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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:27 PM Sunday

John Fetterman's political shift draws ire of Pennsylvania Democrats [View all]

Throughout his 2022 campaign for U.S. Senate, John Fetterman often took to social media to needle the few centrist Senate Democrats with histories of breaking party ranks.

Then Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, Fetterman cast himself as the anti-Joe Manchin and anti-Kyrsten Sinema candidate who would give Democrats a reliable 51st vote in the Senate.

The oversize, tattooed, hoodie-and-shorts-wearing Fetterman overcame Dr. Mehmet Oz's celebrity status and his near-fatal stroke to become the only Democrat to flip a GOP Senate seat during that cycle.

Fast forward four years, and the former Braddock mayor finds himself playing the part he once deplored.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/john-fettermans-political-shift-draws-114431920.html

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Good article. sop Sunday #1
I CERTAINLY hope so, sop! some_of_us_are_sane Sunday #5
Not your fault you believed him.. he was Cha Sunday #10
Thanks, Cha some_of_us_are_sane Sunday #12
Perhaps... I just read his wife is Cha Sunday #14
this traitor DoBW Sunday #2
I've wondered about his wife's response to his new political viewpoints and here: hlthe2b Sunday #3
People trying to shame voters for voting for Fetterman are UNHINGED SunImp Sunday #21
I shame NO ONE for past votes for him. Hell I was among those who contributed to his campaign hlthe2b Sunday #24
Wasn't shaming you & I even recd your post SunImp Monday #26
Okay... hlthe2b Monday #28
No one is shaming anyone róisín_dubh Sunday #25
I hope he has enough sense to realize buzzycrumbhunger Sunday #4
Then another 2+ years would be wasted with his awful voting record becoming even worse FakeNoose Sunday #18
Better yet! buzzycrumbhunger Sunday #23
It's time to primary Fetterman! Unrepentant Fenian Sunday #6
His term isn't up until 2028 FakeNoose Sunday #17
Why do the Dems always get trolled by imposters? Why aren't there GOPers that run ultra-con but vote left/progressive? AStern Sunday #7
They aren't all imposters. mr715 Sunday #9
Maybe because the great and the good long displacedvermoter Sunday #11
Because the GOP has an X-factor - Fox News. Initech Sunday #16
Will he pull a Zell Miller and speak at the 2028 GOP oasis Sunday #20
Honestly, I could totally see it happening. Initech Monday #27
Fetterman's "Shift" into HELL. Cha Sunday #8
I wish Maine Democrats would heed this warning mcar Sunday #13
Seriously. His vote to confirm Mullin was political back stabbing. Initech Sunday #15
What are the odds of a second, far more serious, stroke? niyad Sunday #19
Ire ....? I'd say red-hot mad ! Bread and Circuses Sunday #22
unfortunately, there were red flags. Not sure how much of a "shift" it was as more of themaguffin Monday #29
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