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ImNotGod

(820 posts)
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 12:18 PM Jun 23

So Fetterman went on Fox GOPTV and said " our party has been often wrong"

"and they were pushing for a ceasefire last year, and now Israel pushed through that and has broken Hamas and Hezbollah as well now, too." So, is he ok with genocide?

“There’s going to be a lot of people in my party who are going to disagree with the strike in Iran,” Fetterman said. “And I actually support that. I’ve always been calling for that thing. I think it was entirely appropriate. And again, there might be votes on that. So for me, that’s not a war. That was a very limited military exercise." So, US bombing another country isn't an act of war?

from a live Guardian feed

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/23/donald-trump-us-politics-maga-iran-israel-latest-news-live?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-685969078f08c5412c197841#block-685969078f08c5412c197841




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So Fetterman went on Fox GOPTV and said " our party has been often wrong" (Original Post) ImNotGod Jun 23 OP
So convenient that a stroke victim who looks like a bouncer is shitting on own party for the Republicans? Brainfodder Jun 23 #1
A despicable and false statement. dalton99a Jun 23 #2
Fetterman's parents are conservative Republicans AStern Jun 23 #3
So, was he a shill from the beginning. ananda Jun 23 #13
Seems like it. AStern Jun 23 #14
I think Lieberman actually was a good Democrat (not progressive) for years karynnj Jun 23 #19
At least three of those candidates were heralded as progressive, by progressives. W_HAMILTON Jun 23 #20
DINO ? republianmushroom Jun 23 #4
Projection. NewHendoLib Jun 23 #5
He will be replaced in 2028 Fiendish Thingy Jun 23 #6
McConnell sleeper cell. Irish_Dem Jun 23 #7
We certainly were wrong about him. Itchinjim Jun 23 #8
Speak for yourself I always thought he was a phony. SharonClark Jun 23 #15
Yeah MustLoveBeagles Jun 23 #17
Filling the Manchin/Sinema void I guess Bristlecone Jun 23 #9
"I've always been calling for that..." Grins Jun 23 #10
How many times have the Republicans been wrong, Senator (hopefully) One Term? Still Waters Jun 23 #11
New rule MurrayDelph Jun 23 #12
Accommodating for him Cha Jun 23 #16
Sounds like he Cha Jun 23 #18

Brainfodder

(7,468 posts)
1. So convenient that a stroke victim who looks like a bouncer is shitting on own party for the Republicans?
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 12:21 PM
Jun 23

He got the 400G thing going?

AStern

(434 posts)
3. Fetterman's parents are conservative Republicans
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 12:29 PM
Jun 23

He's just being himself. Too bad it wasn't as obvious earlier.

ananda

(32,431 posts)
13. So, was he a shill from the beginning.
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:02 PM
Jun 23

Pretending to be a Democrat to get elected
but intending to actually be a Republican?

AStern

(434 posts)
14. Seems like it.
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:08 PM
Jun 23

Ds need to do a better job vetting candidates. I am so sick of trolls like Fetterman, Lieberman, Gabbard, Sinema, etc... this seems to plague the party.

karynnj

(60,376 posts)
19. I think Lieberman actually was a good Democrat (not progressive) for years
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 08:34 PM
Jun 23

He was very good on environmental issues. The BIG change was the Iraq War and his feeling that Democrats should have supported him in 2004.
With Sinema, she may have been the most likely to win state wide.

W_HAMILTON

(9,238 posts)
20. At least three of those candidates were heralded as progressive, by progressives.
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 10:23 PM
Jun 23

PROGRESSIVES need to do better at vetting their candidates and supporting those that have an actual track record of progressive accomplishments rather than simply because they call themselves progressive and/or aren't deemed by them to be part of the dreaded """establishment."""

Grins

(8,542 posts)
10. "I've always been calling for that..."
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:27 PM
Jun 23

News to me, but I don’t live in Pennsylvania.

Anyone…?

Still Waters

(127 posts)
11. How many times have the Republicans been wrong, Senator (hopefully) One Term?
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:52 PM
Jun 23

Because I can't think of a time they have been right.

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