Two more aides left John Fetterman’s office in recent weeks, the latest in a stream of staff exits amid the Pennsylvania senator’s shifting political persona and questions about his health.

Fetterman aides Madeleine Marr and Caroline Shaffer parted ways with his team, according to two people familiar with their departures and granted anonymity to speak freely. They left shortly before New York Magazine reported that current and former Fetterman staff are increasingly concerned about the Democratic senator’s mental and physical health, one of the people said.

Staff inside Fetterman’s office had been bracing for the magazine’s story in the days before it was published. Fetterman has denied that he is not fit to serve, calling the report “a one-source hit piece.”

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    He’s not the same person he was before his stroke. He’s catastrophically brain damaged. He should be impeached and replaced.

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      Increasing, but I think still unlikely. I think the most likely scenario for that to happen is he loses his primary but stays in as an independent.

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        He needs to lose and get tf out of politics, he clearly can’t handle it

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      he will be primaried anyways, so it doesnt matter, he has to become independant, and republicans wont vote for someone like him, unless hes a magat to begin with.

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          it likely end up drawing alot of Rs more, its a double edeged sword. some dems are low info but Rs are prone to misinformation more. the young voters tend to be drawn to those types of independants.

          remember the shills jill stein and RFK JR, they were mostly republicans.

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    One of the things I enjoy is that while his office is burning around him, John continues to send out the same, boring, campaign pledge emails like nothing is going on.

    I tried to get removed from the list a few times (I never gave him a dollar) with no luck.

    But now I’m enjoying the completely out of touch email blasts from him and his team. Just the same playbook, plodding along, not even acknowledging that people are concerned about his mental health.

    “Hey friend, it’s John. What if I told you … now give me $5.”

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    Any way you slice it, he’s not the same person people elected. For that reason alone there should be another vote. You don’t represent the people the way they intended.