{"id":1716171,"date":"2022-10-29T11:17:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T15:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1716171"},"modified":"2022-10-29T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T15:18:16","slug":"it-requires-competency-former-pennsylvania-senator-rick-santorum-on-whether-john-fetterman-can-do-the-job-with-serious-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-requires-competency-former-pennsylvania-senator-rick-santorum-on-whether-john-fetterman-can-do-the-job-with-serious-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It Requires Competency\u2019: Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum On Whether John Fetterman Can Do The Job With Serious Health Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/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%2Fit-requires-competency-former-pennsylvania-senator-rick-santorum-on-whether-john-fetterman-can-do-the-job-with-serious-health-issues%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=1716171&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>Former Republican <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Sen. and presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/rick-santorum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rick Santorum<\/a> said that Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman will be unable to represent the Keystone State because of his significant cognitive challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-top-democrat-in-u-s-senate-race-in-pennsylvania-hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffered a stroke<\/a> days before the primary election, faltered and provided noticeably choppy responses during the contest\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/confident-oz-and-struggling-fetterman-clash-in-pennsylvania-senate-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only debate<\/a> as Republican rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mehmet-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Mehmet Oz<\/a> pressed the Democrat on his progressive platform. Santorum, who spent two terms in the House of Representatives and two terms in the Senate, remarked in an interview with The Daily Wire that serving in the upper chamber demands significant persuasive and cognitive skill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA senator does more than just votes. In fact, we spent very little time casting votes. We spent a lot of time working on issues, providing leadership on a variety of fronts,\u201d he commented. \u201cMost senators are involved in areas where they provide leadership, whether internationally working with other countries, working with organizations, or for particular causes. You have cachet as a senator, and most senators are capable of using that cachet to have an influence, to improve your country and to fight for the interests of your state. If you don\u2019t have the ability to communicate, that becomes nearly impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman had a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-fetterman-yells-at-oz-during-closing-statements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noticeable outbursts<\/a> and moments of frustration during his debate as moderators posed questions on his agenda and record. \u201cYou saw how he responded to stress at that debate: not well. You don\u2019t put someone in there who\u2019s incapacitated to do the job that you\u2019re asking him to do,\u201d Santorum added. \u201cOn top of that, here\u2019s a man with a defibrillator. Here\u2019s a man with a pacemaker. Here\u2019s a man who has AFib and who is, by all measures, a ticking time bomb for another stroke sometime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gisele Barreto Fetterman, the wife of John Fetterman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ableist-toward-the-disability-community-john-fettermans-wife-tells-nbc-to-apologize-for-asking-about-his-stroke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rebuked<\/a> an NBC News reporter who reported on his cognitive issues by calling for \u201csome accountability\u201d and labeling her \u201cableist.\u201d Santorum rejected the notion that observing the nominee\u2019s evident cognitive decline is bigoted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a whole host of things that a senator does, but it requires competency. It requires being able to communicate, being able to effectively formulate ideas and present those ideas in ways that are persuasive,\u201d Santorum continued. \u201cGreg Abbott, for example, he\u2019s paralyzed, but he can do the job. So it\u2019s not a matter of ableism. It\u2019s a matter of having the necessary skills to do the job which you\u2019re being asked to do, and he doesn\u2019t have that, any more than you would hire a plumber who\u2019s paralyzed from the neck down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Economic issues are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-midterm-poll-spells-bad-news-for-democrats-on-the-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most pressing<\/a> for voters nationwide as supply chain bottlenecks, labor shortages, and government spending worsen inflationary pressures. Santorum noted that Fetterman and other Pennsylvania Democrats must express support for fracking in order to win office in the energy-rich state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republicans have controlled the legislature there for a long time, and as a result have made sure that energy production went forward in Pennsylvania, even in the face of Democratic governors,\u201d he noted. \u201cAlmost all of the trade unions in Pennsylvania now align with the Republicans more than the Democrats because it\u2019s a jobs issue. And this is a huge producer of union jobs, all throughout the commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, a Democrat completing his final term in office, enacted a second round of lockdowns that began weeks before the holiday season of 2020, dealing a fresh blow to the commonwealth\u2019s businesses. Although economic fallout from the aggressive policies may influence voters, Santorum expects that suburban mothers impacted by school closures will bring their concerns to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Santorum, however, has also noticed that abortion policy is more salient in Pennsylvania than in other states. \u201cOne of the things that I\u2019ve noticed in the polling in Pennsylvania is the abortion issue shows up higher,\u201d he commented. \u201cBecause of the Dobbs decision, particularly among southeastern Pennsylvania suburban voters, I think it\u2019s one of the reasons that Fetterman has held on. It\u2019s one of the reasons that Democrats jumped on Oz\u2019s answer about abortion during the debate, because they understand Pennsylvania, and particularly some of these key congressional district races out in the southeast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the race between Oz and Fetterman has generated significant media attention as the two major parties seek control of the Senate, the gubernatorial contest between Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Republican State Senator Doug Mastriano has made headlines as many outlets paint the latter candidate as a representative of \u201cChristian nationalism.\u201d Santorum said that despite his strong grassroots support, Mastriano\u2019s relatively low degree of experience has enabled progressive reporters to caricature him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a first term state senator who\u2019s a long-term military guy. He\u2019s a novice, he\u2019s not a politician at all, and doesn\u2019t understand it. Talking to reporters, he doesn\u2019t trust them,\u201d Santorum said. \u201cAnd he\u2019s in a situation where he\u2019s sort of running<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republican Pennsylvania Sen. and presidential candidate Rick Santorum said that Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman will be unable to represent the Keystone State because of his significant cognitive challenges. Fetterman, who suffered a stroke days before the primary election, faltered and provided noticeably choppy responses during the contest\u2019s only debate as Republican rival Dr. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1716174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1716171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1716171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1716174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1716171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1716171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1716171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}