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Leftists Are Freaking Out Over John Fetterman's Slip-Up
Townhall.com ^ | 27 September A.D. 2026 | Joe Chalfant

Posted on 09/27/2026 3:03:31 PM PDT by lightman

Moderate Democrat Sen. John Fetterman had a small slip during a panel in Austin, Texas where he referred to himself as a “life-long Republican” when asked why he hasn’t abandoned the Democrat Party to position himself as an Independent.

Fetterman’s leftist detractors couldn’t help but to pile on through social media posts after the small slip up.

Fetterman’s additional comments indicated that he could contemplate a party switch after the midterm season has passed and Democrats secure control over the Senate by a single vote. Just 37 days remain until Election Day.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: fetterman

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1 posted on 09/27/2026 3:03:31 PM PDT by lightman
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

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2 posted on 09/27/2026 3:04:49 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: lightman

So the GOP finally slipped a moderate into the Democrat party. Not like the democrats have been doing that to the GOP for decades.

/sarcasm


3 posted on 09/27/2026 3:04:56 PM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: lightman

I remember reading he said if he were to do a party switch it would be as an Independent and never as a Republican.

Seems to me they’ve been bringing this up for so long. I think he’s never going Republican.


4 posted on 09/27/2026 3:18:57 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: lightman

The left is certifiably insane.

Fetterman is a Democrat. But since he won’t say I
Muslims can slaughter Jews he’s the enemy. These people are just crazy


5 posted on 09/27/2026 3:26:47 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: for-q-clinton

I’d trade plenty of our Rinos for Fetterman, any day.


6 posted on 09/27/2026 3:29:19 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: lightman

ol’ leftist RAT Bernie Sanders made a similar mistake while on the campaign trail with the donkey’s butt AOC. Unfortunately, he’s still around creating mayhem.


7 posted on 09/27/2026 3:38:28 PM PDT by gildafarrell (To Strive, To Seek, To Find and Not To Yield!)
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To: unixfox

I wouldn’t. We need more Fetterman’s in the democrat party to keep them sane!

I would vote for fetterman over a moderate republican in PA too!


8 posted on 09/27/2026 3:38:29 PM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: lightman

New!


9 posted on 09/27/2026 3:43:26 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: HamiltonJay

Of course the left is insane, they are going to nominate Lindsay Clancy for President in 2028, she is their hero


10 posted on 09/27/2026 4:01:41 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: lightman

Liberals defended to death BO’s ‘my muslim faith’ supposed slip up with midget Stephenopolis.

Let’s see how this works out for them, Cotton.


11 posted on 09/27/2026 4:42:30 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: lightman

Doesn’t matter if you see a “D” or “R” after his name, what is really there is a USA”


12 posted on 09/27/2026 4:46:08 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Beowulf9
His parents are life long Republicans. His wife is a Democrat activist. Therein lies the problem.

He loves his parents but he's too damn big to sleep on the couch.

13 posted on 09/27/2026 5:18:27 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: lightman

I didn’t think IInos existed and I believed Dino’s were extinct, it’s a miracle!


14 posted on 09/27/2026 5:22:24 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Pעומ לצד ישראל. The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: lightman

His wife is a rabid Dem, there is no way he would switch parties to affect Senate control ala Jeffries.


15 posted on 09/27/2026 5:22:44 PM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: HamiltonJay

Agreed.


16 posted on 09/27/2026 5:39:26 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: lightman

obama said he was a muslim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw&t=6s

So Fetterman can’t misspeak but obama can? Maybe hussein is a muslim?


17 posted on 09/27/2026 5:52:07 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Sacajaweau

OOOOH! NOW it makes sense!


18 posted on 09/27/2026 6:24:21 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Sacajaweau

His mother is a very faithful Orthodox Christian.


19 posted on 09/27/2026 7:43:57 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: lightman
Here's when the same thing happened to Obama.
20 posted on 09/27/2026 8:08:18 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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