Whether mockable or just plain sad, John Fetterman can't seem to get out a sentence - which, unfortunately for him, is pretty much the bare minimum expected of a U.S. legislator.
The Pennsylvania senator, whose faculties appear to have not improved since his debilitating stroke in May of last year and his subsequent two hospital stays since January, stumbled and slid through his introductory remarks ahead of President Joe Biden’s speech in Pennsylvania Sunday, delivering an all-but-incoherent prelude to the president’s remarks.
"Little over a year ago, the president and I were standing right next to each other at a collapsed bridge in Western Pennsylvania, a bridge that I drove over just the night before with my young son. He showed up within just hours after that bridge collapsed there," Fetterman said, referring to Biden. “And he promised to make sure that any resources that they needed and any help and support and guess what? That bridge was built less than a year well, well in front of time."
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"And now I'm standing next to the president again next to a collapsed bridge here," he added. "He is here to commit to work with the governor and the delegadation to make sure that we get this fixed quick - fast, as well, too. This is a president that is committed to infra...uh, infructure, yeah, and then on top of that the jewel…well, kind of a law of the inflation…bill…that’s gonna make sure that’s there’s gonna be bridges like this all across America like this getting fixed.”
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Fetterman was released from Walter Reed Medical Center in May following a two-year stay for clinical depression, a condition his staff says has worsened since he was inaugurated in early January. Since his release, staff claim his newly-returned habit of sporting shorts and hoodies during official functions and even in the halls of Congress is a "sign" that the senator is "returning" to a relaxed and healthy state of mind, saying he's "redefining" the congressional dress code.
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