According to a report from Fox News, Keystone State Senator John Fetterman’s office has been caught doctoring quotes to make the lawmaker sound more coherent.
Fetterman has come under fire recently for his difficulty delivering remarks during committee hearings.
From Fox News:
The issue exploded on Wednesday when Jeff Stein, a Washington Post economics reporter, admitted to amplifying a misquote Fetterman’s office provided to him, which had significantly altered Fetterman’s actual statements.
Yesterday I tweeted this quote, provided to me by the Senator’s office, without checking it against the video. That was my fault. Though it captured his meaning, I deleted the tweet since some of the words in the quote were inaccurate pic.twitter.com/jkDYYr2EU2
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) May 17, 2023
Stein received backlash for tweeting that Fetterman had asked Silicon Valley Bank ex-CEO Greg Becker, “Shouldn’t you have a working requirement after we bail out your bank? Republicans seem to be more preoccupied with SNAP requirements for hungry people than protecting taxpayers that have to bail out these banks.”
Fetterman, however, was much less clear in his Tuesday comments, which left the witness speechless.
“The Republicans want to give a work requirement for SNAP,” Fetterman said. “You know, for a uh, uh, uh, a hungry family has to have these, this kind of penalties, or these some kinds of word — working uh, require — Shouldn’t you have a working requirement, after we sail your bank, billions of your bank? Because you seem we were preoccupied, uh when, then SNAP requirements for works, for hungry people, but not about protecting the tax, the tax papers, you know, that will bail them out of whatever does about a bank to crash it.”
Watch the clip below:
'Shouldn’t you have a working requirement after [the U.S. bails out] your bank?'
In a hearing with execs of failed SVB & Signature Bank, Sen. John Fetterman questioned why the GOP is 'more preoccupied' with work requirements for SNAP recipients than keeping banks accountable. pic.twitter.com/x9Ebmw2gJP
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) May 16, 2023
However, Fetterman’s office substantially cleaning up his quotes is not a one-time incident, according to a Fox News Digital review of remarks posted on his congressional website compared to the corresponding video of the hearings.
The review found that Fetterman’s office has drastically altered his comments several times after he returned to Capitol Hill in mid-April following a weeks-long absence for depression.
More over at Fox News:
John Fetterman's office has doctored several of his quotes to make him sound more coherent, review finds https://t.co/REOGp8a19B #FoxNews
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) May 18, 2023
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