have someone pick him up from the airport and drive him home, but he refused. Just before 8 a.m., according to a police report, Fetterman was traveling at well over the 70-mph speed limit on I-70 when he smashed his Chevy Traverse into the back of a 62-year-old womans Impala, totaling both cars. Gisele, who had been in the back seat, suffered a pulmonary contusion and spinal fractures. Fetterman, calling from the side of the road, told a staffer he had fallen asleep at the wheel and handed the phone to a police officer.
Its a miracle no one died, the officer said.
Less than a month later, Fetterman caught a red-eye flight back from Los Angeles after taping an episode of Bill Mahers show. His staff urged him to have someone pick him up from the airport and drive him home, but he refused. Just before 8 a.m., according to a police report, Fetterman was traveling at well over the 70-mph speed limit on I-70 when he smashed his Chevy Traverse into the back of a 62-year-old womans Impala, totaling both cars. Gisele, who had been in the back seat, suffered a pulmonary contusion and spinal fractures. Fetterman, calling from the side of the road, told a staffer he had fallen asleep at the wheel and handed the phone to a police officer.
Its a miracle no one died, the officer said.
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All By Himself: John Fetterman insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize [View all]
demmiblue
Yesterday
OP
Ug, his wife appears to be part of the problem. She's enabling his illness rather than addressing it.
SunSeeker
Yesterday
#45
Possibly. This story is heartbreaking and its content must be dealth with fairly.
Passages
Yesterday
#31
No. Strokes change people. Sometimes you have to take their keys away, metaphorically & physically.
Hekate
Yesterday
#40
After the meeting, Trump said something to the effect that the Senator is brilliant.
John1956PA
Yesterday
#46
Someone better step up or we'll be hearing some bad news regarding him. Sad really.
a kennedy
Yesterday
#15
He's not & never was a RINO. He had a bad stroke & is brain-damaged. He needs to retire & soon.
Hekate
Yesterday
#41
I knew this would not end well. Although this particular outcome was not specifically predicted *
Oopsie Daisy
Yesterday
#22
Strokes can and many times do change a person's personality and cognitive skills.
PortTack
Yesterday
#25
I hope his staff, constituents and state officials can convince him to resign. n/t
SpankMe
Yesterday
#87
One thing people really need to take note of is that his political stances haven't actually changed that much.
WhiskeyGrinder
Yesterday
#42
And Fetterman was on the record as strongly pro-Israel before the May 2022 primary.
lapucelle
Yesterday
#89
Maybe he was just a conservative troll all along and the stroke made it harder for him to hide it.
AStern
Yesterday
#48
Strokes are unpredictable (like, death) and one of the common effects is personality change
Hekate
Yesterday
#55
From the article, it's clear his personality has changed, but it doesn't appear that his positions have.
WhiskeyGrinder
Yesterday
#58
Interesting that when you have a brain damaging stroke you swing right.
Whyisthisstillclose
Yesterday
#53
The staff concerns aren't that his positions have changed; just his personality.
WhiskeyGrinder
Yesterday
#59
I'm deaf & the clip doesn't have closed captioning. Could you explain what's happening?
tblue37
Yesterday
#66
Fetterman is seated in a passenger jet getting ready to take off for Pittsburgh.
John1956PA
Yesterday
#73
The pilot is asking Fetterman to keep his seatbelt exposed (per Federal regulations) and Fetterman is refusing
Celerity
Yesterday
#74
That is scary and horrible. I know firsthand how a brain injury can cause emotional issues.
58Sunliner
Yesterday
#67
TNR: John Fetterman Seems Like a Risk to Himself and Everyone Around Him
Dennis Donovan
Yesterday
#68
interesting that our two biggest troublemakers in the Senate have a problem obeying flight regulations
cadoman
Yesterday
#80
Right this minute the local Harrisburg news, abc27, is promoting a PA Sunday show
badhair77
Yesterday
#77
Maybe he wouldn't be if we had a system that gave the people the ability to make better choices.
Bluetus
Yesterday
#88
I think it's pretty clear from the article that there are other diagnoses besides depression that aren't being disclosed
WhiskeyGrinder
15 hrs ago
#94