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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) says he “should have quit” his 2022 U.S. Senate race after suffering a stroke four days before the primary.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What an odd thing to say without preceding it with a resignation.

[–] flatplutosociety@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

According to former staffers, he REALLY thinks he has a shot at running for president.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Wow. That stroke really fucked up his basic reasoning skills.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The stroke blocks most of the brain sparks - this one just happened to get through briefly.

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 110 points 1 day ago

Please go ahead and do it now, we are waiting.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

The best time to have quit was then. The next best time to quit is now.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

YES YOU SHOULD HAVE.

it's not too late to quit and save your state who did not vote for a fucking Republicunt Dino

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago
[–] snooggums@piefed.world 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty sure his opponent would have been worse, but mow is a good time to quit to be replaced by some other Dem.

*by some real Dem

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Agreed. He isn’t the same person the people voted for. He became an agent

[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

I don't think this jives with reports of what he was like as a mayor. I think Oz was just so incredibly bad that people didn't care.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

He is absolutely the same person. This is always what he was.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago

Hey, we finally agree on something.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

John Fetterman (D?-PA)

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fetterman should decide where he actually sits politically and express that in a come-to-Jesus manifesto.

That would settle a lot of trouble that has come from his time in office. People just want a representative government to act in good faith.

[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Better late than never.

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He details that his depression reached the point where his wife would not let him come home and that he lived in his parents’ basement in York.

Wow what a great wife...

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago

Could be a shitty wife. Could be a husband who burned up any compassion she had years before.

I don't know enough about her to judge her motivation.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago

I'm withholding judgement unless and until further details come out. Having mental illness doesn't give you a get out of jail free card for behaving however you please.

Depression can have some very difficult symptoms that are particularly hard on the support system of those who suffer from it. It's a disease that requires a lot of effort to manage, and many people simply refuse treatment. I'm not necessarily blaming them, as episodes can sneak up on you and start severely impacting your life before you realize how bad it's gotten. It's still on us to take steps to right the ship once we're aware of our situation, however.

The other option is to choose to do nothing, stay miserable , and suffer. It's, unfortunately, a choice I've seen many people make. When that happens, we can't expect those in our lives to support that decision and get dragged down with us. Perhaps Fetterman's wife had to make a hard choice for her own health and safety. Perhaps not, but I've seen it happen enough that I think it's quite possible.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 18 points 1 day ago

Honestly, given his personality changes, I would not be surprised to hear that he's become verbally or possibly even physically abusive at home.

[–] lorski@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

yeah no duh

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago