• adjectivenoun@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    As much as I liked the “massive brain damage causes conservatism” narrative following Fetterman around, I’ve been hearing more and more that he was always a duplicitous asshole.

    Our country needs a way to recall public servants when they betray constituents. Six years is too long to wait.

    • lennybird@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      I’m not sure. His own staff has been abandoning him in droves. I supported him during the election and he without question changed. Was there a conservative quality to him to begin with? Sure, but he was closer to Sanders than Manchin. Unlike Sinema who was just an agent like Gabbard, I do think the stroke heavily exacerbated what little conservatism he had