John Fet­ter­man says being a mar­ried sen­a­tor is ‘almost like a divorce’

Sen. John Fet­ter­man (D‑PA) says being a mar­ried sen­a­tor is sim­i­lar to being divorced, as work­ing in Con­gress takes one away from fam­i­ly mem­bers.
The Penn­syl­va­nia sen­a­tor was dis­cussing his health strug­gles over the last year when he made the com­par­i­son as Fet­ter­man detailed how he was serv­ing in the Sen­ate while deal­ing with his men­tal health away from his fam­i­ly.
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“Peo­ple real­ly need to under­stand that being a sen­a­tor, or being a con­gress­woman or man, you have to real­ize it’s almost like a divorce,” Fet­ter­man said. “You know, see­ing the love, peo­ple that you love, 50% less than you would have before­hand, that as well too,” he told MSNBC on Mon­day.

Fet­ter­man also talked about his bat­tle with depres­sion, describ­ing it as a “bipar­ti­san kind of strug­gle.” Addi­tion­al­ly, he detailed how he has “run into peo­ple reg­u­lar­ly” who have praised him for dis­cussing the issue, which Fet­ter­man called a “duty and a priv­i­lege” to talk about.
The pres­i­den­tial elec­tion in 2024 was also dis­cussed, includ­ing how for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump will be vis­it­ing the state of Michi­gan on Sept. 2 …