Fetterman slams 'dumb hit piece' about health, says it felt like being 'in Goodfellas'

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman reacted Tuesday to what helium called a "dumb deed piece" successful New York Magazine that cited erstwhile staffers who questioned his hardiness for the occupation amid caller wellness issues.

Fetterman, who suffered a somewhat debilitating changeable during his 2022 campaign, told Fox News Digital that being attacked successful the communicative that broke precocious past week was similar being "in ‘Goodfellas.’"

"Everyone takes a beating sometimes. It was conscionable a dumb deed piece, and we've each moved on," Fetterman said.

He besides claimed erstwhile staffer Adam Jentleson, who was quoted by the magazine, indispensable clasp a "bizarre grudge" that helium would talk truthful critically of him, arsenic galore staffers who person spoken retired person expressed irritation astatine his displacement from being a progressive favorite.

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Sen. John Fetterman speaks to reporters arsenic helium goes to ballot connected the Laken Riley Act astatine the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 9, 2025. (Getty Images)

The communicative said Jentleson, antecedently a apical adjutant to Sen. Harry M. Reid, D-Nev., wrote to doctors astatine Walter Reed that Fetterman "frequently exhibits the benignant of alarming behaviour you told america to look retired for erstwhile helium was discharged and… appears to beryllium disconnected his betterment plan."

"But that’s wherever we are, and we each moved on," Fetterman said Tuesday earlier stepping into an elevator successful a Senate Office Building.

The exposé astir Fetterman's clip connected Capitol Hill acceptable societal media ablaze connected Friday. 

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The study besides raised questions astir alleged tensions with his wife, Gisele, implicit his wellness regimen, his stance connected Israel and her reported run-ins with his staff.

In the article, "All By Himself: John Fetterman insists helium is successful bully health, but staffers past and contiguous accidental they nary longer admit the antheral they erstwhile knew," the mag laid retired recollections from existent and erstwhile unit members similar Jentleson, who worked for the Pennsylvania Democrat.

The nonfiction relayed respective reported instances, including a February 2023 concern astatine a Democratic caucus retreat astatine the Library of Congress.

A staffer told the outlet that helium received a connection questioning however Fetterman was doing, arsenic helium was recovered sitting astatine a array alone, silently drinking a soda.

The study went connected to assertion the lawmaker was "nearly struck by a car" and recovered "wandering" Capitol Hill.

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Physicians astatine George Washington University Hospital aboriginal determined helium was severely dehydrated and had not had a 2nd changeable arsenic feared, the study claimed.

A reported ensuing treatment with then-Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, recovered Fetterman to beryllium astir "catatonic" erstwhile Brown tried to speech with him. Soon after, connected Feb. 15, helium was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center.

After being discharged, Fetterman "threw himself into" his Senate enactment and became much vociferous than ever connected issues similar the Israel-Gaza struggle and different topics that person rankled his Democratic colleagues, according to sources quoted successful the article.

Fox News Digital reached retired to New York Magazine but did not instantly perceive back.

Jentleson declined to comment, but helium has been captious of the progressive near arsenic good arsenic of late.

He precocious told The Bulwark that immoderate radical person been trying to "justify" their "bad choices" erstwhile it comes to rhetoric connected the Israel-Gaza situation.