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Summary

Sen. John Fetterman faced backlash from progressives after his first post on Truth Social calling the hush-money case against Trump "bullshit" and suggested pardons for both Trump and Hunter Biden.

Fetterman reiterated his stance from recent interviews, arguing such cases erode public trust in institutions.

The response has been divisive, with Trump supporters and progressives both criticizing him.

Fetterman’s broader shifts, including support for Israel and mocking climate activists, have alienated some Democratic supporters while gaining him favor among conservatives.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Been a fraud since his pro zionist stance

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Just elect local progressives to form the future of the democratic party! Maybe next election season you'll get one!"

At some point Charlie Brown stopped trying to kick the football, we should too. Better than Dr. Oz, but so was any random person in Pennsylvania.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

But but but if we just vote harder for progressives we’ll get all the things democrats promise we just need more democrats elected!

Democrats get elected and then proceed to 180

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Opps all conservatives!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

This is a man representing a purple state seeing not only his state but the entire country shift pretty solidly to the right and is just hedging his bets accordingly. And a sad but true fact is that if you want to have a political career, you bend the knee to Trump. You make the pilgrimage to Maralago, you buy his overpriced watches, you stay in his hotel rooms, you cater to his base on his platform. Whatever way you choose, the main goal is just to curry favor with Trump. And Fetterman has decided that bending the knee to Trump is the best move for his political career. Given the hard shift to the right the country is taking, he may not be wrong.

And before anybody hops on me, I'm not saying I agree with the man or am trying to excuse his behavior or anything like that. I'm just saying that strictly from the perspective of what is most likely to get him re-elected in Pennsylvania or advance his political career, bending the knee to Trump may be what he feels is the best way forward.

[–] [email protected] 125 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What the fuck happened to him? He seemed so promising just a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 157 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He was always like this, he just became more abrasive after the stroke.

We just closed our eyes and looked the other way when he showed himself to be a rabid zionist and assumed he'd grown from when he chased a black man through neighborhood with a shotgun.

You see him go against AIPAC-backed corpo dems in the primary and interpreted some labor rhetoric and putting a hammer and sickle in his profile pic and it's easy to mislead yourself.

It's what happens when you don't do the critical part of critical support.

This is different from Sinoma who simply lied about all of her positions.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago

I think this is the most charitable interpretation.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 week ago

I can forgive virtually everything else he's said... But suggesting Biden grant a pardon to a man who has shown no remorse or even an admission that his alleged crimes might be wrong is so far off the path of wisdom that i dont think its even fair to count his seat "blue".

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 week ago

Really, you could cut the headline to "Fetterman made his first post on truth social", and I'd still be disappointed, the rest just put a cherry on top.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What a fucking disappointment.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Goddamn, either this guy was one hell of a fraud, or brain damage does really cause conservatism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Brain damage doesn’t cause conservatism. I had a TBI as a teenager and went far left. My experiences in trying to get treatment completely radicalized me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Was mostly a joke, I too suffered a brain injury a couple years ago and it did nothing but make me more vocal about my opinions (which has folks labelling me far left).

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

so he understands that trump is guilty, of treason, and he wants him off the hook.

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