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u/AcridTest 2d ago edited 2d ago
Last week’s WSJ article on him was terrible. Earlier this year, three wounded military vets from PA travelled to his DC office to attend a scheduled meeting with him to discuss veteran healthcare. And he cancelled on them like 20 minutes beforehand with the excuse that he got sick from something he ate. In reality, he cancelled so he could do an impromptu FOX interview. Another time, he refused to go to a funeral for some PA cops killed in the line of duty because the funeral was going to be too long (it was 3 hours). And another time he refused to meet with reps from a PA children’s hospital about vaccines for kids because he said it was a waste of his time and they were just doing it to get a free trip to DC. He also misses most Senate floor and committee sessions.
I don’t know how much brain damage he sustained from his stroke, but it’s pretty clear he doesn’t care about his constituents or fulfilling his duties anymore.
I used to work in the Senate and even the laziest of senators I knew weren’t cancelling meetings with vets and stuff. He’s nuts.
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u/Mighty-Marigold2016 2d ago
That is absolutely appalling. What an egotistical POS who’s only interested in himself. Sounds like a true republican. 🤦🏻♀️
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u/AcridTest 2d ago edited 2d ago
I know, it’s really sad. He’s failing his constituents on so many of the basic services Senators are supposed to deliver to them like attending funerals, holding town halls and meeting with various state interest groups. Most groups that lobby senators are actually state-based groups that want things like more bike lanes, increased funding for medical research, highway improvements, etc. By him not engaging with so many people and including their requests in funding bills, he’s absolutely kept Pennsylvanians from receiving federal dollars that could have been used for all sorts of good things.
He’s also the only “Democrat” PA senator, so technically while there’s another senator for those constituents to go to, since he’s a Republican (Dave McCormick), I think a lot of constituents know that McCormick isn’t going to really advocate for their needs either.
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u/Mighty-Marigold2016 2d ago
Shitty choices for senators, either way. Of course, this could also provide an opportunity for a decent, moderately common sense candidate to run against both of those corrupt idiots. Someone who ACTUALLY represents the people who elected them…
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u/AcridTest 2d ago
I really hope so! We’ve seen some encouraging signs in PA, especially around R strongholds like Lancaster/York, that the people there are willing to switch things up lately and boot out incumbents who stop working for their constituents.
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u/Neat_Egg_2474 2d ago
Sorry, the only Vets he cares about serve in the IDF, not the IDFs mercenaries (The US military)
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u/huskersax 2d ago
I used to work in the Senate and even the laziest of senators I knew weren’t cancelling meetings with vets and stuff. He’s nuts.
How much of that is him, and how much of that is that his staff is likely a bunch of rejects and losers because no experienced staffers from either political party would want anything to do with working for him at this point?
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u/AcridTest 2d ago
It’s him. The WSJ article showed text messages where staffers were telling him about meetings and stuff and he was flat out responding that he wouldn’t go. It’s his staff that’s actually raising the alarm about his incompetency. Most senate staffers, especially at more senior levels, are actually very competent and have lots of experience. Many in his office probably want to leave (and many already have) but it’s hard to transfer to another senator’s office to work because most staffers have a connection to the state (as in if you work for a senator from PA, you’re also likely from PA…OR you have some personal connection that hooked you up with the job). Also it’s hard because after you leave the Senate as a staffer, you have to follow like a cooling off period where you aren’t allowed to immediately go into lobbying work that would have you lobbying Congress. Lobbying is where most want to go after the Senate to make better money (I admit I did this).
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u/Real-Promise-3665 2d ago
Why doesn't he just cross the floor and become a republican?
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u/AcridTest 1d ago
I think he knows he’s toast either way. But most senators love attention so he likes keeping everyone in limbo with “will he switch or not?” But speaking at the GOP convention last night makes him basically a dead man walking. I actually think he doesn’t like being in the Senate. It’s too much travel, too much time having to do serious things like reading and whatnot. He wants to be a pundit on FOX. So I think he will either leave the Senate early or stay to the end of his term (I think he has like 3-4 more years?) but switch parties after the midterm. When he leaves office he’ll get a significant contract as a paid FOX contributor. Maybe he’ll start a podcast and write a book too (rather, he’ll have someone ghostwrite a book for him).
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u/Rit91 1d ago
He is 'up' for reelection in 2028 since he was elected in 2022. Doubt he even tries to run since PA residents will go for anyone else in the democratic primary since they're real tired of him.
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u/General2768 2d ago
Can we say "1 term Senator Fetterman"?
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u/corcyra 2d ago
Why can't he be rid of now?
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u/shinobipopcorn 2d ago
We don't have a way to recall senators in PA.
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u/ChildONewcastle 2d ago
Americas political system is based on 'fuck it, no one would be that evil'
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u/No_Syrup_9167 2d ago
Its honestly astonishing how many of the worlds political systems are basically held up by tradition and "nobody would do that"
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u/Guillk 1d ago
It's because most of them are "old" by today standards and based on pretty much narcissistic ideas that only "educated" and "noble" people would get/elected to power and be "honorable", newer nations and newer constitutions have safeguards but can also easily be eroded by a few, democracy is by definition a flawed system.
