Manchin circulates proposal to reverse Schumer on dress code

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67. As a stroke victim, it may well be that Fetterman is left with problems dressing himself.

Many stroke victims use clothing that is easy to take on and off. Sweatpants and so forth. With Fetterman's wife not there, he may have to wear things he can get on and off and manage by himself.

He is unusually big and I'm sure it's both time-consuming and expensive to get clothing made that fits him and follows the Senate's dress code. With his wife home with their kids, I can easily see how difficult he may have it with wearing a suit: buttoning shirts and cuffs, tying a tie, getting his pants up and fastened, putting on a belt, getting socks on and pulled up, shoes, jacket. My dad had trouble with those things and abandoned them in favor of sweats in his last years. Fetterman isn't rich and cannot afford custom-made clothes and a valet to help him dress, I'd guess.

It's an opportunity to educate Congress and the public about issues of accessibility and reasonable accommodations for certain disabilities. But I'd love to see this fine senator able to appear his best and take advantage of the regard people unconsciously have for a certain standard of dress.

If I had a business specializing in adaptive clothing, I'd see this as an opportunity to step up and help the Senator with clothes that he can get in and out of by himself but that look good on him and help keep his clothes from being a distraction or a barrier to working well with others on his issues and to successful re-election. They'd undoubtedly garner a lot of free media attention. I don't know if Fetterman could accept such clothing for free, if he'd need to at least pay company costs, or if friends and family could help make that happen for him.