John Fetter[wo]man shows off his/her legs at Bernie's news conference

U.S. Senator John Karl Fetterman [aka John Fetterwoman] showed off his meaty legs at a news conference held by comrade Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday while the shorter men wore suits and ties. Big John also wore his formal sneakers and looked a bit out of place and kind of like he doesn't take his job very seriously, or thinks he's running a social media company.

Sanders appeared with Sens. Peter Welch, Jeff Merkley, and Ed Markey, and while they looked embarrassed by the big guy, they said nothing about his inappropriate gym attire.

Fetterman returned to the Senate after taking an emergency leave of absence due to suffering from major depression and had previously suffered a life-threatening cerebral vascular accident, or stroke, which left him cognitively impaired. Fortunately, he's a Democrat so the impairment is a Party feature as noted with the President and Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Fetterman has urged President Joe Biden to use 14th Amendment powers as a dictator, instead of making a government spending deal with Republicans.

Like PINO Joe Biden, Fetterman read from a script during his brief, almost incoherent remarks during the news conference.

John Fetterman speaks at a press conference on the debt ceiling negotiations. pic.twitter.com/yiXDkFQtMY

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Fetterman dressed in concert with his cognitive disabilities, not for his political office, but was "cool" in his own mind.

Some observers called his gym outfit disrespectful but he's obviously too impaired to know how to dress for the occasion and besides, he's never been very respectful of anything in the first place.

Dude what is he wearing??? That’s so disrespectful. It’s one thing to show up to the building like that, it’s an entirely different thing to give a press conference like that. Idiocracy doesn’t have to be real life. This guy needs to just resign. He’s not helping anyone including…

— Aaron Hermes (@realAaronHermes) May 18, 2023

Since his CVA last year, Fetterman has been struggling with his ability to understand spoken language and has relied on a computer to help him process words. His expressive utterances have sounded confused and disjointed, but he refuses to retire, possibly due to his ambitious wife's political proclivities. 

Since his stroke, Fetterman's fitness in government has been rightfully scrutinized, as it seems obvious that he isn't capable of performing his senatorial duties, much less keeping up with the Sunday comics.

And while the Senate does not have a formal dress code, dressing like a slob or some kind of over-the-hill jock, just makes John Fetterman look ridiculous.

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Sen. Fetterman [aka 'The Riddler'] is verbally incoherent and confused

When a person suffers a life-threatening, life-altering stroke, or cerebral vascular accident, it's time to retire, relax and enjoy life to your best ability. It is certainly no time to be sitting as a U.S. senator for your state, but that's what Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman is doing, and his cognitive disability is obvious.

Fetterman was the last person at a hearing on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse to ask probing questions on Tuesday at the Senate Banking Committee hearing. 

His questions led the committee to silently ask their own questions about Fetterman's questions, such as, "What the hell did he just say?"

Fetterman addressed the witness noting that some of his colleagues "went to go to Hawaiis after there was a crash of your bank" and that he "couldn’t believe it."

Well, if a person with a severe cognitive impairment can allegedly run a country, be a U.S. senator, both in Pennsylvania and California [as in Dianne Feinstein] then what's the big deal? In Fetterman's case, he had been hospitalized for a stroke from mid-February to mid-April this year and admittedly also suffers from major depression.

"So I went up on the Internet and it’s like, it did happen. It did happen. It did happen," Fetterman repeatedly said, holding up a cutout of a New York Post headline titled "Ex-Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker jets to Hawaii after collapse."

"And it’s in Fortune, the second biggest bank in U.S. history collapsed and chose to go to Hawaii on that," the cognitively impaired Fetterman continued. "You know, I’ve never been to Hawaii and neither has my family. I guess I’ve never cranked, excuse me, crashed a bank."

So his way of thinking seems to be that only if you crash a bank can you go to Hawaii.

Fetterman then asked the witness if he believed it to be a "running joke" in the banking community that the federal government will bail them out whenever trouble struck. The witness, Breg Becker, the former Silicon Valley Bank CEO respectfully said that he didn't "believe that's the case."

"Really? Because every bank you seemingly that crashed, it’s like, ‘we can bail him out. This one crashed, we’ll bail them out,’" Fetterman replied. "So far, everything’s been true. So doesn’t it feel that now if a bank really believed that they wouldn’t be bailed out, now after bailing them out, these couple of bailouts, they are going to."

"Do you not believe that that is not outrageous, that, no matter how deplorable your performance is, you are made as whole and all by… taxpapers [sic]," the Pennsylvania senator continued. "So what do yous believe?"

Okay, that should make anyone who cares about the disabled to cringe and feel sympathy.

Fetterman then asked what would’ve happened if Silicon Valley Bank had not been bailed out before moving on to say, "Is it staggering? Is it a staggering… it’s a responsibility that the head of a bank could literally, could literally crash our economy."

"It’s astonishing. That’s like if you have, I mean like, and they also realize is that now they have… a guaranteed way to be saved by, again, by no matter, by how?" Fetterman babbled. "Isn’t it appropriate that this kind of control should be more stricter to prevent this kind of thing from going, or should we go on bailing and sailing whoever bank regardless of how… their conduct is?"

After a long pause with no answer, Fetterman said he would give "an example" before attacking Republicans for wanting to introduce food stamp work requirements and asking if Silicon Valley Bank should have a "working requirement" after the bailout.

