[ [link removed] ]Turn on images to see Lawrence O'Donnell.

John Fetterman has been under attack by Republicans and the media for
debating his opponent after having a stroke. Some said it was "painful to
watch."

On MSNBC, Lawrence O'Donnell put these people to shame. The empathy for
Fetterman and historical grounding was truly beautiful:

When he made his first public speeches after the stroke, Winston Churchill
worried that he wouldn't be able to stay standing through the speeches,
but he did. And no one -- no one except his doctors and family and very
closest staff knew that Winston Churchill had a stroke...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt once fell to the floor of his private railroad
car, clutching his chest in agony...Roosevelt lost the ability to walk or
even stand up at the age of 39 when he was struck with polio. He had been
a political rising star in New York and many expected him to retire...But
Franklin Roosevelt recovered to the point where he won two elections for
Governor of New York, and then won four presidential elections in a row.
And he did all of that in a wheelchair.

But Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill had the good fortune to serve
as the highest elected officials in their countries long before television
news could cover their every move...Franklin Delano Roosevelt believed
that it would be painful to watch him being lifted in and out of a car by
Secret Service agents, so he never allowed cameras to capture that...

Painful to watch quickly became an oft repeated phrase on Twitter last
night during the Pennsylvania Senate campaign debate, because Democratic
candidate John Fetterman suffered a stroke this spring and has not fully
recovered 100% of his verbal fluency...The "painful to watch" reviews last
night seemed oddly disconnected to this country's own experience with
illness in elected office, including the experience of two members of the
United States Senate who had strokes this year...

The Senate is a deliberative body. Senators never have to make quick,
irreversible decisions. They can take their time and think about each vote
they cast in the Senate. And they usually cast their votes in accordance
with the positions they have taken in their campaigns...How painful was it
to watch a physician [Dr. Oz] who used to fully support every woman's
right to make their own reproductive choices say last night, in the hope
of winning Donald Trump's voters in Pennsylvania, that what he called
"local political leaders" should be making that choice for women. How
painful was that to watch?

[ [link removed] ]Lawrence's valiant defense of John Fetterman will not be painful to
watch. Watch here, share this email with others, and please make one
donation to Fetterman's campaign to help him fight back the smears.

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