https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/john-fetterman-tells-maher-that-near-death-experience-freed-him-to-speak-out-says-progressivism-left-me/ar-BB1nS49V

From the article:

The liberal comedian then asked Fetterman whether his shift in various policies had anything to do with his recovery from his 2022 stroke, asking if his near-death experience had given him a “freedom.”

“Absolutely,” Fetterman responded. “There’s a line from the first ‘Batman,’ Joker’s like ‘I’ve been dead once already. It’s very liberating.'”

“It’s freeing in a way. And I just think after beating all of that, I just really [want to] be able to say the things that I have to really believe in and not be afraid of if there’s any kind of blowback.”

So basically yes, the stroke made him a Republican. Pathetic and disappointing, but all too predictable.

  • @Sgt_choke_n_stroke
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    1367 months ago

    I told my inlaws about that “it takes brain damage to be a republican”

    Then proceeded to ask would they vote for him now that you agree with his positions. Both of them said no “because he’s a democrat”

    • Refurbished Refurbisher
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      487 months ago

      Of course they wouldn’t vote for him. It’s like a sports game to many Republican voters where they just vote for their team regardless of their position.

      I’d bet that if a literal socialist ran for office as a Republican, many Republican voters would be on board.

    • @[email protected]
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      37 months ago

      Distrust runs deeper than reason. I’ve experienced this with my political preferences too

    • @Cosmos7349
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      17 months ago

      tbf what if he has another near-death experience that switches him back?