During his appearance on "Real Time," Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., spoke about his political evolution and how progressivism left him after the events of Oct. 7.
  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    365·
    7 months ago

    Being elected gave him the freedom to shout “suckers!” and sprint to the right.

    He’s just doing what Democrats do.

  • emberpunk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    22·
    7 months ago

    I don’t really know anything about this guy, but i highly doubt he was even ‘progressive’ in the first place? What exactly did he do before, just say nice things, hence being ‘progressive’? Whatever.

    • aleph@lemm.eeEnglish
      345·
      7 months ago

      He was (and still is to a certain extent) fairly progressive for a US politician. A look at his campaign issues page shows that he is pro LGBTQ rights, pro worker’s rights, pro gun control, pro Medicare, and so on.

      It’s really his outspoken and unequivocal support for Israel that has soured a lot of people on the Left.

      • emberpunk@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        OK then it is strange he’s going around saying he has been freed from progressivism.

        Do centrist democrats talk like this?

        • delirious_owl
          42·
          7 months ago

          What’s a centrist Democrat? All US Democrats are right of center.

  • nerdschleife@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    7 months ago

    Wait what did I miss? I thought Fetterman was supposed to be one of the good ones

    (I’m not American)

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
      451·
      7 months ago

      The guy had a stroke and he hasn’t been the same since. He’s been doing and saying things that alienate his base (disavowing progressivism, being a cheerleader for Israel, etc.)

        • theilleist@lemmy.ml
          2·
          7 months ago

          You mean like in cartoons, if one hit to the head with a frying pan makes you lose your memories, another hit will make them come back?

  • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    7 months ago

    Can’t wait to be told that he is absolutely the best possible person for the job, and that it is absurd to even think about not voting for him despite his stated views. US Democracy is so cool and great.

  • Don Escobar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    7 months ago

    When the onion said he “respecced” they were not joking lol this man took a 180 turn. Everything he ran on and got him elected went out the window.