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Leading Dem Pa. Senate candidate John Fetterman suffers stroke
NY Post ^ | May 15, 2022 | 5:18pm

Posted on 05/15/2022 3:11:06 PM PDT by conservative98

The 52-year-old Fetterman, who confirmed that he has been hospitalized all weekend, insisted the health emergency wasn’t slowing his campaign. But the stunning revelation, just two days before Pennsylvania’s primary election, created a cloud of uncertainty over the Democratic front-runner’s candidacy in what may be one of the party’s best Senate pickup opportunities. In a short video released by his campaign, a seated Fetterman, speaking clearly, explained that “I just wasn’t feeling very well” on Friday and that he decided to go to the hospital at the urging of his wife. He detailed the situation further in a written statement.

“I had a stroke that was caused by a clot from my heart being in an A-fib rhythm for too long,” Fetterman said. He said the doctors were able to remove the clot, “reversing the stroke,” and got his heart under control.

“The good news is I’m feeling much better, and the doctors tell me I didn’t suffer any cognitive damage,” he said in the statement.

Questions about Fetterman’s health swirled throughout the weekend after he canceled scheduled public appearances Friday, Saturday and Sunday. His campaign cited a health issue but was not specific until Sunday.

Fetterman did not say how much longer he would be in the hospital.

“They’re keeping me here for now for observation, but I should be out of here sometime soon,” he said in the statement. “The doctors have assured me that I’ll be able to get back on the trail, but first I need to take a minute, get some rest, and recover.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; buhbye; fetterman; johnfetterman; johnfoetidman; marxist; mehmetoz; paltgov; paping; paprimary; pennsylvania; stroke; wellbye
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1 posted on 05/15/2022 3:11:06 PM PDT by conservative98
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2 posted on 05/15/2022 3:11:34 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

And proudly vaxxed.


3 posted on 05/15/2022 3:20:08 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: conservative98

He didn’t report it until now so he got 48 more hours of early voting.


4 posted on 05/15/2022 3:21:33 PM PDT by struggle
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Typical


5 posted on 05/15/2022 3:23:35 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: conservative98

Based on the polling where he leads 53% to Connor Lamb 16%, even if he pulled out, etc. today, he would win the primary. You don’t turn that shup around in two days.


6 posted on 05/15/2022 3:25:10 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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Recovering from Stroke in 48-72hrs? Seems VERY suspicious.


7 posted on 05/15/2022 3:25:52 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: conservative98

Dems were willing to vote your “veggie-mind” Biden, so they will have no problem voting for this guy.


8 posted on 05/15/2022 3:28:47 PM PDT by DeweyCA ( )
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To: conservative98

How does one reverse a stroke?


9 posted on 05/15/2022 3:29:08 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: 2banana

“safe and effective”


10 posted on 05/15/2022 3:30:08 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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Now he sounds like Biden


11 posted on 05/15/2022 3:32:47 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: OHPatriot

Check with Whoopi on whether this was a actual stroke-stroke or just gas.


12 posted on 05/15/2022 3:33:27 PM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: nwrep

I think they mean they reversed the afib he was in.


13 posted on 05/15/2022 3:38:43 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: conservative98

The Clot Shot hits anothone.


14 posted on 05/15/2022 3:44:51 PM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: DeweyCA

Philly has some of the dirtiest voting in the country.


15 posted on 05/15/2022 3:46:55 PM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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I think he needs a booster.....


16 posted on 05/15/2022 3:51:07 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98

The stroke might have been pretty minor and the clot dissolved by drugs.

He might have been feeling unwell because of the atrial fibrillation or perhaps atrial flutter. Once that is under control, there’s little point being in the hospital.


17 posted on 05/15/2022 3:54:40 PM PDT by FarCenter
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To: OHPatriot; nwrep

Look up and read about stent retrievers for stroke. Amazing results in a number of studies.


18 posted on 05/15/2022 4:22:12 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: nwrep
How does one reverse a stroke?

Back stroke?


19 posted on 05/15/2022 4:35:31 PM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: conservative98

Fettermsn will be a better primary win than Conor Lamb, current officeholder.


20 posted on 05/15/2022 4:39:03 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Prayers for America.)
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