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I voted for this asshat. I been on the road just catching up on this insanity.
Geez John arresting people and no due process is called fucking kidnapping, yet please lets kiss Noems ass.
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https://truthout.org/articles/trump-white-house-refuses-to-abide-by-1-in-3-court-orders-made-against-them/
vapor2
(4,169 posts)chowder66
(12,042 posts)Walleye
(44,180 posts)So I dont believe him. Hes trying to suck up I think.
SergeStorms
(20,250 posts)feathered his nest, is my best guess. MAGAts are experts in promising the world and deIivering nothing, though. Maybe he's getting played?
He's definitely not the Fetterman people voted for.
FakeNoose
(40,891 posts)I voted for John Fetterman 4 years ago, and I won't do it again. I believe Chump may have quietly threatened to deport his wife. (She's a naturalized US citizen for many years, but that wouldn't stop Chump.)
Or maybe Chump has something else on him, I don't know what.
If Fetterman quits the Democratic Party he might as well hang it up. He will have lost his previous Dem voters, and not gained a single Repuke vote for it. I wish he'd resign NOW!
Nigrum Cattus
(1,264 posts)his wife is an immigrant and he has most likely been threatened
with her deportation - you know, typical repug behavior. Someone
should ask him about it.
gab13by13
(31,733 posts)I think his stroke flipped his brain from blue to red. He was a completely different person after his stroke.
I not only voted for him, I gave him money.
DET
(2,437 posts)Naturalized citizens dont count, which is why theyre rounding them up. As far as Trump and Miller are concerned, unless youre a US born, white, hetero Republican, youre not a real citizen. There is no question in my mind that Fettermans family has been threatened, both wife and children. Whether that is what changed him into a right winger, that I dont know.
FakeNoose
(40,891 posts)Gisele Barreto Fetterman became a naturalized citizen in 2009, only a year or so after Melania did.
The difference is that Gisele Fetterman came to the US at the age of 7 with her family in 1989, and they were undocumented immigrants at the time. She now holds multiple university degrees, and she has unquestioned street cred as a progressive liberal Democrat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisele_Barreto_Fetterman
lostnfound
(17,456 posts)Gisele is a citizen, but possibly her mother may not be, and who wants their aging mother stuck in a cold detention cell.
Even Gisele could be under threat, given Trumps stated intentions to increase the number of people being denaturalized:
4 days ago:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-administration-working-expand-effort-strip-citizenship-foreign-b-rcna255427
December:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-immigration-citizenship-denaturalization.html
At least 170 detentions of US citizens as of October:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths,_detentions_and_deportations_of_American_citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Detentions
TBF
(36,102 posts)W_HAMILTON
(10,248 posts)3825-87867
(1,862 posts)doing anything to her or her mother. Don't care if John flipped but I wouldn't want to be in the high heel boots if ICE takes either then be on the receiving end of a 6"8" 350 pound fist who would then probably come after someone whose wife is from Slovenia and also a naturalized citizen. Plus there's always the stroke that might use "impaired judgement" in a trial.
Would you take that chance?
Walleye
(44,180 posts)So there is a court order for him to return the deportees, hasnt done that yet either. How can this Fetterman defend this guy, has he lost all self-respect?
bucolic_frolic
(54,587 posts)Only a matter of time before he switches parties.
durablend
(9,096 posts)Enough of a spoiler to hamstring our side
regnaD kciN
(27,558 posts)Hell become a Republican if/when he becomes convinced that they really can rig elections to assure victory.
Vinca
(53,627 posts)called him after his medical issues. For the life of me, I can't figure out why he's sucking up to Trump.
poli-junkie
(1,523 posts)Blue Owl
(58,671 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(13,557 posts)WarGamer
(18,353 posts)W_HAMILTON
(10,248 posts)DeeDeeNY
(3,942 posts)It's just a matter of time until he flips completely.
WarGamer
(18,353 posts)Mysterian
(6,268 posts)and his new friends will not help him out.
BattleRow
(2,179 posts)lostnfound
(17,456 posts)She came to the US as a 7 year old child and got citizenship in 2009. She seemed outspoken and lovely. My bet is that he was put under huge pressure from Trump. No one wants their wife, let alone the mother of their kids, to be imprisoned, and would any of you count on Trump not doing it?
Fetterman should have resigned and moved out of the country to protect her safety and his conscience.
Im as angry as anyone about how he is acting now, but I think I recognize extortion / blackmail when I see it.
Tree Lady
(13,131 posts)And he caved like most husbands would to save her.
OGBuzz
(126 posts)Better yet, resign now and run as a Republican in 2028.
Cheezoholic
(3,598 posts)yardwork
(69,132 posts)twodogsbarking
(18,098 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,673 posts)for carrying water for a criminal racist regime.
I can see it now. Leadership is going to push a compromise from a 2026 middle position.
We are on our own. There are children in concentration camps.
There are children in concentration camps.
Schumer and Jefferies need to lead with this in mind.
AloeVera
(4,090 posts)Kids in concentration camps is not going to faze him.
Something is wrong with his moral compass.
appleannie1
(5,437 posts)He got his motor skills back and his reasoning skills are destroyed. He no longer belongs in government. PERIOD
Orrex
(66,854 posts)BidenRocks
(3,000 posts)Let's put her face on a dildo.
Too much?
But the Obamas' as apes is fine?
Fuck you Fetterman. I want my donations back!
Figarosmom
(10,788 posts)He sounds like he is reading a script. He's scared of some threat.
I thought he had backbone. Maybe the threat of his wife and kids being deported?
He should be removed from any committees and should be encouraged to retire.
orangecrush
(29,525 posts)MissKat
(237 posts)They've been rounding up brown-skinned folks not too far from the Fetterman's home.
Oh, that's right. His kids now go to a very ritzy very expensive school-- no more public school-- so they'll be safe.
I'm just so sad. Whatever that stroke did to him-- he really seems like a different person. He used to be on fire about numbskulls like Ice Barbie.
It doesn't matter. Whether it's the stroke or the depression meds or maybe this is how he always was...
He's not going to be elected again.
Go Conor Lamb!
GenThePerservering
(3,172 posts)His reasoning capacity went to shit and he turned into a republican.
oldinmtdem92
(124 posts)brain dead since the stroke ,resign asshat
niyad
(130,841 posts)or spills the beans? Massie made it very clear that he was being threatened.
perdita9
(1,340 posts)I'd like to think it's the stroke that caused all these personality changes. We met Fetterman in person once and he seemed like a true-blue democrat
PufPuf23
(9,731 posts)Netanyahu meets US Senator Fetterman, praises his moral clarity on Israel-Hamas war
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-meets-us-senator-fetterman-praises-his-moral-clarity-on-israel-hamas-war/
Netanyahu meets with Fetterman: Israel has had no better friend
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4741282-netanyahu-praises-fetterman-israel-support/
New Low for Fetterman: Senator Privately Urged Pardon for Netanyahu
For someone who claims to care about hostages, going to bat for a leader who sacrificed them for his own political survival... is the height of cynicism, said one Israeli critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fetterman-netanyahu
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israels President to Pardon Netanyahu
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterman-letter-netanyahu-pardon
AloeVera
(4,090 posts)Went to bat for Israel and war criminal Netanyahu while turning a blind eye to the murder and maiming of Palestinian kids. Now turning a blind eye to murders on American streets and kids in concentration camps. I see a pattern here.
Skittles
(170,398 posts)I'm convinced the stroke did a real number on him.
GiqueCee
(3,687 posts)... that everyone in that room is dressed like a grownup... except one.