Fetterman: "ICE agents are just doing their job"

[RandySF]

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@DefiantLs
Sen. Fetterman: "ICE agents are just doing their job, and I fully support that... People in my party might... treat them as criminals... That's inappropriate and outrageous."

We had a good choice in Conner Lamb but we followed bad advice. Lesson learned: Do your own vetting.

[Sector 001]

1. This is from a man who is

Incapable of doing his own job.

[Klarkashton]

2. He sort of looks like an ice agent

[allegorical oracle]

46. Hate to judge anyone by appearance, but confess that when I first saw him running

for office, I thought, "He looks thuggish...not like your normal politician." But he proved me wrong, initially. He was engaging and seemed pretty sharp. Of course, he had that physical/mental breakdown, which was terrible.

Still, now I'm wondering if he was an "infiltrator" all along.

[Blues Heron]

3. Strokes are so cruel, they rob your brain of entire regions of thought.

[Botany]

15. From a man who along with his wife devoted his life to being good to this?

You are right the stroke has robbed him of himself. Remember you are no longer talking to
John Fetterman but to the disease.

[LuvLoogie]

4. He'll vote with the GOPs.

He'll switch parties if he gets reelected and it means keeping the GOPs in control.

[Blue Owl]

5. Hey Fetterman... GO FUCK YOURSELF

[Trueblue1968]

13. I agree with what you posred

[Cha]

17. Yeah, and while he's at it...

quit Slinging Nazi Wing Bullshit up there on your Pompous ass pedestal... 'cause you ain't fooling no one.

" ICE doing their job'" what kind of Idiot says that?:gr:

[GoCubsGo]

32. The kind who thinks the leopard won't eat his face.

He'd better hope they don't find out how his wife got into this country...

[JokeHer]

40. It would be a shame

If he crossed paths with a leopard

[sop]

33. I agree with your post.

[flvegan]

6. Someone check his recent securities trades and his latest net worth. n/t

[RockRaven]

7. 3 more years before PA voters can do something about this fount of bilious nonsense.

Sigh.....

[Joinfortmill]

8. Fuck Fetterman. Never liked him. Never

[SunImp]

9. What about these moderate dem switches?

Senator Maria Alvarado Gil California state senator
Hillary Cassel Florida house rep
Susan Valdez Florida house rep
Mike McDonalle Nebraska state senator
Trisha Cotham North Carolina state rep

Bad advice too I guess

[aeromanKC]

10. Fetterman will be a one termer, but just hope he stays in the Dem caucus.

The gavel might depend on it. He'll be bigly courted to flip after November and Dems take the Senate.

[Solly Mack]

11. OK. Ice agents are just doing their job which is kidnapping and terrorizing and murdering people.

[vanessa_ca]

12. Ah, there's that big tent -eom

[Cha]

14. Hey Fetterman... ICE's "job is to Kill & Main American

citizens? Are you Fucking with us right now

AOC was saying good things about Conor Lamb, too.. and this was awhile ago.

[RazorbackExpat]

16. Meanwhile, Philly is telling ICE

"Don't fuck with us!"

[C_U_L8R]

18. Immigration agents don't need guns

Disarm and defund.

[Mister Ed]

19. Fetterman presents quite a problem for us DU'ers.

It's hard to quote him without violating the DU rule against posting right-wing talking points, yet also hard to say what we think of his words and actions without breaking the DU rule against bashing Democrats.

[RandySF]

27. He's basically Zell Miller at this point.

[sop]

34. It becomes a real dilemma whenever he says something about Israel.

[pnwmom]

20. That quote seems to have come from last July. I'd like to know what he's saying now. nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. From Monday: As calls to 'abolish ICE' grow, Fetterman urges Democrats to avoid the idea

He said in a social media post last week that Democrats have to avoid “destructive tendencies” like the “extreme” idea of eliminating ICE.

Some members of the party are divided on abolishing ICE, which has encountered protests over an agent killing a Minnesota woman on Jan. 7, and restricting the agency’s activities. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, for example, opposes eliminating the agency, an action some of his constituents support.

