John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, is having trouble processing audio after a recent stroke, an aide said.
The Fetterman campaign has suggested that the stroke is responsible for Fetterman’s unwillingness to commit to debates with Dr. Mehmet Oz, the GOP nominee in one of the nation’s most-watched races.
“We are working to figure out what a fair debate would look like with the lingering impacts of the auditory processing in mind,” Fetterman campaign strategist Rebecca Katz said in a statement to The Washington Post. “To be absolutely clear, the occasional issues he is having with auditory processing have no bearing on his ability to do the job as senator. John is healthy and fully capable of showing up and doing the work.”…