Fetterman Physician Gives the Embattled Candidate Clean Bill of Health

‘He spoke intelligently without cognitive deficits,’ the doctor wrote. ‘His speech was normal and he continues to exhibit symptoms of an auditory processing disorder which can come across as a hearing difficulty.’

AP/Gene J. Puskar, file
Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, at the Steamfitters Technology Center at Harmony, Pennsylvania. AP/Gene J. Puskar, file

With the race to determine Pennsylvania’s next U.S. senator tightening, Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman’s doctor stepped in Wednesday to reassure the public about the Democrat’s health and mental fitness ahead of a much anticipated debate.

In a letter released Wednesday, Clifford Chen wrote that Mr. Fetterman is “recovering well from his stroke and his health has continued to improve.”

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