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PA Sen. John Fetterman Taken to Hospital After ‘Feeling Lightheaded’ at Senate Democratic Retreat

PA Sen. John Fetterman Taken to Hospital After ‘Feeling Lightheaded’ at Senate Democratic Retreat

Fetterman’s health was always in question during the 2022 campaign.

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman was taken to the hospital on Wednesday after feeling lightheaded. From WGAL:

“Towards the end of the Senate Democratic retreat today, Senator John Fetterman began feeling lightheaded. He left and called his staff, who picked him up and drove him to The George Washington University Hospital. Initial tests did not show evidence of a new stroke, but doctors are running more tests and John is remaining overnight for observation. He is in good spirits and talking with his staff and family. We will provide more information when we have it.”

We will update the post as soon as we know more information.

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I’d feel “light-headed” too if I only had half a brain.

Bitterlyclinging | February 9, 2023 at 8:47 am

Blood pressure medications likely at fault. Amlodipine, clonidine, doxazosin, thiazide diuretics. Or maybe its Fetterman’s alprazalalazam?
Its called iatrogenic, or doctor caused, disease for a reason.

Bitterlyclinging | February 9, 2023 at 8:50 am

Could it be the blood pressure medications at fault. Fetterman is likely heavily medicated. Its called iatrogenic, or doctor caused, diseas for a reason.

Capitalist-Dad | February 9, 2023 at 8:58 am

Not to worry. Biden provides precedent that the brain dead can still hold office.

Not to worry.
If Fetterman dies or quits, newly elected Democrat Governor Schapiro will name an even more hard Left substitute, in better health, and politically nothing changes.
This is all thanks to Democrats in Pennsylvania having the brains to vote for Democrats, no other criterion being relevant, whereas Republicans are too stupid to do the same, see Fetterman’s opponent Dr. Oz, see Schapiro’s opponent Mastriano.

    Milhouse in reply to FrankJNatoli. | February 9, 2023 at 9:26 am

    Republicans in PA voted R. But PA is not a R state. And the swing voters were persuaded that Shapiro and Fetterman were better choices than Mastriano and Oz. Especially since many of them voted before they had a chance to see Fetterman’s bizarre debate performance. Better R candidates would have attracted more swing voters.

      FrankJNatoli in reply to Milhouse. | February 9, 2023 at 9:32 am

      “Better R candidates would have attracted more swing voters.”
      The Democratic candidate to the U.S. Senate was literally, manifestly, brain damaged.
      And you argue that it was the Republicans who needed “better candidates”.
      Got it.

        CommoChief in reply to FrankJNatoli. | February 9, 2023 at 12:07 pm

        The sad truth is the Nation is divided into political tribes. Roughly 41-44% are d/prog and 41-44% are GoP. The remainder are independent. Some are greens, some libertarians, some are disaffected with both major parties that lean in one direction but are gettable for a candidate that picks up a particular issue. A very few are truly independent.

        In sum roughly 85%+ of the electorate is gonna vote by political tribe and not based on the merit of a particular candidate. The deciding difference in elections are the ‘independent’ voters. Offer them what they like and they vote for a candidate, offer them something they don’t like and they vote against a candidate.

        In PA these voters didn’t like Oz or Mastriano and they voted against them. A large number of Trump voters from 2020 didn’t vote for them if you review the total votes cast in ’22 v 20. It isn’t as if these voters didn’t know there was a Senate seat to determine control and Gov mansion up for grabs. For whatever reason lots of prior Trump voters stayed home despite the importance and publicity of these contests.

          The_Mew_Cat in reply to CommoChief. | February 9, 2023 at 3:40 pm

          A lot of Trump and other Republican voters stayed home because they care about abortion rights, but aren’t willing to vote (D). So they sat it out.

      Paula in reply to Milhouse. | February 9, 2023 at 9:50 am

      “…swing voters were persuaded that Shapiro and Fetterman were better choices…”

      That shows swing voters have no more intelligence than Fetterman.

      alaskabob in reply to Milhouse. | February 9, 2023 at 10:48 am

      That infers that voters were thinking of the person and not the Party. Voting “Dem” is akin to voting for their version of Santa Claus…even if the person under the game beard is Stalin.

      The_Mew_Cat in reply to Milhouse. | February 9, 2023 at 3:38 pm

      I don’t think any (R) candidate could have won in PA in 2022. Swing voters and swing turnout were motivated by Abortion rights. Period. Those voters would rather have a brain-dead (D) than any (R). And they know that when Fetterman dies in office, Shapiro will appoint his very healthy leftist wife.

      alohahola in reply to Milhouse. | February 9, 2023 at 5:45 pm

      PA is a very R state, especially after many Ds switched. Don’t let our state “elections” fool you.

      AF_Chief_Master_Sgt in reply to Milhouse. | February 9, 2023 at 9:58 pm

      You must be a bigger moron than Uncle Fester. Your take is that Fetterman was a better candidate than the Republican?

      Sheesh.

    Who says they ‘voted’ in line with the ‘results’? – A voting machine?

“feeling lightheaded.”
Perhaps the tenant in his neck moved to Florida?

On a plus note, he already looks prepped for the OR. Some betadine and saran wrap and we are good to go.

He will be right as rain if he follows my schedule:

Leap out of bed at 5:00 AM and do 50 push-ups, next 10,000 meters on the rowing machine, followed by some basic weight lifting. Then he can top it off with an ice cold shower, attend the Latin Mass and finally reward himself with a hard boiled egg and dry toast washed down with carrot juice.

Get well soon, Uncle Fester. Pennsylvanians rightly deserve every last unintelligible utterance you can muster.

The Gentle Grizzly | February 9, 2023 at 1:01 pm

Would you all be as nasty and snippy if this man were a Republican?

The answer is, of course, “no”.

I, for one, don’t care about his political stance at this point. The poor devil is sick, likely more so than Biden. He was just as used as Biden.

You should be ashamed of yourselves.

    Yes, the poor devil is sick, but he is also the devil. We’re at war, Griz.

    henrybowman in reply to The Gentle Grizzly. | February 9, 2023 at 6:50 pm

    Did you see us holding testimonial assemblies for George Santos?

    henrybowman in reply to The Gentle Grizzly. | February 9, 2023 at 6:51 pm

    Also, he was a woke jackass long BEFORE he was sick.

    AF_Chief_Master_Sgt in reply to The Gentle Grizzly. | February 9, 2023 at 10:11 pm

    Sorry Grizz. If the moron chose to stay out of the public eye, especially in a position that affects all Americans, I would give him a pass.

    But this moron is in a position that affects the lives of all Americans. So, by Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.”

    The Democrats are the enemy and Fester is one who needs to be ridiculed.

I predicted as soon as he won he would not finish his term, maybe the year.
Your right Shapiro will nominate another Hard Leftists ( his wife possibly) but your not going to find another hard Leftists more Leftist than him.