After revealing that US Senate candidate John Fetterman (D-PA) struggled to comprehend small talk conversation before their scheduled interview, NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns defended the decision to reveal that information.
Fetterman suffered a stroke in May. He is dealing with what he called an “audio processing issue”. During the interview with Burns, he utilized closed captioning to ensure he understood questioning correctly.
During her report, Burns claimed “In small talk — before the interview, without captioning — it wasn’t clear he was understanding our conversation.”
Podcaster Kara Swisher said she recently spoke to Fetterman for over an hour with no stops or aides and said “maybe this reporter is just bad at small talk”.
Burns defended herself by saying “It’s possible for two different reporters to have two different experiences w a candidate.”
She continued in a separate tweet by saying her reporting “did not and should not comment on fitness for office”.
Burns also shared a link to the entire interview with the Senate hopeful saying it’s up to voters to decide whether Fetterman is fit for office.
