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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,135 posts) Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:27 PM Mar 29

John Fetterman's political shift draws ire of Pennsylvania Democrats [View all]

Throughout his 2022 campaign for U.S. Senate, John Fetterman often took to social media to needle the few centrist Senate Democrats with histories of breaking party ranks.

Then Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, Fetterman cast himself as the anti-Joe Manchin and anti-Kyrsten Sinema candidate who would give Democrats a reliable 51st vote in the Senate.

The oversize, tattooed, hoodie-and-shorts-wearing Fetterman overcame Dr. Mehmet Oz's celebrity status and his near-fatal stroke to become the only Democrat to flip a GOP Senate seat during that cycle.

Fast forward four years, and the former Braddock mayor finds himself playing the part he once deplored.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/john-fettermans-political-shift-draws-114431920.html

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John Fetterman's political shift draws ire of Pennsylvania Democrats [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 29 OP

Good article. sop Mar 29 #1

I CERTAINLY hope so, sop! some_of_us_are_sane Mar 29 #5

Not your fault you believed him.. he was Cha Mar 29 #10

Thanks, Cha some_of_us_are_sane Mar 29 #12

Perhaps... I just read his wife is Cha Mar 29 #14

this traitor DoBW Mar 29 #2

I've wondered about his wife's response to his new political viewpoints and here: hlthe2b Mar 29 #3

People trying to shame voters for voting for Fetterman are UNHINGED SunImp Mar 29 #21

I shame NO ONE for past votes for him. Hell I was among those who contributed to his campaign hlthe2b Mar 29 #24

Wasn't shaming you & I even recd your post SunImp Mar 30 #26

Okay... hlthe2b Mar 30 #28

No one is shaming anyone r�is�n_dubh Mar 29 #25

I hope he has enough sense to realize buzzycrumbhunger Mar 29 #4

Then another 2+ years would be wasted with his awful voting record becoming even worse FakeNoose Mar 29 #18

Better yet! buzzycrumbhunger Mar 29 #23

It's time to primary Fetterman! Unrepentant Fenian Mar 29 #6

His term isn't up until 2028 FakeNoose Mar 29 #17

Why do the Dems always get trolled by imposters? Why aren't there GOPers that run ultra-con but vote left/progressive? AStern Mar 29 #7

They aren't all imposters. mr715 Mar 29 #9

Maybe because the great and the good long displacedvermoter Mar 29 #11

Because the GOP has an X-factor - Fox News. Initech Mar 29 #16

Will he pull a Zell Miller and speak at the 2028 GOP oasis Mar 29 #20

Honestly, I could totally see it happening. Initech Mar 30 #27

Fetterman's "Shift" into HELL. Cha Mar 29 #8

I wish Maine Democrats would heed this warning mcar Mar 29 #13

Seriously. His vote to confirm Mullin was political back stabbing. Initech Mar 29 #15

What are the odds of a second, far more serious, stroke? niyad Mar 29 #19

Ire ....? I'd say red-hot mad ! Bread and Circuses Mar 29 #22

unfortunately, there were red flags. Not sure how much of a "shift" it was as more of themaguffin Mar 30 #29