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.
I reckon I like me some fried taters, mmmm hmmm
Bets on how long before this dude records a collab track with Kanye?
“WHY is everybody MAD at me people HATE me WHAT did i EVER do to YOU” idk man maybe bc ur whining like a child because people disagree with you
All he has to do to get them off his back is to resign. He’s not being forced to stay in a job that makes both him and his constituents miserable.
questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do”
Oh come the fuck on, you know exactly why.
stroke+ falling in with the right wing crowd isnt doing him any favors. there are many celebrities that had strokes and became looney right wing christians.
Yeah, brain damage and right-wing thinking are heavily intertwined
Apparently brain damage and fascism correlate.
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
I think that stroke might have killed more brain cells than we originally thought. Almost as many as that brain worm.
the brainworms is just keeping rfk jr conscience.
I think this is an insensitive thing to post. I fear it might be true. A more active fear center (even just relative to other brain functions) might explain not only the policy shifts, but also this outburst.
I hope he can get that care he needs (if any). I don’t think his actions (so far) as impeachable, so we’ll just have to wait until he’s served the rest of his term before the people of his great state can replace him.
Insensitive? Fuck that. No district should have to put up with a turncoat no matter what caused it. He doesn’t get a pass for getting so brain damaged he couldn’t think anymore. If anything, that’s an exact reason to impeach.
I hope you never have to experience a life-changing health event.
As far as I know, there’s intentionally no recall procedure for federal offices. So, the system is designed so that districts do put up with turncoats. I would be open to changing that, but I’m not interested in championing such a change.
And I’m not interested in championing further discussion with you, thx.
No district should have to put up with a turncoat no matter what caused it.
Fetterman isn’t a turncoat. He does exactly what party leadership wants.
Sad to see
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.
Well at least he’s got enough brain cells left to realize he’s loathed now. Thats not much but its something.
You go turncoat you gotta accept the stoning
Wasn’t this guy reddits favourite politician some years ago?
Pennsylvania favorite. some people knew he was a scumbag before being elected.
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.
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.
before his brain damage? yes, that’s him.
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
Can I get a summary of things he’s done to be hated?
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.
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.
Probably the immediate about-face he took on every single stance he had prior to his stroke…
People tend to get mad when you campaign on helping people then turn into a fascist supporter
Probably the immediate about-face he took on every single stance he had prior to his stroke…
Prior to his election. Stop blaming the stroke for a democrat acting like a democrat.
No, no, no. He was a piece of shit before he got elected he just hid it better before the stroke.
Dude acted cool. Then he has a serious medical issue. Suddenly he chooses to quit giving a shit because he saw his death and chose to be selfish and unappreciative of life. I’m glad I didn’t do that when I nearly died.
Getting brain damage and becoming conservative is quite the statement though.
I didn’t make that statement.
I think the point is that Fetterman did