"Because they seem more preoccupied when then SNAP requirements for works for hungry people but not about protecting the taxpapers [sic] that will bail no matter whatever does about a bank to crash it," Fetterman said, before for what seemed to be an eternity before turning control back over to committee chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH).

And while Joe Calvello, Fetterman's spokesperson tries to cover for his boss' cognitive problems, it's clear to even a casual observer that John Fetterman, just like Joe Biden and Dianne Feinstein, are not up for the jobs they have.

It's time for them to retire and enjoy the remainder of their lives, because life is more than just political power.

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Sen. Fetterman out of in-patient psych treatment for major depression: ready to represent PA for now

"Look, a dead bird!"

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has been released from Walter Reed Medical Center, in Washington, D.C. on Friday night. He is heading home to Pennsylvania where he will continue his recovery from major depressive disorder and will return to work on April 17th when the Senate returns from recess.

The senator checked into the mental health wing at Walter Reed in February for treatment of depression, a diagnosis not uncommon for people who had suffered from a cerebral vascular accident, also known as a stroke.

“I am so happy to be home,” Fetterman wrote in a post on his Senate Twitter account. “I’m excited to be the father and husband I want to be, and the senator Pennsylvania deserves. Pennsylvanians have always had my back, and I will always have theirs.” So like the nation that deserves a brain addled, hardly sentient president, Pennsylvania deserves a person who requires the assistance of a computer to understand speech, and whose mental health is tenuous due to a near-death stroke he suffered. 

Hopefully, John Fetterman has fully recovered from his major depression, and is able to personally cope with the stressors he must be experiencing after his life threatening and debilitating stroke, but shouldn't he pack it in and retire gracefully? Is it Gisele, his wife, who is pushing him to remain in the Senate? [One could ask the same question about President Biden and Doctor Jill]. 

“I am extremely grateful to the incredible team at Walter Reed,” Fetterman added. “The care they provided changed my life. I will have more to say about this soon, but for now I want everyone to know that depression is treatable, and treatment works. This isn’t about politics — right now there are people who are suffering with depression in red counties and blue counties. If you need help, please get help.”

Good advice. Now all he should do to help himself is to remove the stress he must undergo as a US Senator.

According to a statement from Dr. David Williamson, chief of neuropsychiatry and medical director of Walter Reed, Fetterman was admitted on February 15 with severe symptoms of depression, including low energy and motivation, minimal speech, poor sleep, slowed thinking, slowed movement, and feelings of guilt and worthlessness. Fortunately, Fetterman did not show signs of suicidal ideation. But his symptoms had progressively worsened over a period of eight weeks; Fetterman stopped eating and drinking, causing low blood pressure and possibly hurting blood-flow to his brain. Weight loss or gain is a common diagnostic consideration with the diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder.

Doctors at the Neuropsychiatry Unit, along with Cardiolgy and Neurology specialists from Walter Reed, examined his medical records and performed additional tests. There were no signs of a new stroke, and his brain activity was stable, which is not the same as 'normal.'

Fetterman's heart was healthy with no clots. Fetterman’s low blood pressure was attributed to poor hydration and weight loss. The Cardiology team adjusted his medications while his depression was handled with medication therapy, which he will need to continue for the remainder of his life.

Fetterman’s mood steadily improved over the following weeks, the statement continued. He slept better, ate well and hydrated, and he seemed happier and more motivated, and his attitude and engagement with others also improved. The report concluded that his depression went into remission because of the treatment. Fetterman committed to long-term treatment for depression, the report said. 

What the report left out, however, was whether they believe he was able to adequately conduct the business of a US Senator.

The doctors also evaluated his auditory processing abilities, which were hampered by the stroke he suffered in May. Fetterman was fitted for hearing aids, and worked with speech therapists. Fetterman’s depression may have been a barrier to engaging with his doctors, the report stated, but improvement in his condition may have improved his speech abilities. Williamson said that his speech would continue to improve with continued outpatient rehab.

A source close to the senator told the Compromised News Network (CNN) that he would likely be “as good or better than his best days post-stroke.”

Time will tell; let's hope so, but Fetterman should think about stepping down from office and spending time recovering, relaxing and enjoying his life.

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John Fetterman discharged on Friday-doctors rule out stroke

Generally speaking, when a person has a stroke, he or she is susceptible to another stroke. In Democratic Sen. John Fetterman's (D-PA) case, doctors from George Washington University Hospital do not believe that this is what happened, saying there was "no evidence of seizures."

“A few minutes ago, Senator Fetterman was discharged from the hospital,” Fetterman’s much needed communication director, Joe Calvello, wrote in a tweet late Friday afternoon.

Fetterman suffered a stroke in May just days before Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate primary – was taken to the hospital on Wednesday after feeling “light-headed” at the Senate Democratic Retreat, Calvello announced this week.

Fetterman had a series of tests: a CT, CTA, MRI and EEG all came back as normal with no evidence of seizures.

“John is looking forward to returning to the Senate on Monday,” Calvello added, while failing to add that Fetterman is unable to process verbal information without the help of a machine.

The news of Fetterman’s discharge came hours after the former newspaper New York Times reported that “aides and confidantes describe his transition to the Senate as a difficult period.” 

A transition to the Senate should not have to be a difficult period for a person capable of handling the job, but Fetterman was not capable of this, even before the beat out Republican Mehmet Oz.

Fetterman had a pacemaker and defibrillator implanted after the stroke.

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