WARNING: this is very much a rumor, so nothing that follows should be considered legitimate journalism. (Not that anything I do here qualifies as legitimate.)
Fetterman Rumored Brain-Dead as Dems Attempt to Avoid Special Election
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A viral tweet from John Cardillo, a former NYPD officer turned conservative radio host and social-media influencer, called for an investigation into whether Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., may be clinically brain dead as Democrats engage in a cover-up to avoid a special election before August.
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Cardillo’s tweet made a significant splash on social media, garnering more than a million views and 18,000 likes as of Saturday night.
However, Headline USA was unable to verify the accuracy of either claim—that Fetterman was clinically brain-dead or that an Aug. 18 deadline would allow far-left Gov. Josh Shapiro to avoid calling a special election.
Headline USA reached out to both Cardillo and to Fetterman press secretary Joe Calvello, and we will update with any response.
Pennsylvania law stipulates that a special election must be held “at the time of the next general or municipal election, occurring at least ninety (90) days after the happening of such vacancy.”
Fetterman’s near-fatal stroke was widely concealed by and later downplayed the media during his senatorial race last year, enabling him to handily defeat celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz on the strength of early mail-in balloting before the two had even debated.
How will the Dems wriggle out of this one? If Fetterman actually dies, they're not going to be able to hide that. I know the Dems had been grooming Fetterman's wife to perform his duties, i.e., a vote for Fetterman last year was a vote for his wife... so will she be carrying on as lieutenant governor assuming the Dems succeed in hiding Fetterman's condition until past the time for a special election? So many questions. Meanwhile, the corruption is just no longer surprising. I'd be happy with torching everything about our electoral system at this point.
From the same article:
Likewise, many have suspected that if John Fetterman were incapacitated then Shapiro might appoint his wife, Gisele, to fill the spot.
While Gisele Fetterman has appeared to take an exceedingly active role in her husband’s campaign and governing, she seems to have had considerably less interest in his recovery process.
That last dig is a reference to Gisele Fetterman's having taken her kids out ziplining in upstate New York. I can't blame a mom for wanting to show her kids a good time as a way to get their minds off their dad's condition, so I dismiss this last accusation as petty.
ADDENDUM: then again, Gisele also took her kids to Canada. The optics here are not good.
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