Sen. John Fetterman On His Return To Congress
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🗓️ 21 April 2023
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It is rare for a sitting politician to publicly discuss their mental health. But Sen. Fetterman sat down with NPR's Scott Detrow to talk about what the past few months have been like and what comes next.
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| 0:00.0 | Democratic Senator John Federman first entered the public spotlight long before he got |
| 0:11.4 | to Washington. |
| 0:12.8 | For 13 years he was the mayor of Braddock, a small struggling steel town in western Pennsylvania. |
| 0:17.9 | Then, in 2019, he became Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor. |
| 0:21.8 | And in 2021, he announced a run for U.S. Senate. |
| 0:24.6 | And never taking a single person for granted. |
| 0:27.4 | He never taking a single place for granted. |
| 0:30.7 | I'm John Federman and I approve this message. |
| 0:33.9 | Federman went on to win the Democratic Senate nomination in the battleground state. |
| 0:37.6 | It was the most important race on the map last year. |
| 0:41.1 | The one everyone expected would decide control of the entire Senate. |
| 0:45.0 | And Federman was running against another high profile candidate, TV personality, Mehmet |
| 0:49.2 | Oz. |
| 0:50.2 | The most expensive Senate race in the country, John Federman versus Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania. |
| 0:56.1 | Well, the eyes of the nation are on. |
| 0:58.0 | Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race. |
| 0:59.7 | Public and Oz and Democrat John Federman are in a social media war. |
| 1:03.8 | It was an intense campaign, part of a very intense 12 months for Federman. |
| 1:08.5 | Because in May 2022, he suffered a stroke, which he later said nearly killed him. |
| 1:13.9 | He was sidelined from campaigning for two months, while he recovered. |
| 1:17.8 | When he returned to the campaign trail, Federman struggled to communicate. |
| 1:21.4 | His ability to do the job became the focal point of Republican attack ads. |
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