{"id":2430592,"date":"2025-05-03T19:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T23:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hours-after-article-sounds-alarm-on-fettermans-mental-decline-video-of-him-arguing-with-flight-crew-spreads\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T19:40:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T23:40:43","slug":"hours-after-article-sounds-alarm-on-fettermans-mental-decline-video-of-him-arguing-with-flight-crew-spreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hours-after-article-sounds-alarm-on-fettermans-mental-decline-video-of-him-arguing-with-flight-crew-spreads\/","title":{"rendered":"Hours After Article Sounds Alarm on Fetterman&#8217;s Mental Decline, Video of Him Arguing with Flight Crew Spreads"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fhours-after-article-sounds-alarm-on-fettermans-mental-decline-video-of-him-arguing-with-flight-crew-spreads%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=2430592&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 recent video of Senator John Fetterman arguing with a pilot about wearing a seatbelt has circulated widely on social media, raising questions about his mental health. The clip, which emerged shortly after a New York magazine report discussing Fetterman&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-a-white-house-physician-demand-joe-bidens-resignation-due-to-his-cognitive-decline\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did A White House Physician Demand Joe Biden\u2019s Resignation Due To His \u2018Cognitive Decline\u2019?\">alleged cognitive decline<\/a>, shows Fetterman insisting that his seatbelt was on but not visible to the flight crew. The pilot informed him that visibility was a federal requirement and even offered an extender for the seatbelt, but Fetterman continued to dispute it. This incident has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-americans-agree-with-supreme-court-rulings-on-race-based-admissions-debt-cancellation-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority of Americans Support Supreme Court&#039;s Rulings on Race-Based Admissions and Debt Cancellation.\">drawn considerable attention<\/a> and criticism, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-blasted-after-video-surfaces-of-him-saying-what-hell-always-do-for-his-grandchildren\/\" title=\"Biden Criticized for Video on Promises to Grandchil...en\">social media users questioning<\/a> his behavior and mental state. Fetterman has previously suffered a stroke and faced struggles during his debate against Dr. Mehmet Oz in the 2022 election. Despite the allegations from former staffers regarding his cognitive health, Fetterman has dismissed these claims as the words of disgruntled employees.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A controversial months-old clip of Sen. John Fetterman is circulating on social media just hours after New York Magazine ran a worrisome report on the Pennsylvania Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/video-john-fetterman-arguing-about-plane-seatbelt-takes-off-online-2067677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>New York Magazine&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/john-fetterman-struggle-mental-health-clinical-depression.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intelligencer<\/a> published a report Friday in which Fetterman&rsquo;s current and previous staffers d details about his alleged mental decline.<\/p>\n<p>One of the incidents mentioned in the report involved a February video of the senator arguing with a pilot before a flight to Pittsburgh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/amish-helped-trump-win-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Independent journalist Nick Sortor was one of many who d the clip to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; WTF?! Sen. John Fetterman was caught on video BLOCKING his flight to Pittsburgh from taking off because he wanted to argue with the pilot about having to wear a seatbelt<\/p>\n<p>Is he drunk? Or just an entitled slob?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rules for thee, but not for me&rdquo; are the words Democrats live by. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uhKu04jPfC\">pic.twitter.com\/uhKu04jPfC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1918416063902994716?\">May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The footage appeared to show the back of Fetterman&rsquo;s head as he argued about wearing a seat belt.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-admits-female-blackhawk-pilot-rejected-male-co-pilots-life-saving-directive-15-seconds-fireball-erupted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pilot<\/a> said, per federal regulations, that all passengers&rsquo; seat belts must be visible to the flight crew.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman&rsquo;s apparently was not visible, yet he insisted that he had it on.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If your seat belt&rsquo;s on, it just has to be visible, and right now it&rsquo;s not visible,&rdquo; the pilot said.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot even offered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fetterman-triggers-party-confirms-support-republican-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fetterman<\/a> an extender.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It will make it bigger, so it can go outside of your sweatshirt. Would that work?&rdquo; the pilot said.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman&rsquo;s response was inaudible, but evidently he continued arguing because the pilot then gave him an ultimatum.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sir, if you want to go to Pittsburgh, it&rsquo;s simple,&rdquo; the pilot said. &ldquo;You have to follow our instructions or you&rsquo;re going to be asked to get off the airplane.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sortor&rsquo;s Friday video of the incident picked up 1.4 million views as of Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;WTF?! Sen. John Fetterman was caught on video BLOCKING his flight to Pittsburgh from taking off because he wanted to argue with the pilot about having to wear a seatbelt Is he drunk? Or just an entitled slob? &lsquo;Rules for thee, but not for me&rsquo; are the words Democrats live by,&rdquo; Sortor&rsquo;s post read.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman had suffered a stroke in 2022, just days before winning the Democratic primary election for Pennsylvania senator during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-loses-control-state-house-democrats-three-months-november-midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">midterms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite his victory, Fetterman&rsquo;s mental decline was evident during his debate with Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Tonight, Fetterman and Dr. Oz went head-to-head in the first and only <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PASenDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PASenDebate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman struggled to make his way through a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s the highlight reel:<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thaleigha_?\">@thaleigha_<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewStilesUSA?\">@AndrewStilesUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/czykmvPcsa\">https:\/\/t.co\/czykmvPcsa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UdShCGXujK\">pic.twitter.com\/UdShCGXujK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/1585091240064061441?\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the Intelligencer report, Fetterman denied his staffers&rsquo; claims about his allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-probe-cover-bidens-mental-decline-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declining cognitive health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just going to say that it&rsquo;s disgruntled employees saying things that are either untrue or, so, that&rsquo;s kind of the business that we are in,&rdquo; Fetterman reportedly said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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John Fetterman has resurfaced on social media shortly after New York Magazine published a concerning article about the Pennsylvania Democrat, as reported by Newsweek on Saturday. The Intelligencer section of New York Magazine released a report detailing claims from Fetterman&#8217;s current and former staff regarding his supposed mental decline. One incident highlighted in the report involved a February video where Fetterman was seen arguing with a pilot before a flight to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Independent journalist Nick Sortor shared the clip on X, questioning whether Fetterman was intoxicated or simply acting entitled due to his insistence on not wearing a visible seatbelt despite federal regulations requiring it. The pilot offered him an extender for his seatbelt but ultimately told him he needed to comply with instructions or risk being removed from the plane. Sortor&#8217;s post about the incident garnered 1.4 million views by Saturday afternoon. Despite suffering a stroke in 2022, which raised concerns about his cognitive health during debates, Fetterman dismissed claims of mental decline as unfounded statements from disgruntled employees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2430593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fetterman-Hoodie.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7921,54557,35390,40778,50531],"class_list":["post-2430592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fetterman","tag-flight-crew","tag-mental-health","tag-news-commentary","tag-video-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fetterman-Hoodie.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430592","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=2430592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430596,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430592\/revisions\/2430596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}