Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Fetterman Needs Computer to Process Audio in First In-Person Interview Since Stroke

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman used a computer to process audio in his first in-person interview since suffering a stroke earlier this year.

Fetterman, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, was seated behind an Apple computer, which he looked at after a reporter asked him a question, to read audio converted into text, according to video of the interview, which was conducted on Oct. 7 and released on Oct. 11.

“Because of his stroke, Fetterman’s campaign required closed captioning technology for this interview to essentially read our questions as we asked them,” Dasha Burns, the NBC interviewer, said on air. “In small talk before the interview without captioning, it wasn’t clear he was understanding our conversation,” she added later. A spokesperson for Fetterman’s campaign told The Epoch Times via email that Fetterman has been transparent about needing closed captioning to “be precise and avoid missing words.”

“As we’ve said over and over again, John is healthy and he also still has a lingering auditory processing issue that his doctors expect will go away,” the spokesperson said, adding later, “Unfortunately for Dr. Oz and the pathetic Republicans who are desperately rooting against his recovery, John is getting better every day and he is going to win this race to be Pennsylvania’s next Senator.”

Fetterman, 53, suffered a stroke in May and required hospital care.

Fetterman still won the Democrat primary for the Senate seat, which is becoming vacant because Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is not running for another term.

Fetterman is vying with Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee, for the seat.

Oz’s campaign shared video of Burns talking about the new interview but has not issued a statement on Fetterman needing closed captioning.

Fetterman is set to debate Oz in October but his campaign has required Fetterman be able to use closed

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