Speaking to CNN's Manu Raju, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) responded to a New York Magazine article in which staffers raised concerns about him.
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00:00And now it's just a disgruntled group of people, and there's only one there, so that's the same thing.
00:08There's no new news involved for this.
00:10The individual is a former chief of staff who has said that he's concerned about your well-being, which is why he went public.
00:17What do you say to someone like him who's concerned about, he says he's concerned about your personal well-being?
00:23It's like, no, he's had a weird grudge, and he has threatened to do this for quite a while.
00:30And if you're really concerned about someone, you could say, hey, let's sit down, can we talk?
00:35It's not like going to the media, and that's why somebody that has an agenda, it's like a hit piece.
00:41You've been public about your struggles with depression, and you had a prescription regimen of drugs to take in the aftermath of your time.
00:52Have you been keeping up with that, taking your medication?
00:56I want to, my doctors, my doctors are like, John is great, and I am on all of the plan that it's always been.
01:06And it's incredibly invasive.
01:08And why are people talking about anyone's personal medical things?
01:12It's that, you know, I think most people would agree that's really, really invasive.
01:16Can you explain what happened with those driving incidents?
01:18There was a reckless driving incident last year.
01:20And there was something in the concern in that article about you driving, getting behind the wheel.
01:24No, it's like we've, yeah, there's no news, there's no news on those things.
01:30It was an accident.
01:31You fully plan to serve your full term here in the Senate.
01:34Come on, of course, that's, obviously, obviously, everybody understands I was treated for depression.
01:42Come on, of course, I do.
01:48Do angry.
02:02Not by an accident.