Ditching his signature black hoodie and shorts for a dark gray suit on Tuesday, John Fetterman was sworn in as the junior senator from Pennsylvania. Video recorded at the event showed the newly minted senator looking extremely ill-at-ease and frequently turning to his ambitious wife, Gisele, for direction.
When Vice President Kamala Harris congratulated him, Fetterman offered a quick handshake and uttered only a curt thank you.
In the clip below, Fetterman barely moves or acknowledges what is going on around him. His wife is seen handling the interactions and calling all the shots.
Fetterman doesn’t even know what planet he’s on 🤣 pic.twitter.com/WNQrWLoqJn
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) January 3, 2023
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Fetterman did not speak to reporters and made no public remarks afterward.
No one can actually be surprised by the scene that played out on Tuesday. Fetterman suffered a stroke in May 2022.
Following the stroke, Gisele became the driving force behind his campaign. So much so, in fact, that Fox News published an article titled, “Is John Fetterman’s wife, Gisele, the ‘de facto candidate’ for Pennsylvania Senate?”
Gisele, according to the report, “has worked to make a name for herself in the Pennsylvania political arena over the last few weeks as she speaks on her husband’s behalf in certain situations.”
During a campaign event in Pittsburgh shortly before the election, President Joe Biden said Gisele is “gonna be a great, great lady in the Senate.”
Knowing Fetterman was in no shape for a debate, his campaign tried desperately to avoid one. Running out of excuses, Fetterman’s team finally agreed to participate in a debate two weeks before the election.
As you may recall, his performance was every bit as disastrous as they had feared. From the moment he uttered his first words during the debate — “Hi. Good night, everybody” — the jig was up.
In case you’ve forgotten just how badly the debate went for Fetterman, Fox News’ Jesse Watters shares the highlights in the video below.
But, stunningly, Fetterman’s inability to communicate didn’t matter to Democratic voters. In fact, money poured into his campaign’s coffers immediately afterward.
He would be the 51st vote for the Biden agenda and that was all that mattered. They were prepared to do whatever was necessary to carry him over the finish line.
And against all odds, they succeeded. The Democrats won their 51st vote and Gisele is over the moon.
For those of you asking, yes, there will be a Fetterman in shorts today, but it’s not me. pic.twitter.com/eiYz8QAO2K
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) January 3, 2023
A previous version of this article appeared in The Western Journal.
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Uncle Fester goes to Washington! Looking critically at this turn of events, one has to ask if the American system should start requiring, not only voter ID at the polling place, but (perhaps) a ‘voting certificate’ that codifies that the voter has demonstrated (at least) a room temperature IQ. Who in their right mind voted for Uncle Fester? What could possibly be in the water in PA? Did the zombie apocalypse already start, and no one told me?
Yeah, I know… the ‘other choice’ was TV doctor whose political credentials were that he appeared on Oprah more than once…
We keep bringing up Fetterman and his stroke. Go back in time and see that he was an idiot well before his stroke caused him to really become an idiot. This guy was never a capable candidate. He is not even an empty suit. He is the product of a wealthy family that supported his fantasies, and whatever else, for most of his life. But, as long as someone can show him which way to cast his vote, the Democrats will just love him to death. Consider him as a dark antagonist in a fairytale. He was that before the stroke.
I still can’t believe Fetterman didn’t have a lot of “Help” in crossing the finish line. Pennsylvanians aren’t that stupid, regardless of who his opposition was in the race.