John Fetterman officially restarted his campaign for Senate after a three-month hiatus caused by a stroke, telling a large, spirited crowd that he is “grateful” to be alive.
“Three months ago, three months ago, I might not have made it,” Fetterman said, becoming emotional at times as he talked about his health and credited his wife for saving his life. “But now I’m standing right here in Erie.”
“After all that he’s overcome, I know that he can really take on anything,” said Gisele Fetterman, who thanked the crowd for welcoming her husband back to the campaign trail. “What we had to do was demonstrate that Bernie was up to the job of being president,” said Jeff Weaver, who was a top adviser to Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign. “He carried on a pretty rigorous schedule pretty fast,” Weaver said.
Fetterman’s campaign declined to say whether he would participate in these exchanges. “Today is about John, and it’s not our job to boost Dr. Oz’s struggling campaign,” said Calvello. Fetterman’s path to victory would require winning blue parts of the state, such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, but also flattening the margins in some of the more rural areas where Democrats have bled voters in recent years.
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