Video: Sen. Fetterman struggles with words, wears hoodie, shorts to I-95 rebuilding event with President Biden

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), wearing a hoodie, shorts, and sneakers, repeatedly stumbled over words as he delivered a short speech alongside President Biden and other elected officials Saturday.

"[President Biden] is here to commit to work with the governor and the delegadation [sic] to make sure that we get this fixed quick, fast, as well, too," Sen. Fetterman said, referring to efforts underway to repair a portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia that collapsed Sunday.

At the beginning of roughly 85-second speech, he noted he had stood beside President Biden "a little over a year ago" when a different structure, Fern Hollow Bridge, collapsed in the western portion of the Keystone State in January 2022.

"That bridge was built in less than a year, well well in front of time."

"This is a president that is committed to infrucsure [sic], yeah, and then on then top of that the jewel kind of uh, uh law," he said, apparently struggling to pronounce "infrastructure." It is unclear what he meant by "jewel."

"The infration [sic] infruc [sic] yeah infration [sic] bill that is gonna make sure that there's gonna be bridges all across like this all across America getting rebuilt," he said, possibly referring to the infrastructure bill signed in 2021 or the Inflation Reduction Act signed in December 2022.

He ended the very short address by introducing "my friend Congressman Boya Bile [sic]," at which point Rep. Brendan Boyle took the podium.

Reps. Boyle, Casey, and Fetterman announced $3 million in emergency funding for the I-95 collapse Thursday.

Sen. Fetterman suffered a stroke in May 2022. He was hospitalized February 15 for depression, and received treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center for roughly six weeks. Fetterman returned to the Senate April 17.

Sen. Fetterman was wearing a steel blue Carhartt hoodie, athletic shorts, and sneakers to Saturday's "Rebuilding I-95" event. The other members of the delegation were dressed more formally, in suits, with some foregoing ties. Fetterman has regularly been seen in wearing outfits similar to the one he wore today while on the job in Washington, D.C.

A portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia collapsed Sunday, as TheBlaze reported. The crucial interstate will be reopened within the next two weeks, Gov. Shapiro said during the event.

Watch the press conference below during which Sen. Fetterman (D-Pa.) appears in a hoodie, basketball shorts, and sneakers alongside President Biden, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D), and other officials to discuss efforts to rebuild portions of Interstate 95 that collapsed Sunday. Sen. Fetterman's portion begins at 11:50.

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