John Fetterman Had a Stroke. Gisele Fetterman
Became A Political Star
Posted By: earlybird, 10/15/2022 4:49:35 PM
JOHN Fetterman will readily tell you he’s had a stroke. (snip) After he finished his brief remarks, Fetterman’s circumstances suggested he’d lumber back onto the campaign bus from which he’d emerged. Instead, he met his wife, Gisele, at the base of the stage. They were going to do a rope line, lingering stroke symptoms be damned. As they approached supporters lined along the metal barricades, Fetterman offered only high fives and fist bumps, repeating a gruff “thank you.” It was Gisele, staying just a pace ahead of her husband, who took the questions, accepted the compliments, and carried on conversations — some on behalf of her husband,
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After he finished his brief remarks, Fetterman’s circumstances suggested he’d lumber back onto the campaign bus from which he’d emerged. Instead, he met his wife, Gisele, at the base of the stage. They were going to do a rope line, lingering stroke symptoms be damned.
As they approached supporters lined along the metal barricades, Fetterman offered only high fives and fist bumps, repeating a gruff “thank you.” It was Gisele, staying just a pace ahead of her husband, who took the questions, accepted the compliments, and carried on conversations — some on behalf of her husband,
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As the writer says,Gisele is the “de facto” candidate… Voght blew the Fetterman candidacy wide open with what was intended to be a puff piece on Gisele...