The liberal media didn’t care in regards to the folks of Pennsylvania being correctly represented once they propped up struggling now-Democratic Senator John Fetterman’s candidacy; they definitely didn’t care about his well being because the stress from the job and the restoration induced the Senator to verify himself into Walter Reed Medical Middle to deal with his medical melancholy. As a few of his most outspoken supporters, The View spent a part of their Friday present suggesting his hospitalization was a victory for transparency.

On the prime of the section, fill-in moderator Pleasure Behar advised Fetterman’s admittance to Walter Reed confirmed simply how far we’ve come by way of politicians being trustworthy about their well being struggles:

There was a time we would not have recognized this. When FDR was president, we hid his impacts from polio. He by no means was seen in public. He was on the radio and wanted to make use of a wheelchair, no one knew that. JFK by no means revealed to the general public that he had Addison’s illness. So, I applaud Fetterman for being so upfront about this.

“Do you suppose it can encourage different folks to talk up once they need assistance or will folks attempt to use it towards him?” Behar fretted to the remainder of the forged.

Racist Sunny Hostin whined that “folks will attempt to use it towards him,” praising him for being “so courageous and brave.” She additionally huffed that individuals name her “loopy” when she’s open about coping with her personal points.

Fake conservative Ana Navarro, failing to understand that if it have been a Republican they have been speaking about they might be handled this fashion, appeared to recommend it was the criticism that gave Fetterman his melancholy:

I used to be truly with Ben Lujan, the New Mexico senator who had a stroke whereas serving final 12 months. And he talked about to me, this was Tuesday evening. He stated, you realize, the distinction is once I had my stroke folks have been praying for me, folks have been pulling for me, folks had my again. John is beneath assault continually. They need him to resign. Persons are attacking his aptitude. And that will get to him.

Behar did appear to counter that notion by noting that “melancholy happens in roughly one-third of stroke victims. So the melancholy may need been introduced on by the stroke.”

As a substitute of going to the logical conclusion that Fetterman ought to have dropped out of the race so he might deal with his restoration, Sara Haines lamented that he wanted to marketing campaign whereas attempting to get better:

You take a look at this man who’s going via one thing life-transforming. And he did not get an opportunity to get better absolutely. You are accepting your new model of your self, what meaning for him, his household, his family members. However he needed to exit and defend himself on daily basis for his cognitive talents and combat for his proper to proceed his profession. He had no time to grieve, adapt, all the sentiments that go together with these sorts of issues.

“So, whenever you take a look at him, I commend him,” she proclaimed.

With lower than a month to the 2022 midterm elections final 12 months, The View was telling viewers that they wanted to attend till January for him to completely get better. “Ought to he put that difficulty to relaxation or do folks have to attend for him to get higher in – for January?” Whoopi Goldberg advised on the time.

Effectively, January got here and went and Fetterman was nonetheless not out of the woods as promised. If he have been a Republican (and who had a physician that is donated to his marketing campaign give him the inexperienced gentle), he definitely wouldn’t be getting this sort of favorable therapy. They might be calling him a liar and demanding his resignation.

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The transcript is beneath, click on “increase” to learn:

ABC’s The View
February 17, 2023
11:15:39 a.m. Jap

JOY BEHAR: So, just lately elected senator of Pennsylvania John Fetterman simply checked himself into Walter Reed Medical Middle to endure therapy for melancholy.

There was a time we would not have recognized this. When FDR was president, we hid his impacts from polio. He by no means was seen in public. He was on the radio and wanted use a wheelchair, no one knew that. JFK by no means revealed to the general public that he had Addison’s illness.

So, I applaud Fetterman for being so upfront about this. Do you suppose it can encourage different folks to talk up once they need assistance or will folks attempt to use it towards him?

SUNNY HOSTIN: Effectively, folks will attempt to use it towards him. However I believe it is so courageous and brave. I do know Sara, you share your psychological well being struggles usually and I at all times discover that very courageous. I’ve folks in my household – as you realize, we’ve talked about it – that wrestle with psychological well being. And there is such a stigma connected to hit.

And I seen it once I say I am coping with this difficulty, folks get fearful of it by some means they usually begin utilizing the “loopy” time period. I hope this modifications that

BEHAR: However they are going to say he cannot do his job, aren’t they?

HOSTIN: However he can do the job.

BEHAR: Most individuals are on his facet.

[Crosstalk]

ANA NAVARRO: I used to be truly with Ben Lujan, the New Mexico senator who had a stroke whereas serving final 12 months. And he talked about to me, this was Tuesday evening. He stated, you realize, the distinction is once I had my stroke folks have been praying for me, folks have been pulling for me, folks had my again. John is beneath assault continually. They need him to resign. Persons are attacking his aptitude. And that will get to him.

Look, there’s an enormous distinction between situational melancholy, which all of us had. You lose a father or mother, you undergo a divorce.

BEHAR: Effectively, that is completely different. That is unhappiness. There’s a distinction in being unhappy and being depressed.

NAVARRO: That’s my level. There’s an enormous distinction. And medical melancholy requires medical therapy. And there’s people who find themselves afraid to hunt therapy as a result of they’re afraid they could lose their job, as a result of they’re afraid different folks would possibly discover out. And so, that is extremely essential what he’s doing.

BEHAR: By the best way. By the best way, melancholy happens in roughly one third of stroke victims. So the melancholy may need been introduced on by the stroke.

SARA HAINES: Completely. You take a look at this man who’s going via one thing life reworking. And he did not get an opportunity to get better absolutely. You are accepting your new model of your self, what meaning for him, his household, his family members. However he needed to exit and defend himself on daily basis for his cognitive talents and combat for his proper to proceed his profession. He had no time to grieve, adapt, all the sentiments that go together with these form of issues.

However the issue is individuals who need assistance – this a Glenn and Doyle quote – individuals who need assistance typically appear like individuals who do not need assistance. So, the situation all of us — if you have not learn Glenn and Doyle, all of us expertise – it could be that the individuals are one step nearer to feeling higher. That all of us have a situation.

So, whenever you take a look at him, I commend him as a result of I believe, till we deal with a psychological well being difficulty, no matter that’s, like a damaged foot — we’re not there but. And we aren’t there but. Simply take a look at insurance coverage protection and every thing else they’ve from life insurance coverage —

HOSTIN: That’s shameful.

HAINES: It’s shameful. And it is in black and white ink whenever you look it up. So, it’s terrible. However till we’re at that time – So, I commend him as a result of I do suppose by talking to this it can — the dialog must maintain going.

BEHAR: Okay. We will take a break. We’ll be proper again.