{"id":148470,"date":"2023-10-12T14:04:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=148470"},"modified":"2023-10-12T14:05:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:05:14","slug":"fetterman-america-is-not-sending-their-best-and-brightest-to-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148470","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman: America is not sending their best and brightest to DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Senator John Fetterman was a guest on Stephen Colbert’s show. Colbert praised Fetterman’s “meme game,” and mentioned the awkwardness that Fetterman may have experienced when he saw individuals targeted by the memes. As a part of his response, Fetterman commented about how America is not sending their best and brightest to Washington DC. Self-deprecating, or being serious?<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Is it awkward to be in the Capitol and then run into people that you have put up a devastating meme about — because you’ve got excellent meme game — but then you have to see these people in the cafeteria?” Colbert asked on “The Late Show.”<\/p>\n

“You all need to know that America is not sending their best and brightest to Washington, D.C.,” Fetterman responded, to laughter from the audience. “Sometimes you literally just can’t believe… these people are making the decisions that are determining the government here. It’s actually scary.”<\/p>\n

He said it was “dangerous” and referenced the recent near-government shutdown. Fetterman argued that there were plenty of “less gifted” people that would have let the government shut down.<\/p>\n

Colbert and Fetterman spent much of the interview discussing Fetterman’s recovery from a stroke and his mental health issues; he was hospitalized while suffering from depression this year and continues to have auditory processing problems that have made communication difficult. He used a tablet to transcribe Colbert’s questions during the interview.<\/p>\n

They also discussed the Senate dress code, during which Colbert gifted the senator a tuxedo t-shirt.<\/p>\n

The Democratic senator made fun of critics of the dress code decision and said, “oh my God, the world is going to burn because he’s going to wear a hoodie on the floor.”<\/p>\n

“Ukraine or shutting down the government, all these issues. I think it’s much more important to see is, what will this man where on the floor of the Senate?” he continued.<\/p>\n

Fetterman also expressed support for Israel following the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas and criticized the House for not having a speaker.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has the article, and a segment of the show, at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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