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.
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.
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.
Right, it would prevent abuse, but it probably would prevent legitimate action as well since even the world’s biggest asshole can get at least 25% of people to side with him.
Hear hear
Pelosi should be recalled.
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.
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
Marco Rubio’s confirmation was unanimous so uh…guess we’re primarying all of Congress, lol
GRANTED
Andy fucking Kim, I’m looking at you. Fucking disappointment.
Wait… what did Andy Kim do?
Pennsylvania moved far to the right in 2024. He’s probably just trying to keep his job. Primary him with an liberal and we’ll end up with a republican in PA. Same thing happened with Joe Manchin.
He’s the new manchin, all right. Right down to the same excuses for keeping him around.
Pennsylvania Democrats stayed home because the democrat they voted for betrayed them. Betraying them even harder is the only thing centrists are ever willing to do.
This is nothing like Joe Manchin. He was literally the only Democrat who could get elected to national office in this state. It was absolutely inevitable that he would be replaced by a Republican. West Virginia voted for Trump by a higher margin than any other state.
Take it from someone who lives in the capital. We have a Democrat for mayor, but that’s the extent of Democrat possibilities in this state. Only in our small cities for state or more local positions do they stand a chance.
The cities here are pretty decent. I love my state, but the people have forgotten our roots. From breaking with Virginia to side with the Union in the civil war, to some of the bloodiest labor rights battles in American history, by all rights this should be a left leaning state. The Southern Strategy was very effective for Republicans, and nowhere is that success more evident than West Virginia.
Pennsylvania is a completely different animal.
Confirmation that brain damage results in becoming more conservative
He probably just lied the entire time
The other explanation is funnier tho
Making it funny just helps him he is just another liar that needs to be voted out
These two things are not mutually exclusive. Let people have their silver linings where they can.
His history / record shows otherwise.
I honestly do not think he is smart enough to have pulled that off.
Brain damage makes you conservative.
Clear spoken. No stuttering. Not rushed. Perfect timing. That was the delivery of a professional.
OMG. Okay, fine. Were going to move on from that.
Each played their role but he couldn’t help cracking a smile
Clear spoken. No stuttering. Not rushed. Perfect timing. That was the delivery of a professional.
Basketball’s not even that popular in the UK, how are they so good at dunking on motherfuckers
It’s all the fucking lead. Conservatives straight up can’t feel empathy because of brain damage
$10 says Fettersman swaps parties
Fucking turn-coat
yup. this one hurts, because he seemed so fucking real when he got started…
This is directly out of the KGB Playbook… Insert your own people into the opposition under the guise of being the perfect opposition member, get elected, further the one true cause of dismantling the opposition.
I’m with you on that one. Felt like a gut punch…
Fuck this guy
Critics, including Rep. Summer Lee and local leaders, accuse him of abandoning progressive values and failing to oppose Trump’s policies.
It’s a damn shame the Constitution doesn’t allow for representative recalls. We really need to get rid of the fucking turncoat before he does any more damage siding with these Nazis.
Bout time. Hope they protest hard enough they force him to resign.
He is NOT a democrat.
He’ll never resign.
He’ll probably win reelection regardless unless the Dems actual primary him. Name recognition is insanely strong with voters.
That’s not fetterman, fetterman died.
Ah, the classic “politician discovers spine flexibility” story. Another one bites the dust in the grand theater of pretending principles matter until they don’t.
Remember when everyone was celebrating this guy as some sort of progressive champion? Now he’s doing the Mar-a-Lago shuffle like it’s totally normal. The speed at which these “representatives” switch scripts would give a quantum computer whiplash.
But hey, at least he’s honest about his betrayal instead of pretending to “reach across the aisle” while stabbing his base in the back. That’s progress, right?
That was great.
Literally a blue maga
cough, cough… assassin…cough, cough
