Trumpf offers bribe to Fetterman

[Liberal In Texas]

Not even sure Fetterman would need a bribe.

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. This

[Blue Owl]

2. Getting some creepy pedo vibes from Fetterman these days

Wonder why that is?

[Walleye]

3. All of the "donations" for his ballroom are bribes

That and threats of violence is the only way he makes “deals”

[magicarpet]

10. All the private donations for the Orange King's ballroom,..

... that donation slate has some now been wiped clean. Lindsey Graham will soon introduce his bill asking to appropriate $1 billion dollars for this vanity Ballroom Project. Where the $400 million has gone or disappeared to.. djt repeatedly said was collected via private funding raised to pay for the entire project,... is now an unspoken mystery. trDUMP now wants $1 billion dollars to publicly fund with taxpayer dollars to build his - Fourth Reich - American Nazi Bund Hall, Meetings, Rallies, & Events Center.

Achtung.... !

[Walleye]

37. He likes to do this corruption right in our faces. It's all bribes.

[Timewas]

4. Really

Fetterman should accept the cash, he has already gone over in all ways except changing to an R after his name.

[yourout]

5. If we take back the Senate by one vote he will flip to R

[rzemanfl]

6. I suppose that would be better than

the nutcases taking out one of our senators. I would not put that past these Nazis.

[magicarpet]

14. Oh my,... under the above scenario the trDUMP payoff to Fetterman to switch parties would increase significantly.

A 51-R/50-D senate would squash any impeachment ideas, stop any meaningful or in depth oversight, and help keep ShitsHisPants out of prison.

djt would fork over big bucks to make that his reality for the last two years of his second term.

[Joinfortmill]

19. He still has the Grim Reaper to contend with. He can't pay him off.

[magicarpet]

22. Hurry up Grim Reaperman.

Come hither and allow me to help sharpen your rusty scythe.

Then make a visit upon DonOLD trDUMP and have a nice chat.

[yourout]

42. Even he does want to see this nasty POS.

[Texin]

41. Yea. I've been musing about the seemingly changed persona of the guy. Do you think he was always a DINO?

But his inexplicable turn to the right seemed to happen after his stroke, which could explains his baffling change.

[Timewas]

58. Not sure

But he had a serious stroke a couple years ago and spent some time in hospital, I seem to remember he was out for quite a while, the obvious changes took place after that

[LtTx]

47. I don't care for him, but he still votes 90% of the time with Dems

It looks like the majority of his votes that side with Rethugs seems to be on nominations.
I do believe that the strokes have changed his thinking. Very common with stroke victims.
So, I do think he needs replaced due to residual effects from the strokes.

[SuzyandPuffpuff]

7. Already fucks us

Why switch? He's already been licking the horse shit heels of the Repugnants ... switch over or stay he's not helping us. Only helping them.

[Johonny]

8. Manchin showed its better to be courted

Than to leave the democratic party. The last two democratic senators that did that went from highly courted news makers to nobody's and ex-senators.

[FakeNoose]

15. That's exactly what will happen to John Fetterman

He won't be re-elected in Pennsylvania, and his term is up in 2028. I'm a PA voter and I supported him in 2022 as well as most people I know. It's not going to happen again. The Repukes don't want him either.

[31st Street Bridge]

33. Zombie John can't walk the streets of a Pennsylvania town now

He's a liar and a traitor. He was a Trojan horse candidate from Day 1, and he fooled a lot of people with his Home Depot couture cosplay game. He couldn't get elected dog catcher here now.

[themaguffin]

44. yep, his "leverage" etc is in staying. Either way, he's so fucking losing his job in 2028.

[Chasstev365]

9. Just Do It!

I'd rather know he will vote with Trumpers than fret about if he will support the Democratic agenda.

Maybe it will flip PA back to a real Democrat in 2028.

[Escape]

11. Wow!....That photo...

Dumb and Dumber!

[sakabatou]

12. I'm not sure Fetterman needs a bribe either

[TheRickles]

13. Any link to a source for this "financial windfall" story? Thanks.

[Liberal In Texas]

16. BlueSky

No other source.
It might actually be found if you use a search engine.