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u/Agent_Jay 2d ago
They all trusted the nice firm handshake method in the olden times
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u/Rit91 1d ago
Back in 1776 dueling was still legal in the US. Fetterman would have been killed in a duel back then for this.
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u/doodullbop 1d ago
I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see him run again in the future after he inevitably switches parties. Being brain-damaged is not a disqualifier for GOP candidates. See: current POTUS.
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u/radioactive_sharpei 2d ago
Oh, he's just lining up his new job at Fox News.
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u/underisk 1d ago
He said the only time his conservative father approves of him is when he goes on fox and defends Israel.
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u/JH_111 2d ago
John Stuart: “Do you think capitalism in its current configuration is helping Americans?” Asked several rephrased times in succession.
Fetterman: “Israel is where I draw the line.” Stuck in a brain reset loop.
I could feel Stuart’s “wtf” coming through my headphones.
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u/The_Doctor_Bear 2d ago edited 2d ago
He talks fast and with a lot of words but they’re all fluff and mean basically nothing. As Jon tried to ask him about “is capitalism working” it was clear that he just could not understand the question. In Fetterman’s brain it’s just like two blinking bulbs “socialism bad” and “capitalism good” and further inspection of the ideas or their execution was just not a concept he could process.
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u/greenearrow 2d ago
I've known for a long time I'm voting against him in the primary, but I thought I'd still vote for him in the general if it came to that, because he was better than a Republican (Dr. Oz would have been worse overall for sure). Now I'd vote for the Republican because I'd rather him be unemployed and either way we'll have the same quality senator.
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u/nosecohn 1d ago
Although I get this, I'd like to respectfully suggest you check the voting records of the candidates if it comes down to that.
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u/sicilian504 2d ago
Dude was a Democrat, literally had a stroke and became a Republican. Proof you need brain damage to be one.
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u/Altruistic-Cow-5386 2d ago
He knows it's going to be rigged and wants to make sure he is on the right side before this happens at the next State of the Union.
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u/MediocreAndLukewarm 1d ago
He’s not intelligent to begin with and then he’s had a stroke and a severe head injury.
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u/ZealousidealOne7711 2d ago
He really went completely off the rails with this move, it makes no sense.
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u/EricBardwin 2d ago
It's been said, but it really just goes to show you that more brain damage equals more conservative beliefs.
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u/Migleemo 2d ago
He was born rich, and is being bribed by Israel. He is a traitor to the American people.
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u/philthegr81 1d ago
Why are no news reports about Fetterman accompanied by the fact that his shift rightward coincided with major brain damage he suffered after a stroke?
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u/DeathWray 1d ago
I kinda feel bad for this guy. Imagine being a successful respected individual suffering a brain injury and slowly becoming a sad loser.
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u/JustApricot798 1d ago
This is why we get a 2 party system and it sucks. You have to pick a side and if you decide to vote on the issue rather than with the party you are called names and cancelled.
The US will be divided until we get rid of this 2 party/pick a side/divisive system. Divided we fall.
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u/ThorKonnatZbv 2d ago
More like a pirate looting the empty cabins and then fleeing with his own boat
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u/jack31313 2d ago
Yeah but he hasn't been a Democrat for a long time has he? It's just more obvious now.
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u/Rock_Creek_Snark 2d ago edited 2d ago
Last time I looked closely at it, he was still voting with the Dems around 90% of the time.
But beyond the 10% voting with Republicans, it's the social media posting that boosts MAGA and TFG policies, the palling around with these assholes, the taking advice from cookie-giver Katie Britt on how to skip out on committee meetings, everything in the WSJ article last week.
He will announce the party jump on November 4 is my guess. I hope to God the Democrats have more than a one-vote majority.
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u/TalespinnerEU 2d ago
He's got a 'redemption story:' "I came from the group of people who think they know better than you, but now, I have seen the light, I realize you were right all along, you were the best people all along, and I want to be one of you! Make me your leader!"
There's a lot of money and power in that. It's a strategy as old as time.
Even if their ship sinks, the cultists are still there. It's not about politics.
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u/attackedmoose 2d ago
When is his term done?
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u/GloomyIndividual3965 1d ago
We're stuck with him until 2028 unless another stroke finishes the job.
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u/DooDooBrownz 2d ago
PA has 13 million people and the only choice to run against oz was this guy? honestly people, what the fuck are we doing?
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u/CrashTestOrphan 2d ago
He's mentioned in the past how the only time his conservative dad ever was proud of him, was when he defended Israel on Fox News. He's a brain-damaged ogre with daddy issues and we all suffer for it.
