The senator hit members of his own party for categorizing Trump as a "felon," arguing Democrats are supposed to be a people who believe in redemption.

Just switch parties already, for Christ’s sake.

  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
    82·
    2 months ago

    Odd to see someone so seemingly left of the DNC pivot to being a DINO. Have to blame corporate money for some degree of it. He’s completely lost it.

  • Bone@lemmy.world
    77·
    2 months ago

    Can’t wait to put a different Democrat in his seat. What a disappointment for PA. Total loser.

  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
    70·
    2 months ago

    I feel so vindicated. When he was first elected I was calling out his fake every man persona and getting downvoted to hell for it. Walking around in flip flops and a hoodie as if he wasn’t a silver spoon nepo baby. I never bought into his personality as genuine, and found all his bullshit to be a distraction from a lack of substance. Now it’s very clear he’s a silver spoon nepo baby, he’s chosen his side and it’s not with us regular folk. It’s with his wealthy buddies.

    • FlaminGoku@reddthat.com
      49·
      2 months ago

      I am inclined to blame the stroke he had, as it has lots of examples of altering people’s personality’s.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I feel so vindicated.

      I don’t.

      You know why?

      BECAUSE HE’S A FUCKING CAUCUS VOTE FOR COMMITTEES!!!

      He votes dem, once, at the beginning of term, he can do whatever the fuck he wants otherwise.

      It’s 51-49, fucking grow up, kid.

  • credo@lemmy.world
    68·
    2 months ago

    Democrats are supposed to be a people who believe in redemption.

    You have to want redemption first. It’s not just handed to you for breathing.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      No, you’re wrong.

      Evangelicals know you get infinite redemption the instant you ask for it, period.

      Because Jesus is just crazy for white people.

      • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
        25·
        2 months ago

        More conservative, as well. It’s rather interesting - anecdotally my grandma’s second husband used to be a kitten loving sweetheart who wrote poetry. He got some concussions when we were tiny and he turned into the most bigoted racist sexist crude unfiltered festering asshole of a person.

        Though I’ve read a few times from different sources that tends to be the case.

    • norimee@lemmy.world
      27·
      2 months ago

      He had a near-death scare and changed from “for the good of the people” to “everyone for themselves” and sold out to make as much money for himself and his family as he can.

      Just my theory, but shit like this can change people when it shows them their own mortality.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
      18·
      2 months ago

      I think he wants a shot at the governor’s office. The Senate seems to cramp his style, and he doesn’t have the chops for national politics. He was Lt Gov, and has a significant advantage in name recognition and fundraising as a current Senator. Plus, the DNC is probably already vetting primary challengers to run against him in 2030.

      PA is a weird state, in every way possible, and Shapiro did a lot of damage to his image in his attempt to land the VP job. If Shapiro decides not to run for reelection, the Democrats don’t have a deep bench in Pennsylvania. Austin Davis is probably the only other name worth considering.

      Fetterman would not win anything in a nationwide race, but if he can bring the Pennsyltuckians out to vote for a Democrat, he would win the state in a landslide.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
      10·
      2 months ago

      Most of Pennsylvania is red. Pennsyltucky is a thing. It has one of the biggest KKK groups in the nation.

      So my eyesbrows were raised when I saw he wasn’t from a more liberal area like Philadelphia.

      Not saying they aren’t out there in PA. I’m just saying there’s a lot of folks who are backwards AF in PA.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    25·
    2 months ago

    This does sound like he’s got his tongue up Trump’s butthole, but he’s also not wrong. There are a lot of Trump supporters in rural Pennsylvania, and they are not swayed by the felony conviction or the racism or the dementia or the rape, because those inbred meth-heads are able to relate to Trump on a personal level.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
      38·
      2 months ago

      He’s not wrong about some of what he said. He also said this about Trump being a felon-

      I mean, I thought Democrats, we were the party that was all about second chances and that we’re not going to condemn somebody based on mistakes or things in that kind of situation.

      The idea that the party would give a second chance to Donald Trump when he hasn’t even been sentenced yet is insane.

      • qisope@lemmy.world
        34·
        2 months ago

        he also characterized trump’s actions as “mistakes”:

        we’re not going to condemn somebody based on mistakes

        I guess at 78 trump is still learning and making a few mistakes along the way

      • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        You also need to be remorseful to deserve a second chance. Be a man and own up to your mistakes.

        I do not think TFG is capable of that.

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 months ago

        I agree with you completely about that. Honestly, it sounds like somebody who’s about to have a scandal break.

  • girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works
    25·
    2 months ago

    He hasn’t even tried redemption. Hell, he hasn’t even begun to pay for his previous crimes and is looking to commit more crimes. Redemption is when people try to make things right. How can you say this is about giving second chances when all he’s done is try the same shit the second time around. What a disappointment.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    19·
    2 months ago

    Well if this guy keeps billing himself as a Democrat then he’s not likely to get reelected. He could get out-primaried.