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Jon Stephenson's avatar

It says a lot about Fetterman that he doesn't think all that is disqualifying. His concept of the job is to just vote the way he's told, not to listen to debate or constituents.

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Julia C's avatar

I know a huge part is denial. When you become disabled or get a significant life changing illness, you don’t want to admit to yourself at first that you have to give things up and can’t live the same way you lived before. Some people accept their reality and adapt quickly, I did, others continue on trying to pretend nothing happened to them. But you obviously can’t do that when your job affects so many others. I’m not sure what he thinks is going to happen *if* he happened up get elected. Does he honestly think he’s going to show up in the Senate chambers wearing an oversized black hoodie sweatshirt and that every single interaction he has with a constituent or fellow Congressman will be planned ahead with a television captioning screen?

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