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John Fetterman’s Health Sparks Debate in Final Stretch

October 17, 2022 · 6:54 am ET · Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “Now, in the final weeks of one of the most consequential and competitive Senate races in the country, Fetterman’s health has become a focal point for both campaigns.”

“The Fetterman campaign has declined repeated requests to interview his doctors or review updated medical information beyond what it has previously released. The last medical information from a doctor made public by the Fetterman campaign came in a letter from his cardiologist on June 3, explaining that surgery conducted 17 days earlier to install a defibrillator was to treat a previously undisclosed diagnosis of cardiomyopathy, and not for atrial fibrillation as the campaign originally claimed.”

The Atlantic that finds Fetterman supporters at a campaign event aren’t concerned about his health. “Still, in the absence of those records, we can only observe and guess.”

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