Just wanna say for the record that I voted for Conor Lamb in the primary. When I tried to tell other Democrats that Fetterman is unreliable, I got shouted down. Now, here we are.
He was the mayor of a small town who held a Black jogger at gunpoint before he ran for Senate, and he's now a Senator who once held a Black jogger at gunpoint.
I'm not sure I'm seeing a switch, just a whole lot of people who didn't think that mattered during the primary.
Maybe when phony populist Keystone Lurch went to Harvard he didn’t learn any math because no matter how acceptable he might think he’ll be to PA Republicans he simply cannot win a general election if a sizable number of Democrats refuse to vote fir him.
Just waiting for the inevitable party switch. Probably might not end well for him ala Arlen Specter but who knows. After all, Specter did it for a good reason. Fetterman switching is a good way to reduce Democratic power and thus keep a thumb on those minorities that the unreconstructed hate.
Fetterman blames Dems for the shutdown when repubs don't need their votes to open the government back up. You are right that it's a terrible funding bill, hence few, if any Dem votes for it, but repubs are in the majority and can pass whatever they please with the Dems. Fetterman even acknowledges that by the statement above.
"He even supports Republicans nuking the filibuster and passing their terrible funding bill without Democratic votes"
Actually I "support" that as well. Because then Republicans will definitively own this shitty budget. The reason they haven't done it is obviously because they want to continue to be able to blame Democrats for the shutdown. So I challenge them. Put your money where your mouth is. Nuke the filibuster and own this shit show.
JFC Fetterman is such a POS. I guess we'll never know how much of this was always part of this personality and how much of it was because of his stroke. It's not uncommon for people to take a hard paranoid turn to the right after trauma or a brain injury. And we know it never goes in the other direction
repubs continue to blame Dems, but the public ain't buying it. repubs are getting the blame, and the longer it goes on, more Americans will blame them. SNAP funding not going out next month won't help repubs, nor is the destruction of the East Wing for the Epstein Ballroom, and neither is the Argentina bailouts going to help repubs. They have fucked themselves.
Disappointment is not the word for it-I feel like Fetterman completely and deliberately misrepresented who he was to Pennsylvania voters, much the same way Kyrsten Sinema misrepresented who *she* was to Arizona voters. Unfortunately there is not much that can be done about it until his term is up, at which point he'll probably declare "the Democratic party left me" and run as an independent. Either way, he's Eric Adams.
Yeah, to be honest, the whole edge lord hoodie shaved head, dude bro whiskers should've been a red flag. Look at two of the most progressive people in politics now. AOC and Zohran. They have always dressed respectfully for their jobs despite being some of the most progressive voices. It's interesting isn't it? The people who present as edgy and left tend to be Trojan horses.
Yeah, the dressing down part was obviously a shtick, although I wouldn't disqualify anybody on the basis of their apparel usually. In Fetterman's case, the words simply don't match the deeds and that brands him a flat out grasping liar IMO.
Just wanna say for the record that I voted for Conor Lamb in the primary. When I tried to tell other Democrats that Fetterman is unreliable, I got shouted down. Now, here we are.
He was the mayor of a small town who held a Black jogger at gunpoint before he ran for Senate, and he's now a Senator who once held a Black jogger at gunpoint.
I'm not sure I'm seeing a switch, just a whole lot of people who didn't think that mattered during the primary.
But it did.
Yeah, fuck that hypocritical POS.
As my grandpa in the south would say about the crazy neighbor kid, “That boy ain’t right.”
Something definitely happened to him from election to now. Even his wife was concerned.
Last sentence: 🔥🔥🔥
Maybe when phony populist Keystone Lurch went to Harvard he didn’t learn any math because no matter how acceptable he might think he’ll be to PA Republicans he simply cannot win a general election if a sizable number of Democrats refuse to vote fir him.
The sooner we're rid of him, the better for America.
Just waiting for the inevitable party switch. Probably might not end well for him ala Arlen Specter but who knows. After all, Specter did it for a good reason. Fetterman switching is a good way to reduce Democratic power and thus keep a thumb on those minorities that the unreconstructed hate.
https://www.stroke.org/en/help-and-support/resource-library/lets-talk-about-stroke/personality-changes
That "pizza" looks absolutely disgusting. American cheese? Why? And I live in California, I've seen things on pizza.
𝐻𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑛𝑢𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠.
Fetterman blames Dems for the shutdown when repubs don't need their votes to open the government back up. You are right that it's a terrible funding bill, hence few, if any Dem votes for it, but repubs are in the majority and can pass whatever they please with the Dems. Fetterman even acknowledges that by the statement above.
He knows, Murc's Law is Cruise Control for Cool!
Another similar take: https://substack.com/home/post/p-177179967
"He even supports Republicans nuking the filibuster and passing their terrible funding bill without Democratic votes"
Actually I "support" that as well. Because then Republicans will definitively own this shitty budget. The reason they haven't done it is obviously because they want to continue to be able to blame Democrats for the shutdown. So I challenge them. Put your money where your mouth is. Nuke the filibuster and own this shit show.
JFC Fetterman is such a POS. I guess we'll never know how much of this was always part of this personality and how much of it was because of his stroke. It's not uncommon for people to take a hard paranoid turn to the right after trauma or a brain injury. And we know it never goes in the other direction
repubs continue to blame Dems, but the public ain't buying it. repubs are getting the blame, and the longer it goes on, more Americans will blame them. SNAP funding not going out next month won't help repubs, nor is the destruction of the East Wing for the Epstein Ballroom, and neither is the Argentina bailouts going to help repubs. They have fucked themselves.
SNAP being cut off is definitely gonna hurt the republicans. Even THEY know that.
I'd lay good money that while the stroke may have exacerbated an already existing filter problem, it didn't change his worldview that much.
Disappointment is not the word for it-I feel like Fetterman completely and deliberately misrepresented who he was to Pennsylvania voters, much the same way Kyrsten Sinema misrepresented who *she* was to Arizona voters. Unfortunately there is not much that can be done about it until his term is up, at which point he'll probably declare "the Democratic party left me" and run as an independent. Either way, he's Eric Adams.
Yeah, to be honest, the whole edge lord hoodie shaved head, dude bro whiskers should've been a red flag. Look at two of the most progressive people in politics now. AOC and Zohran. They have always dressed respectfully for their jobs despite being some of the most progressive voices. It's interesting isn't it? The people who present as edgy and left tend to be Trojan horses.
Yeah, the dressing down part was obviously a shtick, although I wouldn't disqualify anybody on the basis of their apparel usually. In Fetterman's case, the words simply don't match the deeds and that brands him a flat out grasping liar IMO.
Jasmine Crockett or AOC wouldn't be able to get away with not looking put together.
Women are judged by their appearance, men by their wallet.
It would be “basket of deplorables” vs King Trump shitting on America all over (and over, and over…) again.