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The Sanity of John Fetterman


(Commentary) Meir Y. Soloveichik - A recent article in New York magazine proclaimed that staffers of Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) "say they no longer recognize the man they knew." The implication is that the senator, a stroke victim, has lost control of his faculties. Even as Fetterman seems far healthier than he was when he ran for office, one new feature of his public life that alarms those who once embraced him is his support for Israel since Oct. 7. Fetterman's disgruntled former chief of staff seems to assume that a concern for Jews in the Middle East means he is no longer fit to serve as a Democratic senator. Yet there are millions of people who are utterly unperturbed by Fetterman's embrace of Israel - the Pennsylvanians who elected him in the first place. The senator continues to enjoy high poll numbers among his own constituents.
2025-05-18 00:00:00
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