John Fetterman has joined Truth Social and just posted

[obamanut2012]

His first post is advocating for Trump being pardoned.

He is gonna flip, isn't he?

Posting on a Nazi platform.

on edit: I won't be posting a link for obvious reasons.

[Initech]

1. Ugh, we cannot have nice things in this country, can we?

[Celerity]

82. the actual TS post from Fetty

[Cirsium]

87. OMG

That is pure MAGA, including the "Willie Horton" trick of using a gratuitous picture of Bragg in the post. This, from a Democratic senator??? WTAF???

[Initech]

101. Ugh. I won't go to Toilet Shithole.

But that is pretty nauseating!

[AKwannabe]

2. Wow. Just. Wow.

Twilight Zone SHITSHOW!

[republianmushroom]

3. Seems a true DINO

[Scrivener7]

4. Yep. He's done.

[Passages]

5. I never thought he would go this far.

Shameful.

[LoisB]

6. I had a hinky feeling about him when he was elected.

[Passages]

9. He fooled me.

He made this transition before the inauguration too. I am truly worried now about how votes will go in the Senate.

[jimfields33]

13. I think he saw the Pennsylvania senate election

And may be worried. Just a thought.

[sop]

54. It's more than just a thought. Fetterman likes being in the Senate, he wants to hang on to the job.

[LoisB]

21. He fooled a lot of people. I thought I was just being paranoid about him and that PA Dem voters knew him. I had

hoped he would be one of the movers and shakers in D.C. Great disappointment.

[Passages]

26. Weird guy.

Indeed he is a deep disappointment.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

46. He always seemed problematic to me too.

[Beckett]

77. Same here

I think he's been drifting for awhile now and I wonder if he's going to be the new Manchin/Sinema or if he's defecting.

[Think. Again.]

88. Yeah, I suspect he's looking to take...

...a manchin/sinema "wildcard" role.

[LoisB]

89. Just what we don't need; another "pay attention to ME!" person.

[berksdem]

30. I will not be voting for him

in the future...

[Passages]

86. Such a disappointment when we can't afford another Sinema.

[berksdem]

115. it really is...

I have no idea what is going on with him tbh.

[rampartd]

7. that bastard

i hope he understands that if he is not 100% maga he is a one term senator

my own dipshit cassidy already has a maga loon announcing to primary him in 2026

[hlthe2b]

8. All these idiots (yes, including some of our own Congressmen) lobbying for Trump pardon...

His Federal charges are on indefinite hold and Pres. Biden has zero ability to pardon for state charges, including the 32 felonies for which he has not been sentenced. So, what is the point beyond posturing to MAGA?

[Klarkashton]

10. The new manchin.

[obamanut2012]

15. Manchin isn't on TS -- afraid more like Gabbard

[tenderfoot]

11. Hoodie Gabbard

eom

[BeerBarrelPolka]

12. I

I wrote this before and I'll write it again, FUCK anybody that supports trump and won't fight him. I hope Fetterman gets his ass stomped.

[mvd]

75. He's gone too far

Need to primary him. I really thought he’d fight for us. I’ll vote for him if he’s the nominee (unless he switches parties).

[BeerBarrelPolka]

96. Yes

Way too far. All of them that refuse to fight against trump. Many gave their life for this country to fight our enemies. None have been greater enemies against the USA than trump. Yet, some of these so-called Dems haven't the courage to blow their own nose. But they sure do love to toot their own horn.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. I voted for him

I never believed him. The whole no suit, non-conformity thing. I guess he goes against convention at every turn. And yet again.

[cyndensco]

45. The whole a black kid is jogging through my neighborhood so I'm going to hold him at gunpoint until the cops get here.

[orleans]

70. what? did he do that? nt

[irisblue]

79. 2013.

Fetterman justifies — but does not apologize for — chasing down and brandishing shotgun at Black jogger while Braddock mayor

source-https://www.pghcitypaper.com/news/fetterman-justifies-but-does-not-apologize-for-chasing-down-and-brandishing-shotgun-at-black-jogger-while-braddock-mayor-18901042

[sop]

91. That incident probably helped him with Republican voters.

[cyndensco]

102. Thanks for the response.

This incident is the first thing I think of whenever I hear his name.

