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John Fetterman has joined Truth Social and just posted (Original Post) obamanut2012 11 hrs ago OP
Ugh, we cannot have nice things in this country, can we? Initech 11 hrs ago #1
the actual TS post from Fetty Celerity 8 hrs ago #82
OMG Cirsium 8 hrs ago #87
Ugh. I won't go to Toilet Shithole. Initech 6 hrs ago #101
Wow. Just. Wow. AKwannabe 11 hrs ago #2
Seems a true DINO republianmushroom 11 hrs ago #3
Yep. He's done. Scrivener7 11 hrs ago #4
I never thought he would go this far. Passages 11 hrs ago #5
I had a hinky feeling about him when he was elected. LoisB 11 hrs ago #6
He fooled me. Passages 11 hrs ago #9
I think he saw the Pennsylvania senate election jimfields33 11 hrs ago #13
It's more than just a thought. Fetterman likes being in the Senate, he wants to hang on to the job. sop 9 hrs ago #54
He fooled a lot of people. I thought I was just being paranoid about him and that PA Dem voters knew him. I had LoisB 11 hrs ago #21
Weird guy. Passages 11 hrs ago #26
He always seemed problematic to me too. IrishAfricanAmerican 10 hrs ago #46
Same here Beckett 8 hrs ago #77
Yeah, I suspect he's looking to take... Think. Again. 8 hrs ago #88
Just what we don't need; another "pay attention to ME!" person. LoisB 8 hrs ago #89
I will not be voting for him berksdem 10 hrs ago #30
Such a disappointment when we can't afford another Sinema. Passages 8 hrs ago #86
that bastard rampartd 11 hrs ago #7
All these idiots (yes, including some of our own Congressmen) lobbying for Trump pardon... hlthe2b 11 hrs ago #8
The new manchin. Klarkashton 11 hrs ago #10
Manchin isn't on TS -- afraid more like Gabbard obamanut2012 11 hrs ago #15
Hoodie Gabbard tenderfoot 11 hrs ago #11
I BeerBarrelPolka 11 hrs ago #12
He's gone too far mvd 8 hrs ago #75
Yes BeerBarrelPolka 8 hrs ago #96
I voted for him bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #14
The whole a black kid is jogging through my neighborhood so I'm going to hold him at gunpoint until the cops get here. cyndensco 10 hrs ago #45
what? did he do that? nt orleans 9 hrs ago #70
2013. irisblue 8 hrs ago #79
That incident probably helped him with Republican voters. sop 8 hrs ago #91
Thanks for the response. cyndensco 6 hrs ago #102
I really think he completely changed after his stroke drray23 11 hrs ago #16
Yeah, it's scummy to change your positions you got elected on SunImp 11 hrs ago #20
It should be illegal and should immediately trigger a new election Fullduplexxx 10 hrs ago #35
Chasing an innocent black kid with a shotgun should have been a warning maybe. Hassin Bin Sober 11 hrs ago #23
Uh no. What does Putin have on Fetterman, mzmolly 11 hrs ago #17
Like Sinema, Fetterman can make a sharp turn without blinking an eye dalton99a 11 hrs ago #18
Best thing is, you can score a cushy K Street job if you can't get re-elected. CrispyQ 9 hrs ago #57
Shocked I tell you! DronePilot 11 hrs ago #19
He's basically a shallow, attention-seeking narcissist like Sinema dalton99a 11 hrs ago #24
Trump has a decent chance of having the case tossed and erasing the felonies... WarGamer 11 hrs ago #22
What do you imagine the grounds to be? dpibel 10 hrs ago #33
Merchan has commented on this... WarGamer 9 hrs ago #68
So the fix was in from the start, and this confirms it.... Blue_Tires 5 hrs ago #107
Because you're not a multimillionaire or a billionaire n/t Just_Vote_Dem 5 hrs ago #112
Merchan said earlier...what? dpibel 3 hrs ago #113
Is Fetterman okay with trmp's nominees? spanone 11 hrs ago #25
Lol SunImp 10 hrs ago #31
Disgusting. Bluethroughu 11 hrs ago #27
WTAF?! CousinIT 10 hrs ago #28
Here is Fetterman's first Truth post........... riversedge 10 hrs ago #29
Son of a bitch. choie 9 hrs ago #65
