The office’s “major staff turnover,” as one team Fetterman veteran put it, comes amid a tough hiring environment for Democratic staffers in Washington.
“I don’t find this as a surprise,” said the former Fetterman campaign staffer, who requested anonymity to protect their livelihood. “I think the staff is probably frustrated that working in the Fetterman office means you’re just working on Israel all the time.”
Since the October 7 attack, Fetterman’s office has ignored most of the issues he campaigned on, instead turning almost all his focus toward the Israel–Palestine conflict, according to people familiar with his office. At the same time, Fetterman has added a number of Republican donors to his roster, The Intercept reported.
Since Trump took office last month, Fetterman has become a sometime Republican ally. He was one of 12 Democrats in the Senate to support the GOP’s draconian new immigration law. At times, Fetterman has been Trump’s sole ally across the aisle. He was the only Democrat to vote to confirm Pam Bondi, Trump’s nominee for attorney general who helped spread the lie that Trump won the 2020 presidential election.
Dudes downfall is tragic. Hero to villain speed run, and it could potentially be blamed on his stroke, although I didn’t follow him closely enough in the beginning to see if there were signs
I’m from Pittsburgh and fr fuck this guy. His stance on Israel has been consistent, it just took major events for him to double down. He has done some real questionable shit in the past, like chase down a black jogger with a shotgun then cite “anxiety” for the reason.
The “issues” he’s ignoring that he campaigned on were like “epic hoody man legalizes weed”. It just sucks our choices were between him and fucking dr. Oz
LOL
It wasn’t his stroke. He just did what Democrats always do, say really fun, progressive things during a campaign, and then rule as conservatives once they’re in office.