{"id":1712466,"date":"2022-10-26T17:34:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T21:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1712466"},"modified":"2022-10-26T17:34:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T21:34:48","slug":"its-totally-fine-ben-shapiro-exposes-medias-morphing-narrative-on-stroke-addled-fetterman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-totally-fine-ben-shapiro-exposes-medias-morphing-narrative-on-stroke-addled-fetterman\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s Totally Fine\u2019: Ben Shapiro Exposes Media\u2019s Morphing Narrative On Stroke-Addled Fetterman"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fits-totally-fine-ben-shapiro-exposes-medias-morphing-narrative-on-stroke-addled-fetterman%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=1712466&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--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/author\/ben-shapiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Shapiro<\/a> retraced the media\u2019s ever-morphing reaction to Pennsylvania Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hi-goodnight-everybody-even-liberals-admit-fettermans-debate-performance-was-abysmal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Fetterman<\/a> Wednesday, following the ailing Democrat\u2019s disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/confident-oz-and-struggling-fetterman-clash-in-pennsylvania-senate-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate performance<\/a> the previous night.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro told listeners to his popular podcast and radio show the Keystone State candidate, who suffered a stroke in May, has been protected by a sympathetic media. But after the hulking lieutenant governor stumbled through a series of incomprehensible answers in his debate against Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dr-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Mehmet Oz<\/a>, there was no hiding his neurological issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media narrative went from \u2018John Fetterman is fine,\u2019 to, as he was out on the campaign trail babbling, \u2018John Fetterman may not be fine, but he\u2019s fine enough to be in the Senate,\u2019 and then it went to, \u2018If you notice that he\u2019s not fine, then there is something deeply wrong with you,\u2019\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cAnd now, after last night\u2019s debate, the media have already swiveled to \u2018It\u2019s totally fine to have a nonfunctional stroke victim in the Senate.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to the media, John Fetterman is perfectly fine. Okay, maybe he&#8217;s not fine, but you&#8217;re ableist for noticing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cX9mzcHeFD\">pic.twitter.com\/cX9mzcHeFD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1585349766095200256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-top-democrat-in-u-s-senate-race-in-pennsylvania-hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke\">suffered the stroke<\/a> in May, just days before winning the Democratic primary against Rep. Conor Lamb. He was off the campaign trail for several months, although his team assured the public he was recovering. When he did finally return to the stump, he often seemed to struggle to speak. An NBC reporter who interviewed him was attacked by Fetterman supporters when she divulged that he had great difficulty conversing and relied on a computer to read questions posed in person.<\/p>\n<p>In Tuesday\u2019s debate, Fetterman greeted the audience by saying, \u201cHi. Goodnight everybody.\u201d It didn\u2019t get better as the night wore on.<\/p>\n<p>A sampling of Fetterman\u2019s quotes from the debate:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do support fracking \u2014 I don\u2019t, I don\u2019t \u2014 I support fracking, and I stand \u2014 and I do support fracking,\u201d he stammered when confronted with his own conflicting past positions on the key issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can a man, you know, with with 10 gigantic mansions has \u2014 am willing to talk about willing wage for anybody?\u201d Fetterman said in an attempt to attack his wealthy opponent. \u201cImagine a signal mom trying with two children trying to raise with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro blamed Fetterman\u2019s team and loved ones for allowing him to stay in the race after his brush with death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gotta feel bad for the guy,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cI mean honestly, the guy is a stroke\u00a0victim, he\u2019s obviously not functioning properly, he\u2019s being put in front of millions of people to demonstrate his inability to process language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing\u2026 not for him, but for his entire team,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman, who insisted on having closed captioning during the debate in order to read questions asked by the moderators, later blamed the system for his awkward pauses and answers that often bordered on gibberish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are relegated to blaming the closed captioning system, you have a massive problem on your hands,\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n<p>Polls showed Fetterman and Oz were in a virtual dead heat before the debate. They are vying to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. With the Senate tied at 50-50, the Pennsylvania race is one of a handful of critical races being watched closely by a national audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Shapiro retraced the media\u2019s ever-morphing reaction to Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman Wednesday, following the ailing Democrat\u2019s disastrous debate performance the previous night. Shapiro told listeners to his popular podcast and radio show the Keystone State candidate, who suffered a stroke in May, has been protected by a sympathetic media. 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