Fetterman refrains from signing letter calling for a probe into US bombing of Iranian girls' school

[Miles Archer]

Just a week after Sen. John Fetterman helped Republicans block a war powers resolution intended to halt President Donald Trump and Israel’s assault on Iran, the Pennsylvania Democrat again bucked his own party on Wednesday by not signing on to a letter calling for a probe into an apparent US bombing of a girls’ school in the Iranian city Minab that killed around 175 people, mostly young children.

As with the unsuccessful resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Fetterman was the only member of the Senate Democratic Caucus—which includes Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Angus King (I-Maine)—who didn’t endorse the letter to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Fetterman has signaled support for Operation Epic Fury and promoted Trump’s narrative that it’s motivated by preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. During a Tuesday appearance on Newsmax, he claimed that “negotiating treaties” and coordinating with regional allies “never worked,” and wondered why Democrats can’t “agree what’s happened is a very, very positive development for world peace.”

https://www.rawstory.com/every-senate-dem-but-fetterman-signs-call-for-probe-of-iran-school-massacre/

[yaesu]

1. Probably forgot how to use a pen. nt

[ecstatic]

2. What's going on with him?

I haven't been following his situation closely, but I've seen the headlines.

Was he always like this and people were blind to it?

Or did he trick voters to get elected?

Or was he the best out of two bad options?

Or did he change following his brain injury?

Is he potentially being blackmailed?

[Quiet Em]

4. I'm not sure if he is even communicating with other Democrats at this point

He doesn't seem up-to-date on the daily changing current events.

I think he might just be hanging out with Dave McCormick and other Republicans when he's working.

[comradebillyboy]

10. In the primary he ran to the left of Conor Lamb.

He was the progressive darling until he went full MAGA. Now you can't find anybody who will admit voting for him.

[gab13by13]

18. I fucking voted for him and I gave him money

He changed after his stroke, he was nothing like he is now.

We don't need another moderate v progressive civil war, we need to be united.

[Ritabert]

29. I want my donation back.

[Rob H.]

16. He changed after his stroke

A similar thing happened to one of my aunts--pre-stroke she was a sweet little old lady and afterward she was mean as a snake, snapping at people, yelling at my uncle who was in the early stages of Alzheimer's at the time, the whole bit. They had to put her on antidepressants (I think) to get her close to what her personality used to be, and even then she was never quite the same.

[dem4decades]

3. When is his term up?

[leftstreet]

11. Maybe he's thinking of a POTUS run

It's clearly obvious he has NO competent consultants or advisors. Everyone just lets him live in his own world and run wild like Trump. With limited input, and stroke-compromised mental ability, maybe he sees himself as a "maverik-y" Trump style leader.

[FakeNoose]

15. Not a chance - more likely he won't run for re-election in 2028

The Repukes don't want him, that's for sure. The Democrats in Pennsylvania are fed up and we're hoping he resigns. Fetterman's advisors and aides have mostly quit, I don't know who's working for him now. Maybe nobody.

I did vote for Fetterman in 2022 but I won't do it again. I think Chump is blackmailing him, maybe threatening to deport his wife who is a naturalized citizen. (?)

[leftstreet]

21. Well then, he's free!

You're probably right. I've just found it interesting the way he started copying Trump. Barking at reporters, defensive, bashing "the left."

[BlueKota]

5. Of course he did!

He isn't helping.

[hlthe2b]

6. I guess he still can't separate innocent children and civilians among Persian Shia Muslims...

any more than he could Arab Sunni Muslims (Palestinians). So, John, does that extend to American children of those with whom you have major disagreements, i.e., disdain for their ethnicity or religion, as well?

Sorry, (I guess), but I think he is very much acting as though he has no filter for what were likely repressed attitudes all along.--much like those with dementia, traumatic or other brain injury (his stroke, for instance), or rare medication-induced issues-- can manifest.

[BlueTsunami2018]

7. He said it was a "moot point."

This guy is so callous and bloodthirsty.

You have to have some kind of mental deficiency to be that nonchalant about killing children. About killing anyone really.

Except fascists of course.

[Happy Hoosier]

8. He really turned out to be an awful person. NT

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

26. Yes. Im sure he will vote for the SAVE act

[bigtree]

9. making himself moot?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/john-fetterman-says-investigating-iran-girls-school-strike-is-moot/ar-AA1YtQLy

[Blue Owl]

12. Was he wearing ill-fitting Florsheims with his sweat pants?

Somehow I could see it....

[betsuni]

13. Maybe he's one of those types who mock Democrats for "strongly worded letters."

[mcar]

14. I wish that the people who supported this "great progressive"

would remember this vis a vis Platner in Maine. They are doing the same thing they did with Fetterman: ignoring the red flags because the guy is saying what they want to hear.

[Dawson Leery]

17. Yes.

[flvegan]

19. Operation 6Foot8Inch Dumbfuck. n/t

[2naSalit]

20. He seems to be...

Brainwashed or something. He sure isn't acting in our best interests and I think he's impaired as to his critical thinking skills. That stroke took him away from us.

[OAITW r.2.0]

22. Kompromat? Family threats? Stroke?

Something changed him.

[Celerity]

37. The stroke would be the leading cause of his enshittification, IMHO.

[Traildogbob]

23. If you

Saw him roaming around a young girls school ground in his hoodie and shorts, would ya call the police and alert of a pedi stalking the young girls.
He certainly fully supports the pedi regime.
He seems about as Democratic as Tulsi Gabbert was when running for office in Hawaii.
The repubs have been planting their own into democratic offices. Ask Charlotte voters in NC.
They are evil and determined to own the world, at any cost.

[Ritabert]

24. His wife was an undocumented migrant from Brazil

Even though she's a naturalized citizen now somebody could be using it as leverage.

[FakeNoose]

25. Gisela Fetterman became a naturalized citizen in the same year as Melania Trump

[Ritabert]

30. They don't count Melania with their usual hypocrisy.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Fetterman needs to be primaried

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

36. OMG. What "left media" is he talking about?

Man, he has really internalized right wing talking points. Holy shit.

[twodogsbarking]

28. John Failureman.

[Grim Chieftain]

31. I wish I could get a refund for all the money my husband and I sent him

Pity he can't be recalled - run as a Democrat. serve as a Republican.

To be fair and kind, it could stem for his stroke and hospitalization for depression, but still...

[Escape]

32. If we take back the Senate in November,,,,

I expect the F-Man to change parties to try to help Republicans hold the majority. He is MAGA now and, apparently, a full tilt supporter of Trump.

His wife was very active, honest, articulate and driven during his earlier health struggles and during his attempts to overcome them while campaigning.
Is she speaking out against his 180 degree changes? Does she offer an explanation? I worry about her.

[SunSeeker]

33. So he claims he supports an investigation but won't sign a letter calling for an investigation.

[Clouds Passing]

34. Wolf in sheep's clothing.

[twodogsbarking]

35. Being from Pa I wonder how Gov Shapiro felt about John. Shapiro knows people.

I don't recall Shapiro pushing hard for John in the Senate. At the time that seemed odd.

[Norrrm]

38. Yet, he is still a better choice than Oz.

(Maybe not by a lot)