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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,897 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:15 PM Monday

Fetterman: Democrats should 'drop the TDS,' fund Trump ballroom after shooting

Or Fetterman kisses Trump's ass and says "Yummy I want some more of that."

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is calling on fellow Democrats to support the construction of a new ballroom at the White House after a lone gunman tried to assassinate the president and senior administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday.

Fetterman said the Washington Hilton, where Secret Service officers exchanged gunfire with a 31-year-old man armed with a shotgun and handgun, was not secure enough to host an event with the president, vice president and more than 2,000 guests.

“We were there front and center. That venue wasn’t built to accommodate an event with the line of succession for the U.S. government. After witnessing last night, drop the TDS and build the White House ballroom for events exactly like these,” Fetterman posted Sunday on the social platform X, referring to “Trump derangement syndrome,” a term the president uses for his critics.

Fetterman attached his comment to an article by Mediaite Editor-in-Chief Joe DePaolo with the headline, “I Was Inside the Washington Hilton Tonight. The Security was Downright Awful.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fetterman-democrats-drop-tds-fund-141539358.html

Speaking as a stroke survivor John, I'm so sorry you didn't recover from yours.
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Fetterman: Democrats should 'drop the TDS,' fund Trump ballroom after shooting (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
Eff this Fetterman guy... wcmagumba Monday #1
Hell with that noise. greatauntoftriplets Monday #2
Fuck Fettermen. You failed, OAITW r.2.0 Monday #3
"The Security was Downright Awful." sop Monday #4
Security was awful? So were the attendees. Captain Zero Monday #9
That's on Traitor and his liquor cabinet. nt Cha Monday #20
They keep saying how bad security was HappyH Monday #10
They not only want to build the ballroom, they want to use our tax money to pay for it. sop Monday #14
Wow.. The SS agent was shot by Cha Monday #22
Fetterman should drop his socks and Captain Zero Monday #5
Hell no................ Lovie777 Monday #6
Further proof that becoming a GOPer is a symptom of brain damage. Ocelot II Monday #7
What a maroon. Scrivener7 Monday #8
FTFB, Fetterman, Trumps Felacio Boi zorbasd Monday #11
He's going to switch parties. LuvLoogie Monday #12
Don't wanna hear how the stroke effected him ALBliberal Monday #13
Fetidman really loves gargling Dump's shit-caked balls, doesn't he Blue Owl Monday #15
UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE spanone Monday #16
Another check cleared. n/t flvegan Monday #17
Given Trump promised it was not going to be funded by the Tax Payers, I say fuck that Johonny Monday #18
Hey Fetterman, Drop the Ass Kissing of Cha Monday #19
Decade after decade, year after year, orthoclad Monday #21
Dumb. That ballroom will be just that. A ballroom.... LeftInTX Monday #23
F needs to drop the Trump Devotion Syndrome. Sneederbunk Monday #24
Fetterman, you have one vote and that does not give you the leverage to lobby anyone else in your party. Baitball Blogger Monday #25
Fox wouldn't hire him. LeftInTX Monday #26
He's bucking for a security guard job at Merde Lago. Klarkashton Monday #27
Or this headline: "Fetterman Offers To Be Trump's Ballroom" Drum Monday #28
It's time he was booted out of the Democratic party. Doodley Monday #29
John Fetterman is a major disappointment. I'd like to think his stroke had a lot to do with this. patphil Monday #30

greatauntoftriplets

(179,267 posts)
2. Hell with that noise.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:18 PM
Monday

I'm not footing a bill for someplace for you to entertain your fat-cat supporters. Did you lie when you said it was fully financed by private donors?

sop

(19,121 posts)
4. "The Security was Downright Awful."
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:21 PM
Monday

So spend the taxpayers' $400M on improving security, not on Trump's vanity ballroom.

HappyH

(249 posts)
10. They keep saying how bad security was
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:38 PM
Monday

but the suspected perp was stopped at the first checkpoint he encountered, one floor above the event. The suspected perp did not get off a shot and no one was hurt except the SS agent who was shot by another SS agent. It seems security was adequate for the situation. The evacuation was not needed except maybe to hype the selling of the ballroom.

sop

(19,121 posts)
14. They not only want to build the ballroom, they want to use our tax money to pay for it.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:46 PM
Monday

Captain Zero

(8,949 posts)
5. Fetterman should drop his socks and
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:21 PM
Monday

Refund me the campaign donations I sent for his election as a damned Democrat. Just because he still dresses like the Assistant Manager at the car wash doesn't mean he has to go all maga maniac.

zorbasd

(530 posts)
11. FTFB, Fetterman, Trumps Felacio Boi
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:38 PM
Monday

Go eff yourself Fetterman, you POS. TicTok, your term is up...one term traitor.

Blue Owl

(59,494 posts)
15. Fetidman really loves gargling Dump's shit-caked balls, doesn't he
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:00 PM
Monday

So much so that he feels they need their own room

Johonny

(26,475 posts)
18. Given Trump promised it was not going to be funded by the Tax Payers, I say fuck that
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:02 PM
Monday

He should restore the White House and be charged personally to do it. And Fetterman should resign in disgrace because he's absolute trash. I have no respect for the man because he doesn't respect himself.

Cha

(320,199 posts)
19. Hey Fetterman, Drop the Ass Kissing of
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:04 PM
Monday

Der Führer & Fuck the Deranged PEDO's Bunker/ ballroom-comfort zone.

Your shtick is Stale.

orthoclad

(4,799 posts)
21. Decade after decade, year after year,
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:13 PM
Monday

there are ALWAYS just enough spoilers in the barrel to sabotage everything.

WHY?

HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?

LeftInTX

(34,756 posts)
23. Dumb. That ballroom will be just that. A ballroom....
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:54 PM
Monday

If he wants a bunker, then a bunker is a bunker. I did read that the WH needed a better bunker, but why does he need this gold plated monument to vanity?

I don't get this.....

Baitball Blogger

(52,625 posts)
25. Fetterman, you have one vote and that does not give you the leverage to lobby anyone else in your party.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 10:14 PM
Monday

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You are a traitor to the Democratic platform and are just auditioning for a spot on FoxNews.

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