The man literally had a stroke that caused brain damage and he woke up a conservative. 🤷♂️
Wasn’t there a study on this - brain damage decreases empathy and so you become a conservative.
The amount of lead exposure during your life would also contribute to this I feel, we are fucked until money gets out of politics as it seems it’s currently a DEI for older/damaged folk. Why do people have to have a fitness test to go and die but our people in charge don’t even have to have a physical in most cases.
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.
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
He literally said in an interview that he felt the progressivism flowing out of his body when it happened
I’d like to read/hear this, link?
That would explain the rightwing shift that some people go through in their very old age.
Maybe conservatism is just an early sign of dementia or other kinds of brain damage.
Just now?
I know right! He’s been a bad Dem since his incident! Maybe even before…
I just upvoted to gain the majority! 50 + 1
He puts the F in etterman. Ffs
If you’re not familiar with him, here is an interview with fetterman by Jon Stewart. He goes off the rails about half way. When Jon pressed him, things got wacky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3BMAkJIlnw
This video may be painful to watch. He obviously received a severe mental disability.
Blue team just needs to keep him in the party until the next election. Until then, he votes with the blue team on judge appointments over 95% of the time. If that’s the only worthwhile thing he’s gonna do I’ll take it until he gets the boot. Red team isn’t going to take him either. Sad how a brain injury can derail your life.
Even his wife doesn’t seem to think he’s the same guy.
Is this article from 3 years ago by mistake?
Wait, they’re only realizing this NOW??
I imagine the sticker shock one gets from tanking up at a gas station is waking up a lot of zombies from their deep slumber about a great many things.
Good. He is not to be trusted now.
2000&late
In a way, it makes sense. Same donors. Why wouldn’t some of them get bought off post election? The money in legislators is the entire game.
I’m not defending it, I’m pointing out how obvious it is that this would happen since most elections are oligarch influenced. Oh, the oligarch lost? Money just gets more direct now. Probably. To make sure each vote goes their way. No other reason for these anti-American assholes to switch party lines.
It’s probably why they’re so rabid about people like AOC, Bernie, and Mamdani. They can’t buy them off.
People should be able to not just have a politician recalled. If you get enough signatures, you should be able to have them executed for treason at the State level. Id say put it on every election ballot, should the current or previous house of this office be investigated for treason?
