FROM JC TODAY
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported, “Sen. Chris Murphy Hospitalized After Stroke.” Fortunately, the subheadline added, “The Connecticut Democrat is awake and alert, his staff says.” Senator Murphy, described in the article as a “rising star in the Democratic Party,” is only 53, healthy, fit, and was a pro-mandate maniac during the pandemic.
He joins a whole roster of jab-taking Senators who’ve had strokes “in recent years.” The shocking list includes: John Fetterman (D-PA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM). (The Journal scrupulously added Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who had a stroke back in 2012. All the rest are post-jab.) The Journal’s list omitted other senators like Dianne Feinstein and Mitch McConnell, who both acted like they had strokes. It also left off Senator Lindsey Graham, who this year died suddenly, right after returning from Kiev, of an aortic dissection— a catastrophic arterial event that is close cousins with a stroke.
This is just the list of senator strokes. By itself, it is getting to be a pretty big club. If I didn’t know better, I would say Senators should probably start receiving hazard pay.
Like the others, Chris Murphy —often floated as a potential 2028 presidential candidate— was an early and active jab pusher. He tweeted about getting the jabs, got covid several times anyway, and is a vocal critic of HHS Secretary Kennedy, especially over vaccines.
To be clear, we are pleased that Senator Murphy is reportedly doing well, and pray he enjoys a full recovery, which the various articles said was expected.
Having said that, it is also important to note that Murphy loudly pushed vaccine mandates every time he had the chance. In June, 2021, he demanded that colleges make jabs mandatory. In September, 2021, he tweeted, “Reporter asked me today if a vaccine mandate would make it harder for employers to hire. It’s exactly the opposite. People don’t feel safe going back to work.” In December, 2021, he defended Biden’s OSHA mandate and said, “Republicans know that when they come down to the floor and attack the vaccine mandate day after day after day, they are giving fuel to the fire of the anti-vaccine campaign.”
In 2025, a Yale study reported, “Typically spike protein can be detected for a few days after vaccination, but some participants with post-vaccination syndrome had detectable levels more than 700 days after their last vaccination.” Akiko Iwasaki, who led the study, called it “surprising, to find spike protein in circulation at such a late time point.” Some of us were not surprised.