Blumenthal on Eloon - another "WTAF?" CousinIT 10 hrs ago #32
These BeerBarrelPolka 10 hrs ago #34
Elected Democrats have stopped caring tishaLA 9 hrs ago #51
Wow. I gotta say this kind of surprises me & doesn't give me hope that party leaders are going to hold the line. CrispyQ 9 hrs ago #59
That is another full embrace of MAGA Cirsium 8 hrs ago #95
I'm telling y'all... Nobody is coming to save us. Blue_Tires 5 hrs ago #108
He's the new Manchin and Sinema. I won't be surprise when he switches parties. brush 10 hrs ago #36
I'm not truth social so... Omnipresent 10 hrs ago #37
He's going to become a Republican Bettie 10 hrs ago #38
I am thinking that, too obamanut2012 9 hrs ago #58
He's not that fucking stupid Blue_Tires 5 hrs ago #110
Wow. Quiet Em 10 hrs ago #39
I unsubscribed from his emails Gore1FL 10 hrs ago #40
No he won't. Pisces 10 hrs ago #41
Post removed Post removed 10 hrs ago #42
could it be? et tu 10 hrs ago #43
He has always been a brain-damaged asshole ... Tarzanrock 10 hrs ago #44
He's had another stroke, hasn't he? That or he's a DINO who'll flip to Republican MMW NotHardly 9 hrs ago #63
The new Manchin IzzaNuDay 8 hrs ago #74
Very astute of you! Because... littlemissmartypants 7 hrs ago #98
Wow! Why?! Why in Cha 9 hrs ago #47
Who would have thunk it angrychair 9 hrs ago #48
WHAAAT ⁉️ live love laugh 9 hrs ago #49
And to think, a couple of months ago... Xolodno 9 hrs ago #50
Does he want to be new Joe Manchin? sanevoiceus 9 hrs ago #52
He can always blame it on brain worms. nt yaesu 9 hrs ago #53
Very disappointing. highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #55
The day I saw this doofus Henry203 9 hrs ago #56
This dude always raised my spidey senses... Joinfortmill 9 hrs ago #60
what kinda earworm barbtries 9 hrs ago #61
Considering he advocated for a pardon for trump choie 9 hrs ago #62
Ugh, how could I have liked him previously? He's obviously not on our side anymore. lark 9 hrs ago #64
PS what's Fetterman's Cha 9 hrs ago #66
It is touchy, but, is he right? QUOTE inside. Festivito 9 hrs ago #67
Hunter Biden is not a politician. Think. Again. 8 hrs ago #92
No, he is not correct Blue_Tires 5 hrs ago #109
Well, thanks for making that clear, John. malthaussen 9 hrs ago #69
What a dick. I really tried to like the guy Evolve Dammit 9 hrs ago #71
sounds like he's scared and trying to suck up to any republican that'll have him. shame shame shame nt orleans 9 hrs ago #72
Yes, during the build up to the election when he talked about his constituents TBF 8 hrs ago #73
As a side note, "Kamala HQ" is a Harris TS account BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #76
I thought he had screw lose long ago. nt doc03 8 hrs ago #78
And just yesterday, I was supposed to fall down at his feet because he called someone Prairie Gates 8 hrs ago #80
Who among us does not think the man has issues? Sneederbunk 8 hrs ago #81
I was furious when he said that Butterflylady 8 hrs ago #83
AND he's meeting with HEGSETH tomorrow!! AloeVera 8 hrs ago #84
Being a rep from PA is a tricky job. SleeplessinSoCal 8 hrs ago #85
No comment ThePartyThatListens 8 hrs ago #90
What is that supposed to mean obamanut2012 6 hrs ago #100
Hecs comparing trump's cases to Hunter's cases... Think. Again. 8 hrs ago #93
John Fetterman is the new Manchin Nigrum Cattus 8 hrs ago #94
disgusting. themaguffin 7 hrs ago #97
The countdown begins for Fetterman becoming an "independent" Hassler 6 hrs ago #99
"why I left the left" grift imminent. Oneironaut 6 hrs ago #103
I was just saying yesterday Dave says 5 hrs ago #104
He never struck me as a person stillcool 5 hrs ago #105
Like I said in the other thread Blue_Tires 5 hrs ago #106
He's the new Manchin and I'm not bit surprised nini 5 hrs ago #111
who radicalized him? ecstatic 1 hr ago #114

