Fetterman, Flashing a Sharper Edge, Keeps Picking Fights With the Left

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Fetterman, Flashing a Sharper Edge, Keeps Picking Fights With the Left
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What happened to Fettermen? Was it all a ploy?

Don't worry. He is our Susan Collins.

Despite all of his rhetoric, Mr. Fetterman so far has voted like a reliable Democratic foot soldier.

When everyone left of fascism is in a single party now, there’s bound to be some divisions in people’s actual beliefs within the D party. It’s unsurprising that some Democrats are going to be more moderate in some areas than others, this is what coalition government looks like, and is a healthy part of a working democracy.

It’d be better if we had ranked choice voting nationally, and could allow for smaller parties to win national seats. But short of that future, I don’t mind Fetterman voicing his thoughts and voting party line when it matters.

Dude is from a pretty purple constituency. Why are people surprised that he’s a mix of red and blue stances on things?

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He ran as a self proclaimed progressive only to land in the Senate and become a ghoulish genocide defender reminiscent of the ADL.

Not just that: people who campaigned for him were wary of the risk he might turn right once elected. So he went out early to really convince the leftist coalitions backing him he was legit and definitely not going to do exactly what he did.

He was always pro Israel. At no point did he act like he wasn't a Zionist, all his other policies he did claim were progressive

He's a silver spoon baby who tricked the working class that he was one of them by wearing Crocs and hoodies. I was calling him out and getting downvoted as a result since he was sworn in.

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