[drray23]

16. I really think he completely changed after his stroke

He became meaner, ruder and started espousing positions contrary to the main democratic platform he once supported and got elected on.

[SunImp]

20. Yeah, it's scummy to change your positions you got elected on

Not much different than the recent wave of Dems switching parties

[Fullduplexxx]

35. It should be illegal and should immediately trigger a new election

[Hassin Bin Sober]

23. Chasing an innocent black kid with a shotgun should have been a warning maybe.

[mzmolly]

17. Uh no. What does Putin have on Fetterman,

I ask?

[dalton99a]

18. Like Sinema, Fetterman can make a sharp turn without blinking an eye

[CrispyQ]

57. Best thing is, you can score a cushy K Street job if you can't get re-elected.

[DronePilot]

19. Shocked I tell you!

As if the “dress code” and bad facial hair hasn’t screamed MAGA from the outset.

Have always disliked him- another blowhard.

[dalton99a]

24. He's basically a shallow, attention-seeking narcissist like Sinema

[WarGamer]

22. Trump has a decent chance of having the case tossed and erasing the felonies...

I don't know if he'd WANT the pardon.

Merchan is considering that motion right now...

The case gets tossed and Trump is no longer a convicted felon.

[dpibel]

33. What do you imagine the grounds to be?

Last edited Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:28 PM - Edit history (1)

It's a state case, so the DOJ can't do anything with it.

Some of the counts were committed before he gained the position of king can do no wrong. The ones that were committed while he was sitting on the throne would assuredly test whether there is anything a king can do that is not official duty (Roberts, J., "It is clear from the history of the Constitution that the framers would have considered reimbursement of hush money payments to be well within the ambit of the duties of the office, even if not precisely within the core duties&quot .

In the normal world, a dismissal N.O.V. happens when there is clearly a lack of evidence to support the jury's verdict. That's a pretty hard sell on this one.

As far as I can see, the only reason you might believe he has a decent chance of dismissal is because his lawyers say so, and even filed a motion saying that!

Obviously, in these troubled times, any prediction is subject to the looniest outcome. Even so, Merchan has not thus far taken kindly to the Trump team's shenanigans.

What's more, the Supremes just denied a whine from the Trump gang asking that he be allowed to badmouth everyone involved in the case. So they're not down with the idea that Merchan has fucked it all up.

[WarGamer]

68. Merchan has commented on this...

Some of the evidence admitted at the trial is covered under Immunity Decision... the prosecution argues it's immaterial and they would have won anyways... Trump argues it torpedoed the case.

Merchan said earlier...

Sentencing delayed if still appropriate after considering the motion to dismiss.

[Blue_Tires]

107. So the fix was in from the start, and this confirms it....

If there's no such thing as a rule of law anymore, why the hell am I obeying it?

[Just_Vote_Dem]

112. Because you're not a multimillionaire or a billionaire n/t

[dpibel]

113. Merchan said earlier...what?

Can you point me to the settled fact that "some of the evidence admitted at trial is covered under Immunity Decision."?

I've spent a fair bit of time searching, and I can't find where Justice Merchan said that, or even where he said "..."

I believe Merchan said that he was open to examining whether the Supremes gave Trump an unlimited Get Out of Jail Free card.

And for sure, Trump's incoming WH counsel has said that.

But there remain two things:

1. What part of the hush money case is covered by the Supreme's immunity decision? and

2. If some of the evidence was inadmissible, was its admission harmless error?

I'm happy to read what Merchan said earlier...

Just be so kind as to give me a link.

[dpibel]

118. This didn't age well at all!

And it was so very young. Likewise your elliptical comment that followed this one.

I'm sure, however, you believe that the appellate courts will set this straight.

Even though you seemed awfully certain that Merchan would get it right.

