In Profile About John Fetterman, New York Times Combines Neurology and Politics
Another coverage innovation!
The New York Times ran a piece about how Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman could be “backsliding on his recovery from a mental health crisis”:
The former chief of staff to Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, was so alarmed with his ex-boss’s erratic behavior last year that he wrote a lengthy letter to his doctor… “I’m worried that if John stays on his current trajectory he won’t be with us for much longer,” Adam Jentleson, the former chief of staff, wrote on May 20…
An avid Fox News watcher, Mr. Fetterman even seriously considered voting to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former weekend host on “Fox & Friends,” according to a former aide. The vote would have signaled a green light to a cabinet appointee who faced accusations of excessive drinking and abusing women…
It’s not clear to everyone who has worked closely with him that Mr. Fetterman’s political transformation, or his current challenges, is directly related to the mental health crisis... But in his letter, Mr. Jentleson describes unstable behavior he says could be a result of the senator’s failure to follow the medical plan…
Per the Times, when Fetterman “seriously considered” voting for Pete Hegseth, it might have been evidence of brain damage, on par with “dangerous driving habits,” also described at length. Man, political analysis is getting weird in this country…
He was stroke-addled to the point of being unable to speak coherently and they described criticism of his mental state as bigotry. Now he’s declining to participate in their deluded hysteria and they’re insisting he’s losing his mind.
The New York Times should be regulated as a DNC organization; its total operating budget should be calculated as campaign contributions.