Fetterman mocks free healthcare, calls the Epstein Files a nothingburger, & whizzes on Alex Pretti's grave

[Miles Archer]

Messages obtained by New York Magazine show the Democrat, who has been a thorn in his party’s side on a host of issues, mocking free healthcare, dismissing the Epstein files as a “nothing burger,” and calling Democrats hypocritical for their outrage at the killing of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

“How should it cost? Free?” he wrote. “I don’t understand what affordability it is.”

Also in January, as the Trump administration was dragging its heels about releasing the Epstein files, Fetterman messaged a staffer: “Epstein was a nothing burger. Worst pics I’ve seen were from Clinton lol.”

“Kyle Rittenhouse brought a gun to a protest,” Fetterman, 56, texted a staffer. “He was roundly condemned for that. Why are now democrats defending the nurse it was legal to carry. Both legal weapons. Square that.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpy-texts-from-maga-favorite-dem-john-fetterman-exposed-in-bombshell-leak/

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Dude is not well.

Had a stroke. Woke up, not woke.

[FHRRK1]

4. Nope

The dude is a worthless piece of shit opportunist

Don’t give his bitch ass an out

[Boo1]

5. He was a POS

before the stroke.

[themaguffin]

52. He's not well. He's also an asshole and that's not new. We need to not think that a stroke is the basis for him being a

...dick to Democrats and Americans.

[msongs]

2. what a maroon. rittenhouse killed 2 people with his legal gun.

[Cosmocat]

51. Pretti's handgun was holstered during mostly calm protests

other than ICE goons doing ICE goon shit ...

Rittenhouse was was brandishing an AR during a full on riot ... and used it to kill people.

[Cha]

3. Tell that to the Survivors of PEDO's

attacks on girls, Fetterman. And, if it's so "nothingbuger." Why won't PEDO release the files? You maga moron

[Johonny]

30. The files include accusations of Trump

Engaged in pedophilia and rape... They don't have those accusation against Clinton. So, apparently he is rock stupid.

[Cha]

70. Rock Stupid and a GD Gaslighting Liar for

PEDO.

Fetterman really stepped in it with that one.. Denying Traitor is a pedophile.

[SunImp]

6. He's a scumbag opportunist that sucks up to anyone with power

[fujiyamasan]

7. He can go fuck right off

I’d be fine if he just left the party now.

At least it doesn’t give us a false idea of our senate numbers. Unless we have a majority not counting him, we shouldn’t consider it a majority.

[Cha]

9. I know.. Fetterman is really off

his full blown maga rocker.

But we need his Dem status for the numbers.. and then in 2028 Swap him out for a Real Dem.

And, say Bye turn coat Fascist Asshole to whatever that was.

[fujiyamasan]

10. Every word he spews just pisses me off more

I think he’s just enjoying being a contrarian ass hole. He thinks he’s edgy or something.

[Cha]

13. Same.. if you see my post down

thread I'm breathing

Fetterman seems to think he's in the catbird seat and daring us to do anything about it.

[JBTaurus83]

26. I fully expect him to flip

If we come to 51-49.

[Cha]

69. Yeah, do it for PEDO.

[Cha]

8. How fucking dare Fetterman dsmiss

The vicious murder of Alex Pretti because he had a gun with him.

And, scoff off Rittenhouse because he brought a gun and killed 2 people.

Fetterman is fucking Gaslighting America in a hoodie.

[dalton99a]

11. Fuck that con artist.

[sakabatou]

12. Fetterman needs to be removed from office

[timms139]

14. Little Kyle's gun wasn't

legal ,him being under the legal age to carry that weapon to the protest .

[Celerity]

15. archive link

https://archive.ph/t180M

[Raine1967]

34. Thank you! n/t

[Celerity]

36. yw

[scipan]

16. We need 51 Dem senators. +4.

I don't want to see him in the Manchin/Sinema position.

Cooper NC
Platner ME
Peltola AK
Sherrod Brown OH
Whoever MI holding
Pappas NH holding
Ossoff GA holding

[Celerity]

17. 52, as if Fetterman defects on a vote (and he will) and we have 51 Dems counting Fetty, Vance would break a 50/50 tie

[JBTaurus83]

27. Hopefully we can add Nebraska

To our numbers.

