Summary
Pennsylvania Democrats are protesting Sen. John Fetterman’s growing alignment with Trump, citing his visit to Mar-a-Lago and votes for Trump nominees.
Critics, including Rep. Summer Lee and local leaders, accuse him of abandoning progressive values and failing to oppose Trump’s policies.
Some see his shift as a strategic move in a GOP-leaning state, but others compare him to former Arizona Senator Krysten Sinema’s alienation from her base.
Discontent among Democratic activists raises questions about a potential 2028 primary challenge.
$10 says Fettermsman swaps parties
Confirmation that brain damage results in becoming more conservative
He probably just lied the entire time
The other explanation is funnier tho
Primary his ass.
Actually, everyone who says they’re democrats and approves a trump nominee for anything should get their ass fucking primaried. and primaried hard. and the DNC should give their primary opponents all the help.
You’re right, but historically anytime someone primaries a Dem from the left the DNC will look to bury the challenger in favor of keeping the establishment figure in office. Sometimes we get an AOC, but usually it’s a Cuellar.
Only vaguely conscious of this guy from my nice safe seat abroad but IIRC he wasn’t exactly “establishment” in the first place? He can’t have that many friendly colleagues after basically completely changing his policies once in office. Never mind the reputed reason for that happening.
Well my comment was about how Pelosi helped defeat the progressive Jessica Cisneros in TX, by giving tons of DNC money to Henry Cuellar, a corporate shill. Both dems, but the DNC tipped the scales in favor of the neoliberal, to the detriment of democracy. All too often this is what happens in primaries where there is a challenger from the left. No worries though, that isn’t a race I would expect those from abroad to know anything about, just using it as an example.
The guy you’re talking about, Fetterman - actually I think he has been making moves to become more establishment, and has likely gained allies as a result. AIPAC is the Israeli lobby group that buys all of our politicians so that our government does whatever they want - I don’t think they even needed to give Fetterman any money though, he seems like a rabid Zionist from the start. This attitude signaled his departure from progressive politics - we saw the exact same thing with Kyrsten Sinema, who got into office as a “progressive leftist” but then immediately went mask-off right wing. Establishment/centrist politicians love people like Fetterman and Sinema because they can be used to kill any legislation that is “in danger” of passing, when it might result in things like higher taxes on the rich and corporations, or more stringent regulations to protect people that might cost businesses some money. This is a key factor regarding how corporations and other private interests have captured our government, such that we presently live in a corporate oligarchy.
Only vaguely conscious of this guy from my nice safe seat abroad but IIRC he wasn’t exactly “establishment” in the first place?
I think everyone should have been suspicious when party leadership didn’t sabotage his campaign.
2015 flashbacks, Frustrated Bernie Sanders face, smiling Hillary Clinton face…
Yes. Yes they should.
Sigh
Marco Rubio’s confirmation was unanimous so uh…guess we’re primarying all of Congress, lol
GRANTED
I’d primary him but I have no money, no political experience, and don’t want the job.
You already sound like a better choice than Fetterman!
You have 4 years to get the money and change your mind.
If I could get millions of dollars that quickly I’d buy a huge spread of land and divorce myself from society
Can’t be any worse than him
some states have recall elections
IMO every state, city, municipality, township, HOA etc should be required to have recall elections.
If a supermajority of people feel they are no longer represented by the current representative, then that should be enough to recall them. 3/4 of electorate signs a petition which gets verified, immediate recall election. Why should we always have to wait for the NEXT election.
It should also be automatic if a person changes party affiliation
Absolutely along with having to be reassigned committee roles
3/4 of electorate signs a petition which gets verified
Good luck getting 3/4 of any group of people to agree on anything. Even 2/3 would be a hard target to hit.
Thats a good thing though. It would keep it from being abused by a minority who are just grump maga bitch types. You would need a REAL consensus to recall someone should it be needed.
Hear hear
Andy fucking Kim, I’m looking at you. Fucking disappointment.
Fuck this guy
I remember when he was popular and I would point out that despite his hoodies and shorts, he’s not an every man, he’s not one of us. He’s a silver spoon nepo baby who never really cared, and was using his wardrobe as a distraction. I kept saying he shouldn’t be trusted and that the other shoe would drop, and I would get downvoted and banned for it
As a PAian who voted for him, I never liked his wardrobe. I actually hated it. Dress for the job you want bro. But the fact is I voted because of what he said, not how he looked. I voted for him because of what he seemed to represent ideologically, not because of his privilege. I was wrong and he had a stroke and I want him primaried.
I liked the hoodies because I don’t trust anybody in suits.
I also voted for him, mainly because he acted very progressive when he was the Lt. Governor and mayor of Braddock.
He was saying some agreeable things and got a lot of attention for it at the time. I’m not sure if he was hiding his real opinions back then or if they just got ignored. Ever since he got brain damage he’s been acting like a guy with, well, brain damage… It’s been obvious for a lot longer than his Mar a lago visit a month ago
His wife was, I’m sure, a huge influence on him and his work. Now that he’s gone MAGA she’s nowhere to be found.
I hope she’s okay. And that she primaries him.
That other shoe was a flip-flop
Literally a blue maga
Fetterman has changed so much.
I feel like maybe he hasn’t and we just prescribed things about him that were never real. He’s got a few progressive type positions (lgbt, legal weed), but beyond that I’m not sure he was ever the progressive we thought he was. We just cloaked him in things and he never disabused us of it until now where the rubber meets the road. I’m greatly disappointed, but the lesson for me is to look closer at people rather than “thinking” their beliefs align with my values.
He was also the progressive choice in the primary. His opponent was a centrist party hack.
He was a very vocal critic of Trump and a very vocal supporter of progressive causes and bills until he was elected. He was vocal about climate change, for instance.
We had no reason to believe otherwise until it was too late.
He definitely had this no BS progressive streak he amplified ahead of his election. He had a massive stroke, then turned increasingly conservative – seems to track. Alas, the cause doesn’t matter. He revealed his true colors.
Seems we were double-crossed yet again akin to Sinema.
It’s almost like brain damage makes people more reactionary. I wonder if there’s a lesson there.
I’d genuinely be interested in having a neuroscientist analyze his brain via mri / eeg.
An interesting study of self-identifying conservatives and liberals revealed conservatives had larger amygdalae and shrunken anterior cingulate cortices. This translated to greater fear and disgust responses and reduced empathy and pattern recognition.
Wonder what Putin has on him.
He’s just an asshole
