‘Why Does Everybody Hate Me?!’ John Fetterman Left Staffer in Tears After Melting Down During Meeting: Report

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Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) reportedly slammed the table and erupted during a meeting with Pennsylvania teachers union reps last week — just one day before New York Magazine published a blistering exposé raising serious questions about his mental health.

Two sources briefed on the closed-door meeting told the Associated Press on Thursday that the senator devolved into an emotional outburst, slamming his hands on a desk and shouting.

“Why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do?” he allegedly said.

The meeting then ended abruptly when a staffer called it to a close and ushered the union officials out of Fetterman’s Washington office. That staffer reportedly broke down in tears in the hallway, visibly shaken by the scene.

The timing could hardly have been worse. Just a day later, New York Magazine’s Intelligencer published a lengthy piece featuring former aides and advisers raising alarm bells over Fetterman’s mental health.

One of the most damning sources was a 2024 letter from his former chief of staff, Adam Jentleson, to Fetterman’s neuropsychiatrist. In it, Jentleson warned that the senator was veering off his recovery plan and exhibiting “long, rambling, repetitive and self-centered monologues.”

When asked by the Associated Press for comment on the chaotic union meeting, Fetterman didn’t deny the confrontation, saying only that they “had a spirited conversation about our collective frustration with the Trump administration’s cuts to our education system.” He also reiterated his opposition to school vouchers.

On Tuesday, Fetterman brushed off the magazine story as “a one-source hit piece.”