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@laichanderson5937 .. Your senate experience is what? ZIP .. Many senators have different health issues
Tim Johnson, D-S.D. In 2007, Johnson experienced a cerebral hemorrhage during a meeting. He withdrew from the Senate’s daily business for more than eight months before returning in a motorized wheelchair.
"Much of his right side remains partially paralyzed," Politico reported upon his return to the Capitol. "He shakes hands with his left hand and is learning to write with it, too. He can speak, but only softly and with a lisp. He can walk, but only slowly and with great effort. His face little resembles the ear-to-ear grin of his official photo. His smile is lopsided now."
His fellow South Dakota lawmakers, Republican Sen. John Thune and Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, both told Politico he was up to the job.
"Whether you spend a couple of hours with him over dinner or whether you start working with him in the office or seeing him on the floor, he’s back," Herseth Sandlin said. "His speech may not be perfect, but it’s obvious to everyone that there’s been no impairment to the cognitive abilities."
In 2008, Johnson won reelection and completed his six-year term.
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@laichanderson5937 Mark Kirk, R-Ill. In 2012, not long into his first term in the Senate, Kirk suffered a stroke.
It took him a year to return to work. Until then, "he mostly stayed out of public view, save for two videos that provided updates on his recovery," The Atlantic reported in 2015. "Aides say now that, at the time, getting the senator to deliver even a short scripted speech to the camera was extremely difficult for a man who was literally learning to talk again."
While colleagues said his condition improved considerably, "the physical diminishment is apparent," The Atlantic wrote.
Kirk, like Johnson, ran for another term in 2016. The issue came up periodically, but not as much as it has in Fetterman’s race. Ultimately, Kirk lost to Democrat Tammy Duckworth (who herself has a disability, stemming from injuries during her military service). Illinois became noticeably more Democratic between 2010 and 2016, so Kirk might have lost his seat even if he hadn’t had a stroke.
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@johngreen3513 .. 30 senators had strokes while in office over the last 50 years. Didn't hear any of CULT45s WHINING then.
In recent years, at least four senators have experienced strokes or cerebral hemorrhages while in office. They each took time off work to recover.
• Tim Johnson, D-S.D. In 2007, Johnson experienced a cerebral hemorrhage during a meeting. He withdrew from the Senate’s daily business for more than eight months before returning in a motorized wheelchair.
"Much of his right side remains partially paralyzed," Politico reported upon his return to the Capitol. "He shakes hands with his left hand and is learning to write with it, too. He can speak, but only softly and with a lisp. He can walk, but only slowly and with great effort. His face little resembles the ear-to-ear grin of his official photo. His smile is lopsided now."
His fellow South Dakota lawmakers, Republican Sen. John Thune and Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, both told Politico he was up to the job.
"Whether you spend a couple of hours with him over dinner or whether you start working with him in the office or seeing him on the floor, he’s back," Herseth Sandlin said. "His speech may not be perfect, but it’s obvious to everyone that there’s been no impairment to the cognitive abilities."
In 2008, Johnson won reelection and completed his six-year term.
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@johngreen3513 Mark Kirk, R-Ill. In 2012, not long into his first term in the Senate, Kirk suffered a stroke.
It took him a year to return to work. Until then, "he mostly stayed out of public view, save for two videos that provided updates on his recovery," The Atlantic reported in 2015. "Aides say now that, at the time, getting the senator to deliver even a short scripted speech to the camera was extremely difficult for a man who was literally learning to talk again."
While colleagues said his condition improved considerably, "the physical diminishment is apparent," The Atlantic wrote.
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