Posted on 10/18/2025 7:17:58 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Sen. John Fetterman was pressed Wednesday about why he still identifies as a Democrat despite his independent streak — as party brass in Pennsylvania quietly plot his downfall.
During a NewsNation town hall event, pundit Bill O’Reilly confronted Fetterman (D-Pa.) over his party affiliation after the hulking senator crowed about being one of two Democrats who have consistently backed a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open.
“Why are you a Democrat, though? I don’t say that to be a wise guy,” asked O’Reilly, citing Fetterman’s ardent support of Israel and opposition to “wild” spending.
“I really believe in calling balls and strikes, and I want to follow the truth,” Fetterman insisted.
O’Reilly noted that Fetterman could become an independent, but the senator dismissed that as a nonviable option.
“Those are some independent thoughts, but overall, I mean, you have to pick one side — Republican, Democrat — that’s always been my party,” the shorts-and-hoodie-wearing pol explained, having previously described his support for the Jewish state as an “isolating” experience.
Former Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (I-WV) ditched the Democrats during their later years in the upper chamber after numerous clashes with the progressive base.
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“Look Senator, we thought you were insane, but now that you’ve recovered from your stroke you’ve started to make sense. We just can’t have that.”
I distrust him.
But it is so weird that a guy who has trouble cognating and communicating seems superficially like the most sane Democrat in existence today.
I don’t trust him given his past, and how he got to where he is. People don’t often change overnight.
What matters is he has yet to vote contrary to the rats when it makes a difference and l don’t think he will.
I have to agree.
Ask him if the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
His answer will make clear where he stands.
In the meantime...
Pennsylvanians, stop allowing Deep State to pick your candidates for you.
And secure your bleeping elections.
I have followed him for several years now and, at first, I thought he was a nut job. Now, I’m starting to think that he judges policy decisions on the merits of the policy rather than political affiliation. I don’t always agree with his assessments, but it does appear that he votes for what he thinks is best for the People, not the Party.
“I don’t always agree with his assessments, but it does appear that he votes for what he thinks is best for the People, not the Party.”
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He talks a good game on occasion, but he votes with the Dems almost all the time, and has a Liberal voting record that rates among the worst Liberals in the Senate. 7% conservative vs 11% for the average Democrat.
https://heritageaction.com/scorecard/members/F000479/118
He wasn’t supposed to come out of the coma.
He’s killing them, they want him gone. Funny.
He has a few moderate-left positions and that’s all it takes to get in big trouble with today’s democrats. They demand 100% compliance with EVERYTHING they want.
So to be a proper democrat you have to openly espouse death to Israel and profligate spending now?
Agreed. These articles about him seem like propaganda to me. Makes me think the Dems are counting on stupid Republicans to not oppose him.
He votes with the Democrats 96% of the time and they want to oust him.
True enough. He says certain things, and we can all say, wow, he seems like a reasonable Democrat, or not a hard left Democrat. But then he votes the way Chuck Schumer wants him to vote. So at the moment of truth, he’s no friend to conservatives or Republicans.
We hear about Fetterman who has yet to make any real difference. For all his faults Manchin did not get enough credit for what he did. He and Sinema were heroes. Those two stopped the rats from getting rid of the 60 vote guardrail. The rats were poised to destroy the Republic. They had a list of nation killing changes ready to go and those two stopped it.
“”Fetterman confronted over why he’s still a Dem as party plots ouster: ‘You have to pick one side’””
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It’s too late for Fetterman to “pick a side”. That ship has sailed and sunk. He will be purged (thrown out) from the rat party for daring to speak ANY truth at all, much less truth about MAGA and/or Israel. Not allowed. The rats will consider him to be “compromised” by his non-leftist family.
I mostly blame (credit) God. The new and improved Fetterman is, apparently, a Christian.
The Democrats all have to vote together.
Love it. Keep it up, idiots. Creating the insular cult is one of their weaknesses. It lends itself to lack of introspection and retrospection. Never a course correction.
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