Republicans were having too much fun mocking John Fetterman's homeless chic. The Associated Press leaped into action, caping for the unintelligible senator with claims his dressing like a slob is part of his mental recovery. Suddenly, NBC News launching the John Fetterman Presidential Exploratory Committee seems less pathetic.

And look, my man. I get it. Hoodies and shorts season is the best season. That's my work uniform. I'm also a blogger who doesn't view his dressing like a slob as a virtue to signal. I mean, c'mon son.

Instead of laughing at it, the Associated Press wrote an entire puff piece over Fetterman being allowed to leave the house looking like that. After all, he's recovering from mental health issues.

People close to Fetterman say his relaxed, comfortable style is a sign that the senator is making a robust recovery after six weeks of inpatienttreatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where his clinical depression was treated with medication.

He has a way of getting around the Senate's strict dress code by *checks notes* standing outside the Senate when he votes. He votes from either a side room or the Democrat cloakroom, then quickly leaves. So Fetterman is a six-year-old whose mommy made him get dressed up for a family party.

Or, he's the next Kim Kardashian. These following words were said in earnest, without a sense of sarcasm or self-respect from the two journalismers who wrote them.

He’s turning heads on a daily basis as he walks the halls in his signature baggy Carhartt sweatshirts and saggy gym shorts...

AP Journalismers: OH MY GOD, FETTERMAN! WHO ARE YOU WEARING?

Fetterman: One plus one equals potato.

his hulking figure surrounded by much more formally dressed Washington types buzzing around the Capitol ... Fetterman’s regular attire is redefining fashion in the stuffy Senate.

When I was in college, a friend of mine wanted to cut a hole in the front and back of a t-shirt and wear it sideways. He wanted to see if it would trend. We both also smoked a lot of pot back then. Now I want someone to dress Fetterman up like that. Tell him it's how the unhoused homeless people in Philadelphia (of which there are many) are dressing and say it would stand in solidarity. Let's see THAT celebrated in the press.

It would take conservatives making fun of him first. But let's be honest. The AP will write whatever a Democrat staffer asks them to.

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