Cirsium

(1,020 posts)
87. OMG
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:23 PM
8 hrs ago

That is pure MAGA, including the "Willie Horton" trick of using a gratuitous picture of Bragg in the post. This, from a Democratic senator??? WTAF???

Passages

(1,311 posts)
9. He fooled me.
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:30 PM
11 hrs ago

He made this transition before the inauguration too. I am truly worried now about how votes will go in the Senate.

sop

(11,393 posts)
54. It's more than just a thought. Fetterman likes being in the Senate, he wants to hang on to the job.
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:04 PM
9 hrs ago

LoisB

(8,865 posts)
21. He fooled a lot of people. I thought I was just being paranoid about him and that PA Dem voters knew him. I had
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:41 PM
11 hrs ago

hoped he would be one of the movers and shakers in D.C. Great disappointment.

Beckett

(11 posts)
77. Same here
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:02 PM
8 hrs ago

I think he's been drifting for awhile now and I wonder if he's going to be the new Manchin/Sinema or if he's defecting.

rampartd

(637 posts)
7. that bastard
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:28 PM
11 hrs ago

i hope he understands that if he is not 100% maga he is a one term senator

my own dipshit cassidy already has a maga loon announcing to primary him in 2026

hlthe2b

(106,571 posts)
8. All these idiots (yes, including some of our own Congressmen) lobbying for Trump pardon...
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:29 PM
11 hrs ago

His Federal charges are on indefinite hold and Pres. Biden has zero ability to pardon for state charges, including the 32 felonies for which he has not been sentenced. So, what is the point beyond posturing to MAGA?

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,406 posts)
12. I
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:32 PM
11 hrs ago

I wrote this before and I'll write it again, FUCK anybody that supports trump and won't fight him. I hope Fetterman gets his ass stomped.

mvd

(65,515 posts)
75. He's gone too far
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:57 PM
8 hrs ago

Need to primary him. I really thought he’d fight for us. I’ll vote for him if he’s the nominee (unless he switches parties).

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,406 posts)
96. Yes
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:43 PM
8 hrs ago

Way too far. All of them that refuse to fight against trump. Many gave their life for this country to fight our enemies. None have been greater enemies against the USA than trump. Yet, some of these so-called Dems haven't the courage to blow their own nose. But they sure do love to toot their own horn.

bucolic_frolic

(47,309 posts)
14. I voted for him
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:33 PM
11 hrs ago

I never believed him. The whole no suit, non-conformity thing. I guess he goes against convention at every turn. And yet again.

cyndensco

(1,727 posts)
45. The whole a black kid is jogging through my neighborhood so I'm going to hold him at gunpoint until the cops get here.
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 02:47 PM
10 hrs ago

drray23

(7,995 posts)
16. I really think he completely changed after his stroke
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:35 PM
11 hrs ago

He became meaner, ruder and started espousing positions contrary to the main democratic platform he once supported and got elected on.

SunImp

(2,359 posts)
20. Yeah, it's scummy to change your positions you got elected on
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:39 PM
11 hrs ago

Not much different than the recent wave of Dems switching parties

DronePilot

(12 posts)
19. Shocked I tell you!
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:38 PM
11 hrs ago

As if the “dress code” and bad facial hair hasn’t screamed MAGA from the outset.

Have always disliked him- another blowhard.

WarGamer

(15,621 posts)
22. Trump has a decent chance of having the case tossed and erasing the felonies...
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 01:41 PM
11 hrs ago

I don't know if he'd WANT the pardon.

Merchan is considering that motion right now...

The case gets tossed and Trump is no longer a convicted felon.

dpibel

(3,393 posts)
33. What do you imagine the grounds to be?
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 02:10 PM
10 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:28 PM - Edit history (1)

It's a state case, so the DOJ can't do anything with it.

Some of the counts were committed before he gained the position of king can do no wrong. The ones that were committed while he was sitting on the throne would assuredly test whether there is anything a king can do that is not official duty (Roberts, J., "It is clear from the history of the Constitution that the framers would have considered reimbursement of hush money payments to be well within the ambit of the duties of the office, even if not precisely within the core duties&quot .

In the normal world, a dismissal N.O.V. happens when there is clearly a lack of evidence to support the jury's verdict. That's a pretty hard sell on this one.

As far as I can see, the only reason you might believe he has a decent chance of dismissal is because his lawyers say so, and even filed a motion saying that!