“Even Mayor Frey of Minneapolis doesn’t support abolishing ICE. The party must resist the destructive tendencies to push extreme positions,” Fetterman wrote on X. “Secure the border. Deport all the criminals. Stop targeting the hardworking migrants in our nation.”

Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., introduced legislation last week to eliminate the agency. He said ICE has always prioritized aggressive enforcement over due process.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/19/as-calls-to-abolish-ice-grow-fetterman-urges-democrats-to-avoid-the-idea/

[Xipe Totec]

21. DINO, nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. To think that a "Democrat" is coming out with the "they are only obeying orders" defence for murder

is truly appalling. They are performing crimes, and so it's vital they are treated as criminals. He wants them to be above the law.

[Vinca]

23. Well, maybe it will be one of Fetterman's loved ones caught in the ICE crosshairs next time.

WTF is wrong with this guy? Suddenly he's a knee pad wearing, Trump ass kisser.

[sop]

35. Gisele Fetterman, Fetterman's wife, is an immigrant from Brazil who came to the U.S. as an undocumented child.

Maybe when ICE comes for her?

[mvd]

25. So I guess murder is part of their job, Fetterman?

I wish the primary was sooner - big disappointment!

[Mike Nelson]

26. Mr. Fetterman sounds like...

... the opposition, most of the time, now. I try to see his points, but it's difficult. I think this statement may be correct. If the directive against protestors is, as Crooked Donald commands, "Just Shoot Them," they are following orders.

[Doodley]

28. Did he actually watch the videos? Yes or No? If yes, then fuck him! He sanctions cold-blooded murder.

[hlthe2b]

29. Elected Democrat or not, the best thing I can say about him

is to give continued (undeserved) benefit-of-the doubt and assume brain damage from his stroke. Otherwise, my conclusion is he is a deviant SOB and the sooner he is gone from the Senate the better. Who (Dem) is running against him? (2028 cannot come soon enough on his score)

[Layzeebeaver]

30. The "don't bash democrats" rule doesn't apply to feckerman

In my personal opinion

If he needs to be treated as a democrat, then he should demonstrate the qualities and principles of the democratic consensus

I’m not bashing him here, but I would like to.

[GoCubsGo]

31. Better hope they don't find out about your wife, Mr. Fetterman.

Giselle came into this country as an undocumented immigrant from Brazil. ICE won't care that she's "legal" now. Will they just be "doing their jobs" when they use YOUR kids as bait to deport her?

[GoneOffShore]

36. Flood Fetterman's email box, voicemail, and social media accounts.

As a Pennsylvanian, and former Philly resident, who still votes from abroad, that's what I'll be doing.
Apart from X though, his social media accounts aren't very active.
However, you can phone him at Phone: [phone]
The only way to email him is via the website, https://www.fetterman.senate.gov/contact/

[Scrivener7]

37. That man is damaged.

[Celerity]

38. Post-stroke true colours once again on parade

That pic with Fetty and the Trump POS Lara is real, btw, not AI:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQcpL0PEt8t

[fujiyamasan]

43. wtf?

[Polybius]

49. That grin makes me think he wants to do her

I've never seen him smile that much.

[Rhiagel]

39. Detaining American Citizens is not part of their job description.

Much less murdering them in cold blood.

[Munu]

41. Just doing their job ...

... just following orders??

Well, yeah but ...

[everyonematters]

42. I am really starting to wonder about his mental stability.

[dalton99a]

44. I don't give a fuck what happened to this fraud. He should shut the fuck up.

[kentuck]

45. We just have to do our job...

...and send Mr Fetterman home.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

47. Far be it from me to defend Fetterman, but for what it's worth, this clip is from last July, NOT in response to the

recent murders.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-john-fetterman-declares-support-ice-condemning-any-calls-abolition-outrageous

"ICE agents are just doing their job," he told Fox News' Tyler Olson, adding, "I fully support that." Regarding any Democrats who want to abolish ICE or "treat them as criminals," Fetterman decried that as "inappropriate" as well as "outrageous."

[oasis]

48. Huh?