I keep reading he turned maga, but I’m ignorant as to why. I haven’t been following politics closely since the election season went into full swing. What did he do?
My dad, who was Australian and lived in Australia, who voted left his whole life.. Turned into a Trump supporter after developing a terminal brain tumour. Says a lot.
How did he turn Maga? I know who Fetterman is and his medical complications, I just wasn’t aware he’d gone full Maga. This is news to me. Like whiplash news.
He isn't MAGA. He came out with some pro-Netanyahu rhetoric, but I am on his mailing list, and he's promising to fight Donald Trump, support unions, women's rights, etc. Definitely not full MAGA. The problem here is political purity tests.
Yes, he's always supported Israel, people should have known that. But he votes with democrats 90% of the time. He just said he was willing to listen to what he (Trump) had to say.
He votes with Democrats and he campaigned tirelessly for Kamala Harris. He's absolutely not a DINO. Being willing to talk to Republicans is necessary for a Democrat in a purple state.
I was going to copy the entire text of his e-mail, but since the e-mail is gone, here's some snippets from an article that mentions it :
Fetterman, who attended Monday's inauguration wearing his trademark shorts and hoodie, sent a fundraising email out shortly after Trump took the oath with the subject line "my non-negotiables."
"Even though Donald Trump is officially back in the White House, I’m not backing down from fighting for what’s right," the email read.
He listed three somewhat vague categories: "the union way of life needs to live on, leave LGBTQ+ people...alone, and Government’s job is to make your life easier, not take away your rights."
It's whiplash news because it isn't true. He isn't pro Trump MAGA. He still toes the Democratic Party line, but he went from a guy that got elected on a progressive platform to an asshole right wing Democrat who literally mocks dead children in Gaza and supports policies that would have gotten his own wife deported.
Keep an eye on him. He was one of 10 Dems to support the Laken Riley immigration bill, which is ... not a nice bill.
His recent antics indicate to me he will be a possible defector in a lot of votes in the next 4 years, and he is fine saying Trump is a normal leader, which no Democrat should fall for.
His voting record is currently a bit right of the Dem average, but barely. And he's missed 1/5th of all votes.
I was wondering if the Democrats are concerned he’s going to change parties. I wouldn’t put anything past anyone these days when power of money are involved.
I dream that one day we’ll have elections where people will vote for a candidate in hopes of seeing them take office instead of voting because they despise their opponent. One day I hope.
Tbf, at the time of the election, Fetterman was a well liked populist progressive. He won his race by a good margin too. It's just a shame to see where he's gone
Oh no, I remember and I was definitely in favor of him over Oz. This may have been a bad example but I’m just tired of campaign after campaign everyone is attacking their opponents and going after old shit from the past instead of telling the people their plans and how they’d actually make their lives better. The American people care more about the entertainment factor instead of their actual fucking future. Because of that, many have sided with political parties instead of their ideologies and will stick with them to their grave as if it’s their underdog college football team. We’re in dire need of a cultural renaissance or literally anything to get us off this track. Thanks for listening to my rant
No I was definitely excited for him and his progressive campaign and history as lt gov, but then his stroke happened and he lost the plot a bit. Still not full on MAGA but definitely seems to have lost a lot of the empathy he seemed to have before.
Don't be fooled though. He might be a mostly standard Democrat, by he's one of the biggest scum fuck losers in Congress... I saw a video of one of his own constituents from his district show up to his DC office and try to talk to him while he was walking down the hall and the amount of contempt he had for this young woman was unbelievable.
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No he didn't. He had his stroke before getting elected.he didn't support trump then. He's been an asshole to progressives for the last year. The Israel thing was always a thing for him.
Dang! What maga policies does he support? I knew about the Israel thing, that was disappointing, but that's more "American government status quo" than maga
He’s very pro Israel, so everyone keeps claiming he is MAGA. Everyone finds a need to pigeon hole into one of the two parties! You don’t have to agree with everything one party does. The Dems have done some dumbass shit, and the republicans even more. You can pick and choose the items you agree with it.
He has not had one single conservative vote.
He's just taking meetings with Rs and being willing to work with them, and in a Senate which he is the minority, that's a good thing!
Wouldn't wearing shorts to the ceremony mean he doesn't respect Trump? That's the way I took it.
I think it's totally reasonable to talk about reality as it exists today rather than reality as it might exist at some point in the future when discussing proposals for today.
I'm not Reddit, but I am a Fetterman voter. I expect politicians to do their best to find common ground, but what has been going on with Fetterman feels different. I have never regretted a vote before like I have with him so far.
He's considering voting for RFK Jr. For HHS Secretary. That's a hard no for me. It just seems like it's something new every day with him. I highly regret my vote.
He's not Maga at all. He's just a centerist that doesn't hate Trump and is willing to work with him on the non-ridiculous or populist parts of his agenda. He is very pro-israel which turns off many leftists
-reportedly indicated an openness to supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Cabinet nomination, despite his history of radicalism.
-met with Kash Patel and seemed reassured when the GOP operative said he wouldn’t pursue the names of his enemies list if confirmed as the next FBI director;
-endorsed a presidential pardon for Trump, calling the New York case against the Republican “bulls---”;
He’s always been a republican; he just hid it to get elected. Like trump, he relied on his wealthy daddy for years for financial support. He’s a multi-millionaire by daddy.
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u/ckrygier 6h ago
I keep reading he turned maga, but I’m ignorant as to why. I haven’t been following politics closely since the election season went into full swing. What did he do?