BREAKING - Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized after fall near his home

[shelshaw]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/john-fetterman-hospitalized-after-fall/story?id=127494952

Sen. John Fetterman's office said the Pennsylvania Democrat is under "routine observation" in a Pittsburgh hospital after he fell during an early morning walk Thursday near his home in Braddock, Pennsylvania.

"It was established he had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that led to Senator Fetterman feeling light-headed, falling to the ground and hitting his face with minor injuries," a statement from his office said.

Fetterman opted to stay in the hospital so doctors can "fine-tune his medication regimen," the statement said.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

[Stacey Grove]

1. Must be nice to have the best healthcare

taxpayer money can buy.

[SocialDemocrat61]

2. Resign!

[hamsterjill]

18. Clearly, he has some medical issues.

I don't wish ill on anyone, including Fetterman. I've been disappointed in him. To me, he's almost not the same person that he was before the stroke. Either he was lying initially about his principles, or else something changed after the medical episode.

He clearly has some pressing medical issues, and it might be best if he resigned and looked after those issues.

[purr-rat beauty]

3. He should be happy he's alive

Many are dead because of policies he agrees with.

[newdeal2]

7. Interesting timing for sure

A few days after a crucial vote where his absence would have been really felt.

[dlilafae]

4. Feel better. Hope your health problem gets resolved,

and that you heal completely. Sen. Fetterman, you sure turned out to be a(n oddly right-leaning) Democratic disappointment.

[leftstreet]

5. Hope they keep him a long time

Just to be sure he's okay

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. My hunch is

that he needs a pacemaker and not a "medication tune-up". But what do I know, I'm just a cardiology nurse (ret.).

[dsc]

11. I thought he had gotten one already

but yeah if he doesn't have one, it seems like it would be a good idea for him to have one.

[Silent Type]

8. I know we hate him now, but he looked better last night than I've seen him since stroke.

[JI7]

9. I don't hate him

[Borogove]

10. I don't hate him. I'm just deeply disappointed in him.

[Jilly_in_VA]

15. I don't hate him

I regard a stroke in the same way I think of a traumatic brain injury, except that it comes from inside instead of outside. That's what I always told families of stroke patients, especially if it was a bad one---that it was essentially the same thing as getting hit upside the head with a baseball bat or similar. To quote a line from some book I read (I forget now which one) regarding Fetterman, "My feelings towards him is an exasperated pity-like."

[pfitz59]

21. Ili think ot was the stroke

a different man after it. I saw it in a neighbor when I was a kid. Very nice man then 'bam', complete personality switch.

[aocommunalpunch]

12. Which

of his two faces did he hurt?

[Emile]

13. Hopefully Governor Shapiro has a progressive ready

to replace him.

[Celerity]

14. I hope he soon recovers from this.

[democratsruletheday]

16. Glad to see most comments are above the fray....

he WANTS us to wish him ill. You know how I know? He told CNN that Dems 'want him to have another stroke' and the like. But don't take my word for it. Here it is:

https://www.aol.com/articles/john-fetterman-stuns-cnn-dana-201021559.html

My take? He's not fit to serve IMO, mentally or physically. I was livid with him for awhile but it's finally dawned on me he can't help his current state. Just feel sorry for him now more than anything else.

[Demsrule86]

22. I am in the hospital now for my heart so I get. I don't want him getting gone unless someone

Primary’s him or he can’t serve for health reasons. Thune will not confirm or seat a replacement. Plus I don’t hate Fetterman. I am angry and disappointed in his disloyalty to our party. He was with the GOP TRASH-from
the beginning.

[mr715]

17. Uh oh

I guess he suffered an unexpected shutdown.

[Demsrule86]

20. He needs to resign but not before his term is up so if possible. Best wishes for his recovery of course