[Celerity]

35. I do not think Osborn, if he wins, will caucus with either party. That said, hopefully he votes as a Dem would far more

than he votes as a Rethug would.

[LuvLoogie]

18. Jesse Helms was a Democrat.

David Duke was a Democrat.

John Fetterman is a Democrat

But a racist is a racist,
and a POS quisling is a POS quisling.

Support Democrats.

[ColoringFool]

19. DAVID DUKE WAS A REPUBLICAN. JESSE HELMS WAS........

A Republican, 1970--2008.
Jesse Helms - Wikipedia https://share.google/cuAVkSe1U5s9ZxH8F

David Duke - Wikipedia https://share.google/CgIEC95cKsa1LAppH

[LuvLoogie]

20. LOL. Helms was a Dem before he switched to R

Duke ran for office in the 70s and 80s as a Dem.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican

Support Democrats.

[intheflow]

23. Completely disingenuous.

The parties switched ideologies starting in the 1930s. As with many things, white Southern politicians were slow to catch on to reality.

[LuvLoogie]

25. Not disingenuous. It's the point.

I got a hide for calling Fetterman a POS. I support little d democratic principles, justice, care of fellow man, and the planet among other things. Inasmuch as the big D Democrats work for that, I'll support them. Inasmuch as democratic principles, justice, etc. are part of the Democratic Party Platform, I support the party. People who call themselves Democrats while undermining these principles can pound sand. A racist is a racist. A piece of shit quisling is a piece of shit quisling.

There are a lot of Democrats recently elected who serve more as a check on our principles than as a check on this racist criminal regime. The Polis clemency for Peters, Spanberger's vetoes, Dems voting for the Laiken Riley Act and anti LGBTQ legislation, are prime examples.

Bill Kristol became a Democrat. I welcome him. Fetterman can't leave soon enough. Our problems run deep. trump gives cover to that deeply seated rot, ironically, while exposing it and implementing it openly. He draws fire while Republicans enable and many Democrats roll over. Our party leadership, of late, has only done whatever it takes to eek out a chance to hold the gavel for a few sessions, never building a plan for democratic principles for the long term. We are cowed by bigots and donors into meek acquiescence to the demonization of our principles and the people we supposedly champion.

Fuck Fetterman. Calling himself a Democrat shouldn't give him carte blanche on this site. He is a narcissistic quisling.

MLK was a good man who stood on his principles of love and justice.

At some point we need to hold members of OUR party to defending and promoting OUR principles. I'm not talking about electoral purity tests. These sellings-out are perpetrated by Dems who already hold office, and being in the minority provides them cover.

[yardwork]

31. The 1960s Civil Rights Acts caused southern Democrats to switch.

I've lived in NC since the 1970s. Jesse Helms was a vile racist radio host who became a vile racist politician.

You are correct that it's not relevant to say "Jesse Helms was a Democrat." The entirety of his political career was as a right wing Republican. He never switched ideologies.

What's happening with Fetterman is something different.

[LuvLoogie]

50. Fetterman calling himself a Democrat does not insulate him from

being called out as a quisling.

[TVguyCards]

24. MLK was never a Republican

This is a myth not supported by historical evidence and one that the right tries it's best to platform every year when MLK Day rolls around. In fact if we're being honest, MLK, Jr. never identified as a member of either party although he did mostly vote for Democrats. His focus was on advancing civil rights than advancing a political party.

Britannica has a very good article on this.

Was Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican or a Democrat?

[LuvLoogie]

29. You're right.

I was coming from the point that it did not matter if he was. He never held or ran for political office. The power he was seeking was for the people within themselves through the principles of justice and love. He appealed to politicians based on that. Party affiliation and platforms were in flux during his time.

Now, the different platforms and principles are clear. The centrists are selling ours out to data centers, private prisons, and private equity.

[Autumn]

42. Not sure I understand. Are we supposed to support Democrats even if they are racist scum?

Helms is dead, Duke is active in promoting antisemitic and white nationalist views. Do we still have to support them?

[LuvLoogie]

45. The contradiction is the point.

Calling yourself a Democrat should not give you cover for shit votes or executive actions.

