John Fetterman's political shift draws ire of Pennsylvania Democrats

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Throughout his 2022 campaign for U.S. Senate, John Fetterman often took to social media to needle the few centrist Senate Democrats with histories of breaking party ranks.

Then Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, Fetterman cast himself as the anti-Joe Manchin and anti-Kyrsten Sinema candidate who would give Democrats a reliable 51st vote in the Senate.

The oversize, tattooed, hoodie-and-shorts-wearing Fetterman overcame Dr. Mehmet Oz's celebrity status and his near-fatal stroke to become the only Democrat to flip a GOP Senate seat during that cycle.

Fast forward four years, and the former Braddock mayor finds himself playing the part he once deplored.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/john-fettermans-political-shift-draws-114431920.html

[sop]

1. Good article.

Like Sinema, Fetterman looks like a one-termer.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

5. I CERTAINLY hope so, sop!

Like an ASS, i voted for the dickwad.

[Cha]

10. Not your fault you believed him.. he was

the darling on DU.

FWIW.. I was for Conor Lamb out here on Kauai.. and was told here .. How Progressive Fetterman was.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

12. Thanks, Cha

But it makes me not trust my own perceptions of people.

I think something went haywire in his brain after the stroke.

[Cha]

14. Perhaps... I just read his wife is

not happy with his 180 degree turn(my words).. Unlike RRK Jr's wife who's gong along.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21133650

[DoBW]

2. this traitor

Fetterman has been a Repunk d*ck fluffer the whole time

[hlthe2b]

3. I've wondered about his wife's response to his new political viewpoints and here:

Gisele Fetterman has expressed significant concern about her husband John Fetterman's views, particularly regarding his support for Israel's actions, indicating that she is at a "breaking point" and struggles to co-sign his positions.

She may be at a breaking point having basically gotten him elected when he was so impacted by his stroke and mental health issues that followed. I really feel for her.

Here is an overview (fairly recent):
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15497519/John-Fettermans-WIFE-ICE-Senator-silence-shooting-Alex-Pretti.html

[buzzycrumbhunger]

4. I hope he has enough sense to realize

… that a 108-point decrease in his approval rating means he’s dead in the water—at least as far as Dems are concerned.

With any luck, he’ll simply acknowledge this and step aside rather than run again.

[Unrepentant Fenian]

6. It's time to primary Fetterman!

[AStern]

7. Why do the Dems always get trolled by imposters? Why aren't there GOPers that run ultra-con but vote left/progressive?

Sinema, Manchin, Fetterman, Gabbard, Lieberman

There's always one to throw a wrench into it. It's infuriating.

[mr715]

9. They aren't all imposters.

Fetterman had a stroke that I suspect rewired his cognition.

Manchin was a unicorn - a semi-reliable Democratic vote in one of the reddest states in the country.

Gabbard is a Russian asset and is a little kookie besides.

Sinema is the biggest imposter of the lot, but she was ultimately more about personal pleasures and celebrity than policy.

And Lieberman wasn't an imposter. He was just a sore loser that held antiquated policy beliefs and a deep abiding love for war.

[displacedvermoter]

11. Maybe because the great and the good long

ago decided the Party needed a Big Tent approach to our membership, and that
"litmus tests" should not be used for selecting candidates as we enlarge the tent. So maybe we are more susceptible to trolls and imposters?

GOP makes no pretense of a big tent, and everything they do is put under one giant litmus test. Real hard to sneak any WOKE local activists by eagle eyed Republican.local committees.

[Initech]

16. Because the GOP has an X-factor - Fox News.

That's how they were able to brainwash Fetterman, Sinema, Manchin, Lieberman, and so on. Rupert Murdoch is a dangerous psychopath. And the Fox brand is dangerous.

[Cha]

8. Fetterman's "Shift" into HELL.

Fucking Trojan Elephant.

[mcar]

13. I wish Maine Democrats would heed this warning

[Initech]

15. Seriously. His vote to confirm Mullin was political back stabbing.

Fuck him and the Fox News hosts he keeps appearing on.