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The Interview | John Fetterman Fears Trump Is Stronger Than Ever
The New York Times ^ | Oct. 26, 2024 | Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Posted on 10/26/2024 10:04:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Whatever the result of this election, Democrats will be in a moment of transformation afterward. For nearly a decade, the party’s energies have been devoted to defeating Donald Trump. That common goal caused most Democrats to rally around Kamala Harris as soon as Joe Biden stepped aside. But their united front has masked real fissures in the party, and at the intersection of many of them sits John Fetterman.

Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s junior Democratic senator, gained early political fame as the towering and tattooed mayor of a working-class town, Braddock, Pa., and then became lieutenant governor of the state in 2019. Three years later, he defeated the Trump-endorsed celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz in a tight Senate race, despite suffering a stroke just months before the election.

But Fetterman’s time in the Senate has been bumpy. On the personal front, his stroke caused him difficulties with auditory processing — which you might notice a bit in our conversation. He uses an iPad and transcription software to help with his listening comprehension. He has also been very public about seeking inpatient treatment for depression early in his term.

And on the political front, his position in the party has become complicated. As an early advocate of the $15 minimum wage and criminal-justice reform, he was seen as a rising national figure and progressive champion with blue-collar street cred. But over the past two years, he has irritated both wings of his party. He was one of President Biden’s staunchest defenders, arguing for him to stay in the race when Democratic leaders were working to get him out. At the same time, he has been one of the most vocal supporters of Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip, which has pitted him against many progressives, some of whom now feel betrayed...

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John Fetterman Fears Trump Is Stronger Than Ever

There is a reason for that.

1 posted on 10/26/2024 10:04:29 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Check out the big brain on John!


2 posted on 10/26/2024 10:06:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Fears? Festerman should be elated. Maybe even a MAGA hoodie?


3 posted on 10/26/2024 10:07:04 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

4 posted on 10/26/2024 10:13:58 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think Fetterman is going to flip to Republican. His parents are life long Republicans...and I think it’s influencing him...instead of his weird wife.


5 posted on 10/26/2024 10:17:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He shouldn’t fear it, but he is right.


6 posted on 10/26/2024 10:20:03 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Fetterman knows Harris is roadkill and he doesn’t want to get crushed in the future by an Orange Semi.

John is up for reelection in 2028 and hopefully faces a stronger opponent than Oz.


7 posted on 10/26/2024 10:24:03 AM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

That’s so wrong.
Lolololol


8 posted on 10/26/2024 10:25:04 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Fetterman has been the sanest dem voice over the last six mos.


9 posted on 10/26/2024 10:26:26 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Sacajaweau

Fetterman is VERY pro Israel so he doesnt fit into today’s commie jew hating party


10 posted on 10/26/2024 10:26:26 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“as soon as Joe Biden stepped aside.”

Stepped aside?? Is that what the Slimes calls being shoved under the bus?


11 posted on 10/26/2024 10:35:17 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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To: aquila48

“Stepped aside” is coming from the same leftist propaganda rag that stated in the same piece that Fetterman won in a tight race.

No. The DemComs cheated and put him into office.

Just as they did with Quid Pro Joe the Pedo.


12 posted on 10/26/2024 10:49:11 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare to survive.)
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To: unclebankster

“Fetterman knows Harris is roadkill and he doesn’t want to get crushed in the future by an Orange Semi”

Agreed

He may have Dain Bramage, but he’s not an idiot.


13 posted on 10/26/2024 11:29:25 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

14 posted on 10/26/2024 11:40:54 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Macoozie

“He may have Dain Bramage, but he’s not an idiot.”

Oh, but he doesn’t appear to have any damage at all. The “New and Improved” version, that is.


15 posted on 10/26/2024 11:49:34 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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