Obviously, in these troubled times, any prediction is subject to the looniest outcome. Even so, Merchan has not thus far taken kindly to the Trump team's shenanigans.

What's more, the Supremes just denied a whine from the Trump gang asking that he be allowed to badmouth everyone involved in the case. So they're not down with the idea that Merchan has fucked it all up.

WarGamer

(15,621 posts)
68. Merchan has commented on this...
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:37 PM
9 hrs ago

Some of the evidence admitted at the trial is covered under Immunity Decision... the prosecution argues it's immaterial and they would have won anyways... Trump argues it torpedoed the case.

Merchan said earlier...

Sentencing delayed if still appropriate after considering the motion to dismiss.

Blue_Tires

(56,230 posts)
107. So the fix was in from the start, and this confirms it....
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 07:24 PM
5 hrs ago

If there's no such thing as a rule of law anymore, why the hell am I obeying it?

dpibel

(3,393 posts)
113. Merchan said earlier...what?
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 09:35 PM
3 hrs ago

Can you point me to the settled fact that "some of the evidence admitted at trial is covered under Immunity Decision."?

I've spent a fair bit of time searching, and I can't find where Justice Merchan said that, or even where he said "..."

I believe Merchan said that he was open to examining whether the Supremes gave Trump an unlimited Get Out of Jail Free card.

And for sure, Trump's incoming WH counsel has said that.

But there remain two things:

1. What part of the hush money case is covered by the Supreme's immunity decision? and

2. If some of the evidence was inadmissible, was its admission harmless error?

I'm happy to read what Merchan said earlier...

Just be so kind as to give me a link.

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,406 posts)
34. These
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 02:15 PM
10 hrs ago

These people simply are not Democrats. It's beyond absurd at this point. There's no way they could have gotten this far being that stupid. It's bordering on complicity in my mind.

tishaLA

(14,343 posts)
51. Elected Democrats have stopped caring
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:00 PM
9 hrs ago

About their party's activist base -- while repub elected officials are completely subservient to their party's. Our folks used to at least pay lip service to our concerns, since at least the BLM movement forward they've just given up. And I'm sure part of the reason now is that the repub party has been sold to a revolting billionaire who isn't afraid to spend millions of dollars to defeat anyone who crosses him.

CrispyQ

(38,445 posts)
59. Wow. I gotta say this kind of surprises me & doesn't give me hope that party leaders are going to hold the line.
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:12 PM
9 hrs ago

In two years they will be asking us for money & votes.

brush

(57,939 posts)
36. He's the new Manchin and Sinema. I won't be surprise when he switches parties.
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 02:20 PM
10 hrs ago

What an a-hole. He's currying favor with trump and the winning side.

Blue_Tires

(56,230 posts)
110. He's not that fucking stupid
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 07:27 PM
5 hrs ago

He'll turn Independent and be a cosplay Trumper until the GOP replaces him with a REAL Trumper in 2028

Response to obamanut2012 (Original post)

Tarzanrock

(467 posts)
44. He has always been a brain-damaged asshole ...
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 02:47 PM
10 hrs ago

Maybe the new "education" secretary will let him wrestle on the WWE? What a fucking clown! Just one more for the Republican Nazi Party circus.

littlemissmartypants

(25,711 posts)
98. Very astute of you! Because...
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 05:02 PM
7 hrs ago

Once you've had one stroke your risk for another increases exponentially. He could be having multiple mini-strokes, ischemic events, cerebral infarcts, brain bleeding and not even know it until........ BAM!! Total personality change!

I would love to get my hands on his medical records. I know I could get to the crux of the matter quickly. Years of training and experience. My boss used to call me "a finely tuned instrument" because of my diagnostic skills with our neuro patients.

They are all mostly DINOs to me now. Until proven otherwise. I consider this last election as a giant reset and until folks start proving what they will and won't stand and fight for they're all suss. But then I'm a victim of the Tim Moore mistress Trish Coleman defection.

My jury is way out right now. It's a gestalt view for me for a while. Time will tell.

❤️


angrychair

(9,811 posts)
48. Who would have thunk it
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 02:52 PM
9 hrs ago

A guy that grabbed a shotgun and chased an innocent black man down the street is now signing up on a Nazi website to advocate for a pardon for a racist rapist and pedophile.
Gosh, I wonder why we lost Pennsylvania??? It's a mystery.

