BRADDOCK, Pa.—Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, who once weighed over 400 pounds, called his rival campaign “nasty” after it suggested he eat a vegetable. As mayor, he spent over $1,000 of his own money to tell poor residents of Braddock to do the same.
On the corner of 4th Street in Braddock, where Fetterman served as mayor from 2006 to 2019, sits a city sign likely not seen anywhere else in the United States. The sign doesn’t display the speed limit or parking hours, but rather an order to passersby: “NOTICE: EAT MORE VEGETABLES.” Fetterman spent his own money to install the signs as a way to encourage residents to eat healthier, according to local press.