Fetterman's auditory problems exposed

 Daily Caller:

NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns doubled down on her observations about the health of Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman.

Burns previously said Tuesday that Fetterman had difficulty understanding her questions when she interviewed him in an exclusive NBC News interview. The Democratic nominee had to read her questions off of a monitor due to his auditory processing issues caused by a stroke that he suffered in May.

“Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie pushed back against Burns’ observations Wednesday saying that many journalists who have communicated with Fetterman personally have found that he is in good condition.

“Yeah and Savannah, that’s completely fair that that was their experience,” Burns responded. “We can only report our own. I will say it’s important to note that according to the campaign itself, our team was the first to be in the room with Fetterman for an interview rather than via remote video conference and myself, my producer and our crew did find that small talk before that captioning was difficult because of those auditory processing issues I mentioned.”
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She added that stroke experts determined Fetterman’s auditory processing issues did not mean he had cognitive or memory impairments and could reach a full recovery. The candidate was able to understand Burns’ questioning once the captioning had been provided. (RELATED: ‘Don’t Voters Deserve To Know?’: NBC Reporter Presses John Fetterman On His Mental Fitness On His Post-Stroke)

Journalists jumped to Fetterman’s defense following Burns’ remarks on his auditory processing issues. Vox’s Kara Swisher said the candidate had no issues with his speech. NY Mag writer Rebecca Traister and podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen also chimed in.
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Fetterman was a liberal goofball before his auditory problems surfaced and that could be why many leftist reporters jumped to his defense after the Burns interview. 

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