Xolodno

(6,737 posts)
50. And to think, a couple of months ago...
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 02:59 PM
9 hrs ago

...people were saying Gavin Newsom was too far left to be a serious contender for the Oval Office and Fetterman would be a better choice.

I love the smell of people eating crow in the morning.

barbtries

(29,914 posts)
61. what kinda earworm
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:15 PM
9 hrs ago

is causing this shit?!

pardon that fuck? NEVER. History will not be kind to President Biden if he was to do that.

Cha

(305,693 posts)
66. PS what's Fetterman's
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:26 PM
9 hrs ago

Take on TSF gutting SS & health care for the sake of Putin and the Billionaires?

Festivito

(13,563 posts)
67. It is touchy, but, is he right? QUOTE inside.
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:32 PM
9 hrs ago

Fetterman does not explain that illegal use of campaign funds is not always charged, but, it often is not. Which might be Fetterman's point.

John Fetterman
@JohnFetterman

My first truth 👇

The Trump hush money and Hunter Biden cases were both bullshit, and pardons are appropriate.

Weaponizing the judiciary for blatant, partisan gain diminishes the collective faith in our institutions and sows further division.

orleans

(35,129 posts)
72. sounds like he's scared and trying to suck up to any republican that'll have him. shame shame shame nt
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:50 PM
9 hrs ago

TBF

(34,550 posts)
73. Yes, during the build up to the election when he talked about his constituents
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:51 PM
8 hrs ago

favoring Trump you could see this coming.

Probably thinks he needs to be republican to win reelection, so he will flip.

BumRushDaShow

(143,427 posts)
76. As a side note, "Kamala HQ" is a Harris TS account
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:01 PM
8 hrs ago

and it was used to troll them.

https://truthsocial.com/@KamalaHQ

Fetterman ran as a "populist" (liberal), "populist" meaning "often loud and strongly opinionated" and also "anti-establishment" with respect to some policy positions - his early focus had been for legalizing recreational marijuana here in PA and recognizing LGBTQ+ people (e.g., hanging a Pride flag outside of his office on the balcony at the PA State Capitol building and replacing it whenever it was removed by the Capitol authorities).

Recall his "breaking" the dress code in the Senate with wearing shorts on the floor.

Prairie Gates

(3,413 posts)
80. And just yesterday, I was supposed to fall down at his feet because he called someone
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:04 PM
8 hrs ago

an asshole.

Oh well, tra la.

Butterflylady

(4,007 posts)
83. I was furious when he said that
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:11 PM
8 hrs ago

Kamala wasn't doing what needed to be done in PA because dump is very popular here as much as he was last time. I emailed him and said that he wasn't helping kamala, he was doing more harm to her campaign.

Since he really doesn't like his job in the senate, he really should resign.



AloeVera

(1,982 posts)
84. AND he's meeting with HEGSETH tomorrow!!
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:13 PM
8 hrs ago

WTAF?

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/11/congress/fetterman-to-meet-hegseth-00193796

Then again, he's been all in on the Gaza genocide, the staunchest defender of Israel's slaughter. So am I surprised? Not at all.

Really, who IS this guy?

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,712 posts)
85. Being a rep from PA is a tricky job.
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:22 PM
8 hrs ago

I recall Arlen Spector trying to walk that line unsuccessfully. There is always someone further to the right.

Think. Again.

(18,574 posts)
93. Hecs comparing trump's cases to Hunter's cases...
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:36 PM
8 hrs ago

...saying they are both political B.S.

Mr. fetterman, Hunter Biden is not a politician.

Nigrum Cattus

(190 posts)
94. John Fetterman is the new Manchin
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 04:38 PM
8 hrs ago

Over the top pathetic. Part of the reason we are where
we are is because of Nixon's pardon. His new nickname
will be Scarecrow (wizard of Oz)

stillcool

(32,803 posts)
105. He never struck me as a person
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 07:18 PM
5 hrs ago

with a lot of backing or influence, but he got there somehow, and now seems to be paying his dues

Blue_Tires

(56,230 posts)
106. Like I said in the other thread
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 07:23 PM
5 hrs ago

I never trusted that motherfucker from the beginning... Now he's going to whore himself out at the altar of Trumpism.

ecstatic

(34,462 posts)
114. who radicalized him?
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 11:21 PM
1 hr ago

That's why we need to elect smart people going forward. No more newbie blank slates who are easily influenced by disinformation.

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