Protestors interrupted a campaign event over Fetterman’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war.
Senator John Fetterman told a pro-Palestinian protester interrupting a campaign event he could not hear him because he « had a stroke. »
The Senator suffered a stroke in May 2022, drawing concerns about his health and fitness to serve Pennsylvanians in Congress. In response to criticism about his health, Fetterman has said he has made a strong recovery from the stroke, which has not had an impact on his effectiveness as a senator.
Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat elected to the Senate last November, is facing scrutiny from some progressives over his response to the war between Israel and Hamas. The decades-long conflict escalated last month after Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has since said his country is at war with Hamas, cutting off supplies of food, fuel, electricity and medicine to Gaza while launching an invasion.
