John Fetterman was open about his depression. Now he wants to create a national mental health commission

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1. why is he out here bullying people though.

2. Great! Now show some compassion for starving children in Gaza and we’re set.

3. Seems reasonable.

4. The man who flipped 180 over fracking.

   Next week he’ll probably tell people with depression to stop being sad

5. I no longer a fan of the dude. He is too close to being a republican but merely with some kind of conscience but I will commend him for this.

6. Good idea. Get a cosponsor to push it in public

7. He’s a flip flopping jerk and needs to check his morals

8. Manchin in a hoodie.

9. This is why we need normal human beings with normal human struggles in office, not the wealthy elite.

10. ITT: People that imposed their beliefs on a blue collar progressive that barely beat a charlatan snake oil salesman.

    /r/Fettermania basically turned on him overnight.

11. Fetterman has turned into a complete scumbag. Has the press not noticed or is it just easier to ignore?

12. This guy could care less about anyone but himself

13. He’s one of the worst dems tbh.

14. He is just a genuinely good and decent man.

15. Maybe he could start by not being a snarky bully to his constituents

16. I can save him the time. I work with the 988 line. There needs to be money for community-based services. Services for people who are making less than $75k a year that can’t find affordable counseling resources, community based resources. People who can’t financially afford to take a week off to spend inpatient at a mental health hospital. After care resources. Better access to medications when required. Cheaper medications. And, most of all, bring the health insurance companies to heel to stop denying mental health treatment options that are included in insurance plans.

17. He was open, but given his behavior since his stroke and impatient treatment I suspect there’s a lot more going on with him. His behavior doesn’t sit right.

18. Is that why he treated that teenager like she was garbage when she wanted to talk to him about a pipeline?

    That was really hard to watch.

    And for me, that’s gonna be really hard for him to come back from in terms of me liking this guy.

19. I hope his depression wins before this passes

20. This man don’t really care.

21. Funny how many progressives will just absolutely hate anyone who does not share their beliefs 100%.

    If we want to control the house and the senate, we are going to need a lot more moderate candidates like fetterman.

22. Instead of a commission how about we open actual mental health facilities for the millions of Americans that need them. We’ve closed down hundreds over the years and wonder why we rank in the bottom of mental health for first world countries. Imagine that.

23. Fetterman had a stroke. It changes your brain. It changed my mother’s brain. Now, he is not the man people elected.

24. oh my, an elected official who would help his voters! vote BLUE in november

25. If only he wasn’t such a fan of genocide

26. Genocide supporter John?! That guy?! Nah! He doesn’t care. He only cares about $$

27. Fuck Fetterman.
    I wouldn’t trust him father than I could throw him.

    Saying this as someone who voted for his Zionist ass.

28. Thought he had promise until he started hating Palestinians.

29. The main issue I repeatedly see is a need for mental hospitals where people can stay long periods and get treatment to get back on their feet.

    There needs to be universal healthcare so mental health professionals can treat people and not have multiple insurers. They need a base pay that is consistent with their experience and specialty and then paid per person they see.

    We need hospitals that are given a budget to operate with that’s federally funded and controls the costs of scans and medical treatments.

    We need federal warehouses that stock medicine and medical supplies and disburse them based on inventory need to reduce costs.

    We need universal education for doctors and nurses so they don’t need a $200k job out of school to cover the costs of school.

    We need a massive overhaul, not just a committee to study a problem in a vacuum

30. I think he went through depression and totally changes his perspective on life and now he’s super accurate. I support the idea.

31. Republicans will do everything in the power to stop this, simply because a Democrat started it.

    And they also hate people.