[TheRickles]

17. Thanks. Yes, I could use a search engine, but I believe posters should provide links when possible.

It's part of the responsibility of a poster, IMO - they do a bit of extra work and thereby save dozens of readers from having to duplicate that effort.

Saying something was on Bluesky is like saying "I read it on the internet". Not quite up to DU's standards.

[thesquanderer]

20. I just assume all posted memes are fake, unless accompanied by a source. Saves a lot of time. :-) n/t

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[ShazzieB]

65. I don't assume they're *all* fake, but I assume a lot of them are, and it's getting hard to tell which ones are which.

You just never know rhese days. The bots are already out in force, and things are just going to get worse between now and November. I'm stocking up on salt, because I'm going to be taking a lot of things with many grains of it in the coming months.

[Liberal In Texas]

21. Where in the rules around here is it a responsibility to provide a link?

If a link isn't supplied, (like in this case, not available from the source) and you want to know more, don't be lazy go find it yourself.

[TheRickles]

24. Not a rule, more a matter of courtesy and consideration.

[Liberal In Texas]

25. So, it's not a "responsibility."

[Cirsium]

28. Sure it is

Courtesy and consideration are the responsibility of members of any civilized community.

[Liberal In Texas]

34. Nice sentiment. But

Responsibility means obligation or requirement.
One is NOT REQUIRED or OBLIGATED to add these things the previous poster demanded.

[Cirsium]

45. I am going to be courteous and considerate

That is all I am going to say.

[Kali]

66. ...

you have been here a long time and have a lot of posts for somebody who doesn't seem to get it

[Polybius]

62. It's an unwritten rule

It makes a story look very bad and sus when they don't.

[creeksneakers2]

54. I was wondering the same thing

I can't find it.

[Joinfortmill]

18. Well, don't underestimate 'karma, baby'. It's coming

[GiqueCee]

23. I am surprised to see...

... that Fetterman actually owns a suit and tie. Or maybe it's one of those zippered-up-the-back numbers that I'll bet portrait photographers use for clients that don't know how to dress like a grown-up. I know that when my younger stepson got his photo taken in Marine dress blues 20-odd years ago, that's what the photographer used. Dress blues ain't cheap, and most new recruits can't afford them.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. Fetterman is going to flip to trump's side

[debm55]

30. PA voter here, Fetterman has already flipped as far as I am concerned.

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Now that this info is out there, how will it go down with PA constituents?

It won't happen until after the election, of course. The payoff will be bigger then.

Selling out would expose the idea to the whole country.

[Ocelot II]

29. This is all coming from this Politico article:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/05/04/fetterman-switch-parties-republican-00904177?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=34ca396f-22bb-49eb-8730-842b148f1f03

[republianmushroom]

35. Oh, Damn !

DINO, DINO

[FemDemERA]

48. Thank you, ocelot II.

[betsuni]

49. Article says he votes with Democrats 93% of the time and he thinks he'd be a "shitty Republican."

Maybe he just has a bad case of OCD (Obsessive Contrarian Disease).

If he did change parties, I agree with those who think he'd become an independent. Finally, a political situation where "the lesser of two evils" actually fits.

[Cha]

55. TY! I was just about to say that I

Believe it, but I wish there were receipt.

Fetterman didn’t respond to Trump’s authorized offer, but, when asked how Democrats treat him, notably said: “They don’t mistreat me, but I think increasingly they’re suspicious or kinda standoffish.”

snip***

But Fetterman has since exacerbated the situation by conducting himself in these tribal times in ways that please the right and anger the left: He largely ignores Trump’s transgressions, finds ways to support the White House in high-profile moments and is increasingly ubiquitous when criticizing his own party on right-coded media in ways that affirm conservative views about liberal excess.

How about Fascist "Excess"?

Bottom line, Fettrman is Not a patriot.

[paleotn]

31. Why? He's already a Republican.

For all practical purposes.