[Autumn]

49. Thank you for clearing that up. I agree 100%

[Passages]

21. New York Magazine on Senator Fetterman

Alex Shultz@AlexShultz
New: I spoke to a dozen sources about John Fetterman's dwindling inner circle; his closest confidant is now an unpaid adviser named David Safier, who's jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers. Fetterman's actual chief of staff quit yesterday

Link to tweet

[Emile]

22. Centrist pov

[Johonny]

28. Jesus, this guy is grade A Trump level stupid

I hope his staffer explained to him just how fucking stupid he is.

He officially is worse than Joe Manchin. Joe wasn't this level of stupid at all.

[Emile]

32. Manchin voted with the democrats 89%

of the time, Fetterman votes with the democratic party 92% of the time.

[ck4829]

63. How much of that was unanimous or near-unanimous legislation though?

[D_Master81]

39. At least Manchin was from a red state

I figured he did what he did out of strategy to stay in his seat. Fetterman is worse and is from a much more blue state than WV

[Botany]

33. Any good will I still had for Fetterman is now gone. Zero sympathy for his medical conditions now.

Time for Fetterman to have a stroke 2.0 and get him out office.

[dalton99a]

43. +1. I think his stroke was a scam.

[Firestorm49]

37. I guess that I'd like to know how he managed to hoodwink enough people to get elected. Nobody saw the signs?

[Raine1967]

38. I can't help but wonder about his spouse.

If my husband did such a 180 politically, we'd have a real problem.

[GCG]

41. She seems to have more empathy then he does!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisele_Barreto_Fetterman

As first lady of Braddock, Pennsylvania, Fetterman founded the Braddock Free Store, a non-profit organization that provides local lower-income families with toys, diapers, baby formula, clothing, household items, and furniture.

She has pushed for the United States Congress to take "humane and compassionate" approaches to immigration, and petitioned that immigrant families should not be separated. She spoke in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for attempting to end the program.

[Omnipresent]

40. Why is he still a Democrat?

Does he not know that Pennsylvanian’s aren’t going to accept this behavior, even if he changes parties.

[-misanthroptimist]

44. If I have a stroke, I'd rather have it kill me...

...than what happened to Fetterman.

[Borogove]

46. The guy sounds more and more ridiculous every time he opens his hideous mouth.

[D_Master81]

47. The 1 term senator from Penn said what?

At this point I’m assuming he is being paid by someone to just shit on the Democratic Party because no one watching the current state of politics should be thinking the way is to go towards MAGA and the right

[flvegan]

48. Next insider trade list must have been received then. n/t

[CousinIT]

53. KYLE RITTENHOUSE IS NOT DEAD.

So - there's THAT.

Fetterman just needs to GTFO - switch parties or go Indy. Good fucking riddance.

[MadLinguist]

62. And that little shit Rittenhouse KILLED

Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum with impunity. Fetterman knows this, the twisted dick.

[republianmushroom]

54. DINO ?

[Emile]

64. Centrist

[awesomerwb1]

55. That's MAGA talk

What a disaster.

[Blue Owl]

68. He does like them freedom-fried potaters, mmm-hmmm....

[PCIntern]

56. My theory about this guy:

He was a repressed Pennsylvania-typical-hick-asshole who saw which way the wind was blowing and latched onto the candidate for Governor at the time (whom I knew personally). After his injury he’s lost frontal lobe editing and you’re seeing the real guy now. Yep.

[ck4829]

57. If I have a stroke, I hope it finishes me off instead of damaging my brain so badly like we see with Fetterman

[WinningAgain]

58. My bet is he defects

[Dawson Leery]

59. John Fetterman sees nothing wrong with child traffiking!

PIG!!!

[TrunKated]

60. Is he on the list?

[Ars Longa]

61. As U.S. Senator he gets solid PLATINUM health care for $0.

So of course he disses other people for complaining about wildly exorbitant
health care!

[MustLoveBeagles]

65. When Fetterman first ran for

Federal office I thought we were getting a fighter and we have. He's a fighter against his own party. I don't know why he doesn't switch already. This is why the Dems can't have nice things. It seems like we always have 1 or 2 of these bozos mucking things up.

[Blue Owl]

66. WTAF is wrong with that guy?

Even despite his stroke, had he been reprogrammed by MAGA?

[senseandsensibility]

67. OMG Rittenhouse KILLED SOMEONE

Pretti was KILLED. See the difference, Fetterman?