Ragdoll XJun 10, 2024

Fetterman has to be one of the biggest disappointments for the left in recent memory

https://lemmy.world/post/16385372

Fetterman has to be one of the biggest disappointments for the left in recent memory - Lemmy.World

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/john-fetterman-tells-maher-that-near-death-experience-freed-him-to-speak-out-says-progressivism-left-me/ar-BB1nS49V [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/john-fetterman-tells-maher-that-near-death-experience-freed-him-to-speak-out-says-progressivism-left-me/ar-BB1nS49V] From the article: > The liberal comedian then asked Fetterman whether his shift in various policies had anything to do with his recovery from his 2022 stroke, asking if his near-death experience had given him a “freedom.” > “Absolutely,” Fetterman responded. “There’s a line from the first ‘Batman,’ Joker’s like ‘I’ve been dead once already. It’s very liberating.'” > “It’s freeing in a way. And I just think after beating all of that, I just really [want to] be able to say the things that I have to really believe in and not be afraid of if there’s any kind of blowback.” So essentially yes, the stroke made him a Republican. Pathetic and disappointing, but all too predictable.

Show threadlolcatnipJun 10, 2024
If that brain damaged asshole had any integrity he’d resign because he’s no longer capable of doing the job he was elected to do.
Show threadEmpricorn
He’s literally not representing the people who elected him anymore. It’s practically political malpractice.
Jun 10, 2024 at 4:49pmWeb
Show threadjpreston2005Jun 10, 2024

shit, this bitch from NC ran as a democrat, got elected, and then immediately switched parties to be a republican.

It’s OK, because Nicole Sidman is going to take back the seat in November.

Cotham rose to prominence with a speech on the statehouse floor about her own abortion that drew national attention in 2015.

She ran for her seat, which was heavily Democratic and included east Charlotte before redistricting, as a Democrat and strong supporter of abortion rights. But she switched parties in April 2023, giving the Republican-led General Assembly a supermajority in both houses. That allowed Republicans to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes at will and pass laws they had long sought, such as a stricter abortion limit that lowered the cutoff in most cases to 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Cotham ran on protecting Roe V. Wade, then switched parties to help dismantle it. She’s a true bottom feeder.

North Carolina state legislator who switched parties launches reelection bid

The North Carolina state legislator who switched this year from Democrat to Republican has announced she's running for reelection. Rep. Tricia Cotham's announcement Saturday ends speculation over her political future after Republicans redrew congressional and state legislative maps that seemed to give her options. The new state House map places Cotham’s Mint Hill residence in a new district where Republicans appear to have a slight advantage. She alternatively could have run for U.S. Congress in a district without an incumbent. Cotham had won her state House seat in a Democratic district in 2022 and has since been lambasted by Democratic constituents.

AP News
Show threadCptEnderJun 10, 2024
Yeah same with that rep from Hawaii. Like how tf we just let these people get past vetting?
Show threadnjm1314Jun 10, 2024
I don’t know if I’d go quite that far. There’s an old saying about Pennsylvania. It’s basically Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Alabama in between.