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The article further alleges that Fetterman’s behavior alarmed staffers enough to report troubling incidents—including a shocking moment where he nearly walked into traffic.
“Later that day, another staffer heard an alarming report from a journalist: Fetterman had just walked, obliviously, into the road and was nearly struck by a car,” Terris wrote.
What once would have been brushed aside as minor missteps is now being amplified—critics say—as part of a coordinated push to shove Fetterman off the stage.
Fetterman himself isn’t taking the smear campaign lightly. In a sit-down with The New York Times, he blasted the press for distorting his record and turning his health battle into a political weapon.
“I’m showing up because people in the media have weaponized [my attendance],” Fetterman fumed. “Simple things are turned. That’s exactly what happened.”
The senator, who openly checked into Walter Reed Medical Center to treat depression following his stroke recovery, believes his openness should be applauded—not attacked.
“It shook me that people are willing to weaponize that I got help,” Fetterman continued.
Despite missing numerous Senate votes and committee hearings, New York Times reporter Annie Karni parroted Fetterman’s defense that his absences shouldn’t concern the public.
“Instead, he said he was ‘showing up because people in the media have weaponized’ his absenteeism on Capitol Hill to portray him as mentally unfit, when in fact it is a product of a decision to spend more time at home and less on the mundane tasks of being a senator,” Karni stated.
Fetterman brushed off criticism over his missed votes, insisting they weren’t significant.
“The votes I missed were overwhelmingly procedural; they’re even called ‘bed check’ votes… I had to make a decision: getting here and sticking my thumb in the door for three seconds for a procedural vote or spend Monday night as a dad-daughter date,” Fetterman declared.
But many voters and critics aren’t buying the excuse. For them, showing up isn’t optional—it’s the job.
While being a father is commendable, opponents argue that a U.S. senator has a duty to his constituents above all else. If Fetterman wants more family time, they say, he should step down and make way for someone who’s willing to do the work full time.
As whispers grow louder that Democrat operatives are laying the groundwork to nudge Fetterman out, the bigger question looms: was his support for Israel the final straw?
From media darling to party liability, Fetterman’s fall from grace is a warning shot to any Democrat who dares break ranks with the progressive machine.
