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In It to Win It

(12,781 posts)
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:47 AM Friday

John Fetterman: I haven't changed. Here's what has.

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Many might not know, but I won my first race by a single vote to be mayor of Braddock, a small steel town — one of the poorest in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania — where 90 percent of the population has left. It was a forgotten community.

I wasn’t interested in playing political games. I wanted to help deliver change. It wasn’t about being a Democrat or Republican, but about making sure places such as Braddock received the benefits, focus and investments they deserved for their contributions to this great country.

As a U.S. senator, I still believe in that principle. It doesn’t matter if my colleague is in my party or across the aisle. My focus remains on working together to find wins and deliver for my constituents. And though I was elected as a Democrat, I’m proud to serve all Pennsylvanians.

It has become increasingly lonely to serve in that way, but I firmly believe it’s what is needed.

My party cannot simply be the opposite of whatever President Donald Trump says. The president could come out for ice cream and lazy Sundays, and my party would suddenly hate them. Such pointless pile-ons and attacks are unproductive. The American people want us to work together to find solutions on issues they and our country face.

Fetterman Shuts Down Talk of Switching Parties
https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/07/fetterman-shuts-down-talk-of-switching-parties/

Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire.com) 2026-05-07T23:45:07+00:00
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John Fetterman: I haven't changed. Here's what has. (Original Post) In It to Win It Friday OP
Get ready for forced retirement, John. NT Happy Hoosier Friday #1
Bye Bye John. FalloutShelter Friday #5
same here in Pittsburgh, debm55 Friday #12
What fucking change -- for the good -- have his antics brought about? displacedvermoter Friday #2
To quote Jeff Spicoli: no_hypocrisy Friday #3
Nice strawman, straw-in-the-wind man! hatrack Friday #4
I prefer politicians who oppose fascism... Kid Berwyn Friday #6
Well, that's all nice until it isn't. LeftInTX Friday #7
No dude, you've changed. Initech Friday #8
Trump is evil and batshit crazy. SalamanderSleeps Friday #9
"My party cannot simply be the opposite of whatever President Donald Trump says." GiqueCee Friday #10
He can have more power if he stays a Democrat like Manchin and Sinama did. nt doc03 Friday #11
Sinema only lasted one term. Not much power for her. LeftInTX Friday #14
Building a ballroom helps poor people how? Johonny Friday #13
Exactly!!! Supporting a ballroom??? LeftInTX Friday #15
A DINO speaks, republianmushroom Friday #16
He has no sense of what's right or wrong, he just both-sides everything. bucolic_frolic Friday #17
bet he has a (R) next to his name next election WarGamer Friday #18
Google, what is poverty rate Braddock PA? leftstreet Friday #19
He's right. gulliver Friday #20
Genocide John Klarkashton Friday #21
Boy does he have it backwards kacekwl Friday #22
He even lies like a Republican Bluestocking Friday #23
Reminds me of the old, "I didn't leave the party, the party left me" Rob H. Friday #24

Kid Berwyn

(24,962 posts)
6. I prefer politicians who oppose fascism...
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:59 AM
Friday

…stand up to oligarchs who undermine the economy, and investigate traitors who talk to adversaries in secret and then implement policies that aid our enemies, and prosecute those who start illegal, immoral, unnecessary and disastrous wars for profit; so, that’s not Fetterman and his object of worship, Drumpf.

LeftInTX

(34,808 posts)
7. Well, that's all nice until it isn't.
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:01 PM
Friday

I tend to agree that we shouldn't oppose Trump just because he's Trump and Trump is a (fill in the blank) , we should oppose bad policies. So far, haven't seen much in the way of good policies coming from the GOP and Trump.

There are few things that Trump has done and I've said, "OK, I give him a pass. It's not bad", (Like the MJ stuff) But those are few and far between.

I don't see you opposing the bad stuff, John. You supported his stupid ballroom...ballroom....

Initech

(109,162 posts)
8. No dude, you've changed.
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:01 PM
Friday

Fetterman goes on Fox News so much that I'm starting to think he works for them. He stabbed us in the back twice. He can go fuck all of the way off.

SalamanderSleeps

(1,038 posts)
9. Trump is evil and batshit crazy.
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:05 PM
Friday

Doing the exact opposite of the Orange Menace does is probably always going to be the right thing to do.

Trump can only be trusted to take your "ice cream and lazy Sundays" and shove them straight up your ass, and then charge you for the privilege.

GiqueCee

(4,632 posts)
10. "My party cannot simply be the opposite of whatever President Donald Trump says."
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:05 PM
Friday

Senator, everything that followed that sentence very succinctly described the REPUBLICAN party. Actions speak louder than words, as they say, and your actions and words in support of Trump speak very loudly indeed. Your constituents – ALL of them – deserve representation that reflects their own beliefs and values. Trump has no redeeming values whatsoever. He is a psychotic monster.
Come back to the fold, John, and do what really needs to be done to best represent all Pennsylvanians and all Americans. If Trump and his supporters were reasonable and rational people, reaching across the aisle would be admirable, but they are not even in the same galaxy as reasonable and rational, so that cannot include supporting Trump in any way, shape, or form.

Johonny

(26,519 posts)
13. Building a ballroom helps poor people how?
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:11 PM
Friday

Driving up gas prices to prove Trump has a bigger dick than Obama helps those people how?

What fucking change did he want?

This reads as grade A bullshit.

bucolic_frolic

(55,695 posts)
17. He has no sense of what's right or wrong, he just both-sides everything.
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:23 PM
Friday

Democrats have values and stand for something.

gulliver

(14,058 posts)
20. He's right.
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:29 PM
Friday

And this would be how our party could win 60% majority elections. Cool tempered, prioritized. He's pointing out a political "steak" sitting on a plate right in front of us with a knife, fork, and a bottle of A-1.

kacekwl

(9,243 posts)
22. Boy does he have it backwards
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:47 PM
Friday

The party who will condemn ice cream and lazy Sundays is the Republican party if the Supreme Leader says so. It's as clear as the frumpy sweatshirt on your back. Wake up dummy.

Rob H.

(5,897 posts)
24. Reminds me of the old, "I didn't leave the party, the party left me"
Fri May 8, 2026, 01:38 PM
Friday

Last edited Fri May 8, 2026, 02:47 PM - Edit history (1)

I heard it from someone who switched parties from Democratic to Republican when Obama got elected. She was always a selfish, terrible person but her then-new embrace of racism and birtherism cemented my view of her then and there. She's since gone off the MAGA deep end, despite the fact she's a lesbian and the GOP likely hates her just for that. She's a loudmouthed Second Amendment fetishist now, too, and an anti-vaxxer who believes that vaccines cause autism and the COVID jab was (and still is) killing or crippling more people than it helped.



Edit: now that I think about it, she was actually a Randrrhoid registered as a Democrat because some of her views did align with the Democrats at the time. She's a right-wing wackaloon now, though.

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