The Latest Breaking News from John Fetterman

A discussion about a candidate’s symptoms turned into a larger one about whether journalists are equipped to cover people with disabilities fairly, John Bowden writes

PHILADELPHIA — An NBC News story with John Fetterman that predominantly focused on the stroke survivor’s health is drawing sharp criticism over how it described the reporter’s interview with the Pennsylvania Senate candidate.

‘Sorry to say but I talked to John Fetterman for over an hour without stop or any aides and this is just nonsense. Maybe this reporter is just bad at small talk’

John Fetterman took the stage on a picture-perfect fall day in Bristol this week and reached out his arms, his expansive sweatshirted wing span greeting adoring fans who waved black Fetterman signs. There were outbursts of encouragement and laughs at the familiar campaign-trail jokes throughout his speech.

The Pennsylvania Senate candidate’s interview with NBC was his first sit-down since suffering a stroke in May

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Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate insists his disability is temporary, while his opponent Mehmet Oz has mocked him for it

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Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman slurred some words and stuttered in his first one-on-one interview since his near-fatal stroke in May, raising new questions about his health just weeks before Election Day.

A handful of races featuring some of the most unconventional candidates in recent memory will determine the control of the Senate in four weeks, when voters hit the polls in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.