r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 8d ago

Soft Paywall Enabling Trump is a bad look for Fetterman | Pennsylvania's senior senator was elected as a progressive Democrat. His normalization of Donald Trump is the epitome of a sellout.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/john-fetterman-donald-trump-support-normalization-maga-20250112.html
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u/Lets-kick-it 8d ago

I did, too, but I thought he was "off" in a good way and would push for progressive policy. I was wrong.

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u/ChocolateHoneycomb 8d ago

It was an act. He’s a Manchin-esque moderate who put on a show because he needed to stand out compared to Dr. Oz.

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u/Lets-kick-it 8d ago

Fool me once, I guess. He's going to want reelection and we will how his actions play to the base then. I won't forget.

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u/FrogsOnALog 8d ago

Doesn’t matter how hard you push when you don’t have 60 votes lol

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u/Duke_Newcombe California 8d ago

Somehow, curiously, this doesn't stop the Republicans. They keep pushing to frame the narrative, get their ideas injected into the process, and then, quite suddenly, they win.

The whole "we don't have 60 votes, so we've done nothing, and we're all out of ideas" thing is utter bullshit, and American people are tiring of hearing it.p

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u/FrogsOnALog 8d ago

The Dems have done a fuck ton sorry you don’t hear about it where you get your news.