{"id":1986097,"date":"2023-07-30T08:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lightly-edited-transcript-of-fetterman-interview-published-fox-news-will-go-crazy-if-that-makes-your-story\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T12:42:10","slug":"lightly-edited-transcript-of-fetterman-interview-published-fox-news-will-go-crazy-if-that-makes-your-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lightly-edited-transcript-of-fetterman-interview-published-fox-news-will-go-crazy-if-that-makes-your-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Edited Transcript of Fetterman Interview Released: &#8216;Fox News Will Be Furious&#8217;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Flightly-edited-transcript-of-fetterman-interview-published-fox-news-will-go-crazy-if-that-makes-your-story%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=1986097&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--><h2>Is John Fetterman OK?<\/h2>\n<p>And no, that question has nothing to do \u200bwith the\u2064 near-fatal \u200cstroke\u200c that makes\u200d speaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fetterman-struggles-short-speech-collapsed-bridge-fails-simple-words-sentences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">simple words and sentences<\/a> a\u2063 struggle for the Pennsylvania senator.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u2062an honest-to-goodness question \u200cafter a bizarre New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/28\/us\/politics\/john-fetterman-pennsylvania-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Fetterman that had to be \u201clightly edited and condensed \u2064for clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is genuinely one of \u200dthe strangest interviews \u2064you will see in print, as those edits\u200d and condensation still documented\u200b Fetterman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-killer-vladimir-putin-will-pay-a-price-for-election-interference\/\" title=\"Biden Says \u2018Killer\u2019 Vladimir Putin \u2018Will Pay A Price\u2019 For Election Interference\">ongoing issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>When asked if \u201call of that political posturing\u201d made\u2064 Fetterman \u201ccynical \u200cabout Washington,\u201d \u2064the \u2063senator tried to pivot to\u2026 hunger?<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u200d here \u200bis cynical, of course,\u201d Fetterman answered \u2063in the piece, published Friday. \u201cBut we can fight for things that are meaningful. That we should have \u2064no hungry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHanger. Hangry. Hanger. Hangry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After struggling to articulate his point, \u2063Fetterman at least had the\u200b mental wherewithal \u2064to know that his ongoing neurological\u200c issues <em>are <\/em>a topic of discussion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFox News\u200b will go \u200bcrazy if that makes your story,\u201d Fetterman said with chuckle, according\u200d to the Times, before abruptly switching from hunger to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re fighting\u200d for women\u2019s reproductive freedom, making sure we have\u200b resources and support our unions. I\u2019m going to fight for\u2063 what\u2019s really important.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fetterman also curiously admitted literal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-roe-v-wade-overturned-trump-nominated-justices-help-deliver-biggest-pro-life-win-american-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defeat on abortion<\/a> \u2062(emphasis ours.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going\u200b to \u200cbe \u2062very hard [to drum up Republican support for contraception access],\u201d Fetterman said, discussing his plan to \u201cexpand access to contraception,\u201d as the Times put it.<br \/>\n\u201cSomebody needs to tell Republicans, like in a memo, \u2018<strong>You won on abortion.\u200c You \u2064won<\/strong>,\u201d Fetterman said. \u201cWhy\u200c not have a serious conversation about birth control? That\u2019s less \u2062abortions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-amy-coney-barrett-brings-up-adoption-safe-haven-laws-during-mississippi-abortion-case-arguments\/\" title=\"Justice Amy Coney Barrett Brings Up Adoption, Safe Haven Laws During Mississippi Abortion Case Arguments\">unwanted children<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fetterman eventually acknowledged, however, that \u201cthere wouldn\u2019t\u200d be\u2063 60 votes in the Senate\u201d for his contraceptive-pushing.<\/p>\n<p>Curiously, Fetterman still exhibited some trace signs of the depression he had \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/interview-fettermans-wife-last-year-comes-back-bite-husband-battles-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier this year<\/a>, which\u2064 forced \u200dhim to check\u200d himself into\u2063 Walter Reed National Military\u2062 Medical Center in February.