[twodogsbarking]

32. I am guessing the financial wiindfall has already taken place.

Splains a lot.

[republianmushroom]

36. Jan. meeting with trump.

[flvegan]

38. So this allegation comes from a Hannity interview?

Where he (Hannity) allegedly got a call from Trump offering such a thing, from the internets (because the OP didn't add any context) :

And Trump has said, if Fetterman does, he’d reciprocate. In his typical unsubtle fashion, the president conveyed as much to Sean Hannity in March and asked Hannity to play intermediary.

When Fetterman sat for an interview with the Fox host the next day, Hannity delivered the pitch, recounting Trump’s marching orders nearly verbatim.

“‘Your job is to tell him: He’s gonna run as a Republican, he’s gonna have our full support, more money than he ever dreamed of, and he’s gonna win big,’” Hannity told Fetterman, recalling Trump’s instructions.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/05/04/fetterman-switch-parties-republican-00904177?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=9a53e0e3-a790-481a-9ffb-563faa26df9d

[Cirsium]

46. Thanks

That is the story. Not much to it. Just good for clickbait headlines - "Trump offers bribe to Fetterman!"

[LymphocyteLover]

53. Well, he did offer a bribe!

[Cirsium]

56. I dunno

I don't take anything Trump says at face value. I also don't take anything Hannity claims that Trump told him at face value, either.

Hannity told Fetterman that Trump told him "Your job is to tell him: He’s gonna run as a Republican, he’s gonna have our full support, more money than he ever dreamed of, and he’s gonna win big."

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DWB0LZABBA8/

Is that Trump offering Fetterman a bribe? Not really.

Mattie told Hattie about a thing she saw. It had two big horns and a woolly jaw.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/05/04/fetterman-switch-parties-republican-00904177

I guess we're just living in such boring times, there is so little going on, there are so few really important issues to look at, and this administration is just so uncontroversial that there's just nothing to write about or dicsuss, so therefore we have to make shit up so we can get clicks. Do I have that right?

[ShazzieB]

60. Thanks for this helpful info!

[Cirsium]

61. My pleasure

[LymphocyteLover]

67. So you're saying Hannity is lying about Rump's offer and just made up the bribe himself? Seriously?

[LymphocyteLover]

68. obviously there's a lot going on but the POTUS offering a bribe to a Senator to switch parties seems significant

obviously you can blow it off if you want.

It seems like a "bribe" to me though SCOTUS weakened what bribes are in politics so legally it probably isn't and obviously the orange shitbag gets away with everything anyway, so whatever

[Walleye]

39. Fetterman has caught strongman infatuation disorder

How much much money Trump throws around, Pennsylvanians are not gonna vote for him again. He betrayed us.

[lostincalifornia]

40. Some may not realize that 80% of Fetterman's voting record is progressive

Would he change to the Republican Party? Not for money.

[MW67]

64. Joe Lieberman

Was Al Gore s VP running mate in 2000 before he switched sides a few years later, I never say never

[pansypoo53219]

43. the teevee gnewz will ignore this BLUE DRESS W/ KKKUM AS WELL.

[3825-87867]

50. The "windfall" is actually just not having his wife deported.

!

[vapor2]

51. Not ignoring this corruption, looting the treasure, bribes, blackmail etc

I make phone calls but what else can we do?

[Blue Owl]

52. I thought I saw some Florsheims sticking out from under those frumpy sweatpants

[Mad_Machine76]

57. Any idea if he'll bite?

If he has an otherwise 80% progressive/Democratic-leaning voting record, he'd wear out his welcome with the Republican MAGA caucus pretty quickly, wouldn't he? Also, why would he want to hitch his wagon to a losing cult party and an increasingly dementia-ridden cult leader? As soon as he goes against Trump, Trump/MAGA will instantly jump all over him.

[Emile]

59. Fetterman votes with the Democratic Party 91% of the time.

I think Joe Manchin was 89%.

[Fiendish Thingy]

63. Proof?

Random memes on the internet are a ludicrous way to get news.