{"id":1476830,"date":"2022-05-16T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476830"},"modified":"2022-05-16T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:45:24","slug":"stroke-sidelines-big-john-fetterman-before-election-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stroke-sidelines-big-john-fetterman-before-election-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Stroke Sidelines \u2018Big John\u2019 Fetterman Before Election Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstroke-sidelines-big-john-fetterman-before-election-night%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476830&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman will miss his election night party on Tuesday after suffering a stroke caused by a blood clot in his heart.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman, Pennsylvania&#8217;s lieutenant governor, on Friday went to a hospital after not feeling well for several days, he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnFetterman\/status\/1525921940443127809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on Sunday. Fetterman said that doctors told him he suffered no cognitive damage and is on the way to a &#8220;full recovery.&#8221; While Fetterman insisted he would be back on the campaign trail &#8220;sometime soon,&#8221; his campaign revealed on Monday that he will remain at the hospital at least through the primary.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman&#8217;s stroke explains why he missed campaign events on the eve of the primary election. Fetterman&#8217;s campaign was initially vague about why he pulled out of events on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, saying only that there was a medical situation.<\/p>\n<p>The extended hospital stay means Fetterman will miss what is expected to be an election-night victory celebration. Fetterman has a massive polling lead in his primary race against Rep. Conor Lamb and state lawmaker Malcolm Kenyatta. Tens of thousands of early voters have already cast their ballots.<\/p>\n<p>While Fetterman is widely expected to win the primary, the medical incident could be a factor in the general election. Fetterman, known as &#8220;Big John&#8221; because of his massive frame, has faced questions about his electability in the purple state. He has downplayed <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/pennsylvania-democrat-john-fetterman-feels-the-bern-endorses-sanders\/\">his support<\/a> for left-wing politicians such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). Fetterman has also faced questions over a 2013 incident in which he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/09\/us\/politics\/john-fetterman-gun-black-jogger.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled a shotgun<\/a> on an unarmed black jogger.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman&#8217;s stroke is reminiscent of Sanders suffering a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/sanders-suspends-campaign-after-heart-surgery\/\">heart attack<\/a> on the presidential campaign trail in 2019. Sanders, who at the time was 78 years old, spent four days in a hospital after experiencing chest pains.<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old Fetterman is the third prominent Democrat to suffer a stroke in recent months. Senator Chris Van Hollen (Md.) announced Sunday that he suffered a stroke last week. Senator Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (N.M.) spent weeks in the hospital after suffering a stroke on Jan. 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman will miss his election night party on Tuesday after suffering a stroke caused by a blood clot in his heart. 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