Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized for treatment of clinical depression

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) checked into the hospital on Wednesday night to be treated for clinical depression, his office announced on Thursday.

“Last night, Senator John Fetterman checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to receive treatment for clinical depression. While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” Adam Jentleson, Fetterman’s chief of staff, said in a statement.

“On Monday, John was evaluated by Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the Attending Physician of the United States Congress. Yesterday, Dr. Monahan recommended inpatient care at Walter Reed. John agreed, and he is receiving treatment on a voluntary basis,” Jentleson said.

According to Jentleson, doctors at Walter Reed “told us that John is getting the care he needs, and will soon be back to himself.”

“I stand by John Fetterman and his family. This a challenge, an unimaginable challenge, that he has faced in life. He deserves the very best in professional care and I’m sure he’ll get it at Walter Reed,” said Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.).

When asked if Fetterman will be able to serve a full term, Durbin said, “I believe he can.” The rest of us ask how? The man is clearly losing it probably faster than Biden.

“I believe with the proper care, which he will receive, that he’ll be back in our ranks, joining us soon,” he said. The situation comes a little more than a week after Fetterman was hospitalized after feeling lightheaded during the Senate Democratic retreat.

A Fetterman spokesman said at the time that test results showed no evidence that he suffered a seizure, with tests also showing that he did not suffer a second stroke in less than a year. He was released from the Washington, D.C., hospital the following day and returned to the Senate on Monday.

The Pennsylvania progressive underwent a procedure shortly after his stroke in May to have a pacemaker implanted. He also continues to deal with auditory processing issues as a result of that stroke, forcing him to rely on closed captioning in order to converse with other lawmakers.

Fetterman’s desk has been outfitted with a monitor to allow him to follow along with Senate proceedings. The upper chamber’s sergeant-at-arms has also allowed for live audio-to-text transcription for his committees.

“After what he’s been through in the past year, there’s probably no one who wanted to talk about his own health less than John. I’m so proud of him for asking for help and getting the care he needs,” Fetterman’s wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, tweeted on Thursday.

Joe Biden declines to promise transparency with health details!

So for Joe Biden to now decline transparency with health details saying ‘Every detail would not be made available’ can you trust this man? Trump is as transparent as there has been. JOE Won’t be. He’s saying it now. They wont talk about his declining mental issues for a reason folks. The Sniffler admitted Monday that he would not be transparent with Americans about his health should he win election on Nov. 3. Biden’s comments came after Democrats and the media heavily criticized President Donald Trump and his team of doctors over the weekend for seemingly dodging transparency about the president’s health during his stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

During an NBC Fake News town hall, Biden explained that, if he were president, circumstances may arise where details of his health would not be publicly disclosed.

“I can understand there could be certain circumstances relating to national security, where every detail would not be made available in the middle of a particular crisis,” Biden said, the Washington Examiner reported.

In fact, Biden said that presidents are due special circumstances, explaining “sometimes for a president, that would come after the fact,” referring to the disclosure of personal health details.

As the Examiner noted, Biden has mostly steered clear of attacking Trump over what the president’s critics claimed have been issues of transparency surrounding his health.

Perhaps that is because Biden and his campaign have been hit with similar accusations.

What is Biden’s record of transparency?

From the New York Times:

[B]eyond the public examples of safety precautions, Mr. Biden’s health protocols have remained largely under wraps, with his campaign saying little about what steps it is taking to protect the 77-year-old Democratic nominee.

His aides will not answer questions about whether Mr. Biden is tested daily; they say simply that he is tested “regularly.” Until this weekend, they had promised to inform the public only if he had a confirmed positive case. Then, on Saturday night, after two days of refusing to provide details about Mr. Biden’s testing procedures, the campaign committed to releasing the results of all of his tests.

In fact, Biden’s campaign has downright refused transparency regarding COVID-19.

Over the weekend, Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to the Biden, was asked about the campaign’s contingency plans if Biden does test positive for COVID-19. She did not mince words.

“Much like I wouldn’t discuss our security plans here on national television, I’m not going to talk about our inner workings of our health plans,” she said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Meanwhile, doctors who spoke with the New York Times reiterated that, in the age of COVID-19 and elder candidates, transparency is key. Being dodgy with information “engenders trust in the community, it helps allay fears and concerns,” Dr. Kelly Michelson of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, told the Times. Teneille Brown, a professor of law at the University of Utah, added, “We have a real loss of trust in communication coming out of our leaders. It would do a great deal to rebuild trust for there to be absolute transparency about timing, risk, exposure.”

Remember he told CNN back what a month ago? He told that he WOULD transparent? What happen? Why he change his mind?

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