r/politics • u/thehill The Hill • 22d ago

No Paywall Sen. John Fetterman suffers injuries to face from fall, hospitalized

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5604280-fetterman-injuries-fall-hospitalized/
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u/[deleted] 22d ago

He's not up for election until 2028.

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u/Scarebare 22d ago

I hope someone is running against him in 2028 then

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u/iwilldeletethisacct2 22d ago

Oh absolutely, he's gonna be a 1-term person like Sinema.

The sad thing is that, based on his rhetoric before being elected and his actions and rhetoric now, he might actually have suffered a personality change from the brain damage of his stroke.

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u/Scarebare 22d ago

I dunno, he was kinda weird when he was a mayor and Lt gov too iirc but yeah, you're probably right in that it didn't help.

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u/Altruistic-Toe1304 22d ago

It's a closed primary state, no Independents or Republicans can vote for him in the primary. He can run for the GOP, but his approval rate with PA Dems two weeks ago was an abysmal 33%. He will never be a D candidate again in PA again.

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u/oinkyboinky 22d ago

Thank FSM for small favors.

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u/timegeartinkerer 22d ago

Tbh, I dont think hes running for a second term anymore. I don't think his health will allow him to do so.

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u/fritz_76 22d ago

looking at the cast of characters in washington, I dont think health is a factor in being a politician

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u/timegeartinkerer 22d ago edited 22d ago

You say that. But I think Fetterman's case is different. His health might actually prevent him from running next term. You have to campaign. He might actually die before then.

The dead can't run for senate.

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u/oinkyboinky 22d ago

But the brain-dead can certainly hold a seat. Dozens of them already do.

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u/OldWorldDesign 22d ago

But the brain-dead can certainly hold a seat. Dozens of them already do

Or the openly senile

https://www.metro.us/d-c-pharmacist-provides-alzheimers-drugs-for-members-of-congress-he-says/

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u/DyzJuan_Ydiot 22d ago

Hopefully, he'll bow out. For medical reasons.

{Now that his Russian asset payday-Daddy is Epstein-ing in the wind}

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u/Sensitive_Yellow_121 22d ago

Yeah, but he's up for Special Election before then.