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Fetterman says Democrats governed by Trump Derangement Syndrome
The Hill ^ | March 18, 2026 | Tara Suter

Posted on 03/18/2026 5:33:18 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has been known to buck his party in recent years, said in a Wednesday podcast episode that the Democrats are governed by Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS).

“Who do you think leads the Democratic Party today?” The “All-in” podcast’s David Friedberg asked Fetterman in an interview posted Wednesday.

“Oh, we don’t, we don’t have one. I think, I think the TDS that — I think that’s the leader right now. You know, right now our party, is, is governed by the TDS, and now it’s made it virtually impossible, without being punished, as a Democrat, to agree something’s good, or ‘I agree with the other side,’ and I would define that by [Operation] Epic Fury,” Fetterman responded.

“I am literally the only Democrat in America, in Congress, that I’ve come across that’s saying, ‘I think it’s a great thing to break and destroy the Iranian regime,’” he added.

Operation Epic Fury is the name of the current U.S. operation against Iran, which has received pushback from many Democrats. Fetterman has expressed his support for it.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: tds

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1 posted on 03/18/2026 5:33:18 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Interesting!
The Democrat we thought crazy or retarded turns out to be the only sane person in the party.


2 posted on 03/18/2026 5:39:27 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: sjmjax

He can talk like he’s the grown up in the room, but in the end, he’s still in their party.


3 posted on 03/18/2026 5:45:01 PM PDT by GMThrust
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To: MinorityRepublican

Socialists only want power for the sake of power. Their derangement syndrome includes anyone who gets in the way of that power.


4 posted on 03/18/2026 5:51:00 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: MinorityRepublican

And not a few Republicans.


5 posted on 03/18/2026 5:54:17 PM PDT by odawg
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To: GMThrust

I think he grew up after he almost died.


6 posted on 03/18/2026 5:57:48 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: doc maverick

I also think it would be a good idea for him to have security with him at all times.
If he ended up dead, the leftist media narrative would be that “he had another stroke.”


7 posted on 03/18/2026 6:00:41 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: MinorityRepublican

Fetterman is a major Trojan Horse. Being a neocon doesn’t absolve him. He is politically dangerous. He is the winning strategy for dems...pretend to be conservative then go hard left again. Just like Barry the LIAR. Kamala could have done the same thing but she stoopid.


8 posted on 03/18/2026 6:00:43 PM PDT by toddausauras (47 47 47 )
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To: MinorityRepublican

He’s not wrong


9 posted on 03/18/2026 6:00:54 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hear, hear and spot on!

Anti-Trump is not a stance you can govern with.

Perhaps Trump should adopt a bunch of democrat positions that the democrats could turn 180 degrees on.


10 posted on 03/18/2026 6:10:47 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Fetterman is an old school liberal Democrat.

Something like Hubert Humphrey or Adlai Stevenson.
Really not anything like a Republican, but not insane and doesn't hate America.

So other Democrats say he's like a Republican.

11 posted on 03/18/2026 6:27:24 PM PDT by Salman
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12 posted on 03/18/2026 6:29:50 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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HELP NEEDED

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13 posted on 03/18/2026 6:30:47 PM PDT by deport
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To: MinorityRepublican

The democrats are governed by lots of things.

1. Money laundering of public funds to themselves.
2. Winning through vote fraud.
3. Destroying western civilization.
4. Socialism and communism.

It no wonder they don’t like Trump or Maga


14 posted on 03/18/2026 6:36:27 PM PDT by Revel
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To: doc maverick

His Parents are old time Republicans. His wife is a super Dem loyalist. Perhaps he’s willing to sleep on the couch for what he believes in.


15 posted on 03/18/2026 6:39:43 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: sjmjax

I could not have said it better.


16 posted on 03/18/2026 6:42:21 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: MinorityRepublican

And so too, the media!


17 posted on 03/18/2026 6:43:07 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: doc maverick

I’m glad he is feeling better.


18 posted on 03/18/2026 7:19:41 PM PDT by Linda Tripp (America's Best Best Friend)
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To: MinorityRepublican

TDS is alive and well and thriving still.


19 posted on 03/18/2026 8:36:34 PM PDT by gildafarrell (To Strive, To Seek, To Find and Not To Yield!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Big talk.

Zero action.

Fetterman has never voted for any consequential Republican legislation.

20 posted on 03/18/2026 8:40:53 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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