<\/p>\n<p>How? He basically \u2063said he\u2064 hates himself and doesn\u2019t understand why anyone likes him.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhy is \u2063there so much interest in you?\u201d \u200bthe \u200dTimes asked Fetterman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u200b don\u2019t know; it doesn\u2019t make any sense to me at all. I don\u2019t get it,\u201d\u200d Fetterman answered. \u201cI\u2019ll never understand it. I \u200cdon\u2019t know why my\u200b wife married me. In the movie\u2064 \u2018Groundhog\u2064 Day,\u2019 Bill Murray\u2019s character says something like, \u2018You think I\u2019m \u2064arrogant? No, I \u200ddon\u2019t\u2063 even like me.\u2019 That\u2019s me. I don\u2019t even like me. That\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In\u2062 another alarming answer from \u2063Fetterman, the Pennsylvania\u200c senator effectively equated\u2063 his job to divorce.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s awful. In \u2064the last week or two, I\u2062 came across a quote by\u2064 Kevin Costner talking about his divorce. He said it hits you that you\u2019re going to be spending 50 percent less\u2063 time with the people you love the most,\u201d Fetterman \u200bsaid when the topic of conversation arrived at his current living\u200d arrangements (he spends most of his week in Washington, while Fetterman\u2019s wife and\u200c three children live \u2064back in Pennsylvania).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou realize\u2064 when\u2063 you become a senator, you\u2019re going to be spending 50 percent less time with the\u2062 people \u2064that you love. That breaks my heart. I get emotional\u2063 thinking about\u200b it. FaceTime is much better than just a phone call, but that\u2019s\u2062 the worst part of the job,\u201d Fetterman said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps the \u200doddest part of the \u2064interview came\u2063 when Fetterman actually offered his \u201crespect\u201d to former President Donald Trump\u2063 \u2014 while also casting \u2063some doom and gloom on whether or not any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-charges-unveiled-trump-mar-lago-documents-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political machinations<\/a> \u2064 attacking Trump will actually matter in\u2064 the end.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDo you think\u2064 the multiple indictments of former President Donald \u2062J. Trump\u200d will hurt \u200bhim\u200b politically in your state?\u201d the Times \u2062asked Fetterman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter. I\u2019m a \u200bsenator, and I\u2019m not sure how many \u2064times he\u2019s been indicted,\u201d\u2062 Fetterman answered. \u201cHe\u2019s been impeached twice. Has that changed anything? You\u2019re still seeing Trump\u200c signs everywhere in\u200c Pennsylvania. You have to respect his \u200cstrength in all of that. Trump would\u200b be very competitive in Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And almost as \u2062if he remembered \u2064that he\u2019s supposed to be criticizing the 2024 GOP presidential front-runner, he\u200d added: \u201cBut Trump has to perform above his ceiling. I think\u2062 there\u2019s a hard\u2064 ceiling in Pennsylvania he can\u2019t\u2063 get past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Look, there\u2019s just no two ways around \u2064it: This was a bizarre conversation.<\/p>\n<p>From struggling with the pronunciations\u200b of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-attempt-to-explain-transgenderism-to-an-african-tribe\/\" title=\"My Attempt To Explain Transgenderism To An African Tribe\">basic words<\/a> to hating on himself \u200bto complimenting Trump\u2019s \u201cstrength,\u201d\u2062 this was as strange of an\u2064 interview as\u2064 you would expect from a sitting senator. And this \u2062was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lightly-edited-transcript-of-fetterman-interview-published-fox-news-will-go-crazy-if-that-makes-your-story\/\" title=\"Edited Transcript of Fetterman Interview Released: 'Fox News Will Be Furious'\">supposedly\u200d \u201clightly edited\u201d version<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>So again \u2014 Is John Fetterman \u200dactually \u2063OK?<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lightly-edited-transcript-fetterman-interview-published-fox-news-will-go-crazy-makes-story\/\">&#8216;Lightly Edited&#8217; Transcript of Fetterman Interview \u2064Published: &#8216;Fox \u2064News \u200dWill\u2064 Go Crazy If That Makes Your Story&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is John Fetterman alright? This question has nothing to do with his stroke, which hinders his ability to speak. It arises from a peculiar New York Times interview that required editing for clarity. The interview has left people genuinely concerned about Fetterman&#8217;s well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":1986098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1986097","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\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}