Democrat owes Pennsylvania voters transparency

Still recovering from a stroke, John Fetterman has yet to disclose his medical records. Voters deserve to know if his health is a liability.

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October 18, 2022 - 4:04 PM

Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman greets supporters after a Philadelphia rally. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Last week, in his first in-person TV interview since a May stroke, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman relied on closed-captioning technology to aid with his auditory processing problems and garbled a few spoken words. It’s fair game for voters as they choose between him and Republican Mehmet Oz — but by our lights, Fetterman passed the key test, which was demonstrating that he’s intellectually capable of serving.

Yes, Fetterman required what disabled Americans call an accommodation, in this case a computer screen that transcribed…

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