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u/LogicalDog1492 2d ago
He’s gone into the business of making headlines rather than actually doing the job. He knows he doesn’t have a future in the Democratic Party
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u/WritesCrapForStrap 1d ago
I don't think he's the first rat to climb aboard a sinking ship. Surely some of the rats who flee the sinking ship get back on the sinking ship because it's less drowny than the water right next to a sinking ship. I'd wager he's the largest.
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u/IndependentWorry56 1d ago
I wonder if any republicans will vote for him when he switches parties?
I also wonder why PA isn't trying to impeach him for clearly lying about his political affiliations?
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u/nosecohn 1d ago
Not just boarding, but trying to convince people in the lifeboats to get back on the ship.
It's hard to imagine what purpose this served.
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u/Pleasant-Highway-745 2d ago
I hate this guy, but he has literal brain damage. The him that he was before what happened happened would hate the person that he is now.
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u/anther2stigma 2d ago
Anyone remember the Hitchhiker’s Thumb from high school genetics? He has quite a fine example of it. Perhaps he should put it to use and leave town.
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u/StefanFrost 2d ago
Bru, your whole country is a sinking ship.
Saying this as someone with experience in a country that's a sinking ship. 😂
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u/CGHDun 2d ago
Money is a helluva drug. Maybe he and Krysten Sinema will hook up.
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u/AcridTest 2d ago
She’s a little distracted right now. She’s being sued by the wife of the man she had an affair with while she was a senator (I think he was one of her bodyguards?). They would allegedly take psychedelics together and then have crazy sex…during her work trips around the country.
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u/QuarkTheFerengi 2d ago
hes just preparing to grift the republican rubes. they are pretty easy marks
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u/moccojoe 2d ago
Yeah, they obviously have dirt on him.
I don't buy the brain damage shit. Dude did something shady now we have to follow their orders.
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u/Punch_A_Police_Horse 2d ago
Holy shit! It's actually a clever statement and not just a sentiment I agree with!
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u/Ok-Wealth-7322 2d ago
This is yet another reason why our two party system needs to go. So many times we're faced with the choice between a far right extremist and a right wing candidate posing as a Dem. Remember how excited reddit was about Kristen Sinema? She was a fraud too.
Hell, here in Kansas our Dem senate candidate pushing ads about how "both sides are too extreme" and he wants to be the candidate "for regular Americans", but he leads off the very same ad with scare tactics about socialism and open borders while not offering a single criticism of Trump or the GOP. And this guy is running as the Dem.
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u/CurlOfTheBurl11 2d ago
This turd is positioning himself as the next Joe Manchin, someone who will stand in the way of any legislative agenda that the Democrats have if they win back the Senate. Fuck John Fetterman, brain damaged sack of shit.
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u/Phewelish 2d ago
i read he took weeks off for clinical depression but almost guarantee he votes against days off for workers.
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u/Bleezy79 2d ago
He used to be a progressive, then he hit his head and got brain damage. Now he loves Trump, go figure.
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u/Fernandop00 2d ago
He's going to run as a republican in his reelection campaign. He knows he'll never win a Democratic primary, so he'll switch before then
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u/cHEIF_bOI 1d ago
He's a thief! A criminal! He's a menace to the entire Senate! I want that Mussolini looking scoundrel prosecuted! I want Fetter-Man!
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u/fizzyfawr 1d ago
Titanic reference works either way honestly, Fetterman's out here giving two thumbs up to a sinking ship like it's a personal brand now.
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u/Rashpukin 1d ago
Is there no way he can be deselected from standing for the Dems in the mid-terms?
This is a process in UK for MPs.
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u/_Dr_Dripz 1d ago edited 1d ago
Remember when the Democrats used to love this guy?
Pepperage farm remembers
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u/_commenter 1d ago
it's a legitimate strategy to gain power... all the rats on the ship are leaving, so he jumps on to take their throne. it's all grift at the end of the day. f fetterman.
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u/D3dshotCalamity 1d ago
We have a few Democrats that are just Republicans posing so they can swing any vote they want.
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u/WafflePartyOrgy 1d ago
MAGA is the last refuge for the biggest, mentally disturbed and butthurt losers who need an echo chamber for constantly embarrassing themselves with an indefensible, self-serving "ideology" (which they probably adopted as a "deeply-held" belief within the last 4 years). So, of course Fetterman has joined the cult.
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u/SASSIESASSQUATCH 1d ago
LOL - after it hit the iceberg!!!
I don’t know what’s wrong with me today but I know I’m laughing at some pretty fucked up shit. Not this, but I am genuinely laughing my ass off at a lot of you guys today.
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u/TheMightyTywin 1d ago
He’s compromised somehow. The stroke was a cover. Dude did something illegal.
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u/Old_Part_9619 1d ago
I'd blame the stroke but he was voted in with all his questionable decisions.
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u/somerandomguy1984 1d ago
Fetterman is hysterical.
Dude has legit brain damage and runs as basically an illiterate communist.
As brain heals he becomes more and more conservative.
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u/Appropriate-Log8506 2d ago
He’s brain damaged.