Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.
Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
As the meeting deteriorated, a staff member moved to end it and ushered the visitors into the hallway, where she broke down crying. The staffer was comforted by the teachers who were themselves rattled by Fetterman’s behavior, according to a second person who was briefed separately on the meeting.
Here’s the AP story. Can we please avoid huffpo where possible?
Sad to see
They need to stop calling him a Democrat. He’s not one.
They need to keep calling him a democrat. He lied about being a progressive to get into office and then made a hard right turn. The only thing more emblematic of the democratic party is blaming the left when pandering to the right fails.
That cock ain’t one of us
Fetterman expects unions to be there for his personal benefit.
Not fit for office
Surely the state has a law on the books for this. The states version of the 25thLolol nope the Senate must expel him with a 2/3 vote. JFC that’s messy
Nope. The Senate can vote to expel him but that’s only happened 15 times in the last 230-odd years and 14 of those were during the civil war.
The Senate refused to even expel that one Senator who was found guilty of bribery. Already forgot his name. They’ll never expel their own.
John needs the health insurance and his policy is what every single resident in the USA should have. He does not give a shit about the common people. Find another Democrat and toss him out.
You go turncoat you gotta accept the stoning
Gee John, I wonder? Maybe voting for maga clowns isn’t what the people voted you into office for.
Well at least he’s got enough brain cells left to realize he’s loathed now. Thats not much but its something.
Wasn’t this guy reddits favourite politician some years ago?
Not even close. That was the propaganda of the dem party trying to get him elected. Half the posts on the net are propaganda from some group or another trying to build a narrative, since that’s apparently the only way people can make sense of the world anymore. And here we are years later repeating the same fucking story because the propaganda affects both the supporters AND detractors.
I mean he was running against Dr. Oz. Didn’t take much to cheer for him. He also had some progressive stances at the time. Which he seems to have all but forgotten.
some people said it wouldve been better if oz was the senator, now that he is with medicare medicaid, he can do much more damage.
Yeah. He was clapping back at trump and the republicans a lot which helped boost him to run. Pretty popular. Then he got elected and suddenly started aligning with the republicans on some issues. The consensus since then (at least on Lemmy) is that brain damage causes conservatism.
Seems to cause loss of emotional control at least
before his brain damage? yes, that’s him.
Pennsylvania favorite. some people knew he was a scumbag before being elected.
Raises alarms? It sounds like he had a mental breakdown and caused his staffers to as well.
Yeah, like the alarms from the proximity sensors on his front bumper when he rear ended that person at “well over 70 mph”.
Can I get a summary of things he’s done to be hated?
Don’t know the complete history but he’s a huge Israel supporter.
Ran as progressive, firmly supports the Palestinian genocide and not in a centrist hand-wringing way, a Schumer “God gave it to us/them” way, confirmed a bunch of Trump picks for no reason, said a bunch of centrist bullshit in general.
Generally speaking, however, he’s voted along party lines when it counts and it’s not like he tiebroke anything.
Generally speaking, however, he’s voted along party lines when it counts and it’s not like he tiebroke anything.
This is why the DNC will fight to keep him exactly where he is. Just watch. In 3 years they will be funding his campaign against anyone who dares to challenge him in the primary.
basically just a manchin, only when it dint affect his personal motives.
You sure can. I’d recommend you use google or chatgpt for that though. Thatd work much better than asking for what are essentially opinions from an anonymous chat room.
Yes of course. I’d hate to use a chatroom room to chat
thats the spirit.
He needs help
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Bets on how long before this dude records a collab track with Kanye?