[WarGamer]

119. I didn'tt hink Merchan would grant it... I just said a possibility

BTW, Merchan is still to rule on the other dismissal motion. But I'm sure you knew that.

[dpibel]

121. Angels & pinheads

"I didn't think he would grant it. I just said 'decent chance.'"

But, hey! You can hope for the other dismissal motion!

You could still be right!!

Because Merchan seemed really wishy-washy in his opinion here. Right on the feather edge. Just wishing he could dismiss.

Well. Maybe not so much. Have you read today's opinion?

[WarGamer]

122. Decent logically means... 30% chance

[dpibel]

123. Cite, please

Are we supposed again to take your word for definitions of terms?

Nuh-uh! Decent punctiliously means between 78 and 89 percent! Because, like, I know.

I'll be fascinated to read the logic text that tells us "decent = 30%." Lay it on me.

[dpibel]

124. This could be a clue:

You really think that a judge who just committed the following words to the record is probably just winding up to dismiss on the other motion:

"Lastly, this court concludes that if error occurred regarding the introduction of the challenged evidence, such error was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt." Slip opinion, at 41.

But Merchan's kind of a jokester, I guess. Lambaste the guy in one ruling and then, THIS TIME FOR SURE, do the right thing and dismiss the case.

You are such an optimist!

[spanone]

25. Is Fetterman okay with trmp's nominees?

[SunImp]

31. Lol

[Bluethroughu]

27. Disgusting.

[CousinIT]

28. WTAF?!

[riversedge]

29. Here is Fetterman's first Truth post...........

https://bsky.app/profile/therealjackhopkins.bsky.social/post/3lcz4zaqgxc2e

[choie]

65. Son of a bitch.

N/t

[CousinIT]

32. Blumenthal on Eloon - another "WTAF?"

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3ld27267tg22m

[BeerBarrelPolka]

34. These

These people simply are not Democrats. It's beyond absurd at this point. There's no way they could have gotten this far being that stupid. It's bordering on complicity in my mind.

[tishaLA]

51. Elected Democrats have stopped caring

About their party's activist base -- while repub elected officials are completely subservient to their party's. Our folks used to at least pay lip service to our concerns, since at least the BLM movement forward they've just given up. And I'm sure part of the reason now is that the repub party has been sold to a revolting billionaire who isn't afraid to spend millions of dollars to defeat anyone who crosses him.

[CrispyQ]

59. Wow. I gotta say this kind of surprises me & doesn't give me hope that party leaders are going to hold the line.

In two years they will be asking us for money & votes.

[Cirsium]

95. That is another full embrace of MAGA

No way around it. The level of betrayal boggles the mind.

[Blue_Tires]

108. I'm telling y'all... Nobody is coming to save us.

[ecstatic]

116. Wow. Whoever fed him that bio

needs to be fired from his staff as soon as possible. Wow! Completely clueless! Eloon doesn't give a fuck about the first amendment.

[brush]

36. He's the new Manchin and Sinema. I won't be surprise when he switches parties.

What an a-hole. He's currying favor with trump and the winning side.

[Omnipresent]

37. I'm not truth social so...

Can someone tell him to “shut the fuck up!”, for me?

[Bettie]

38. He's going to become a Republican

any day now

[obamanut2012]

58. I am thinking that, too

[Blue_Tires]

110. He's not that fucking stupid

He'll turn Independent and be a cosplay Trumper until the GOP replaces him with a REAL Trumper in 2028

[Quiet Em]

39. Wow.

He desperately wants acceptance from and to fit in with the MAGA crowd. Not impressed.

[Gore1FL]

40. I unsubscribed from his emails

I used his weird defense of Trump as the reason when asked.

[Pisces]

41. No he won't.

[et tu]

43. could it be?

he wants his wife and kids to stay in the usa???

[Tarzanrock]

44. He has always been a brain-damaged asshole ...

Maybe the new "education" secretary will let him wrestle on the WWE? What a fucking clown! Just one more for the Republican Nazi Party circus.

[NotHardly]

63. He's had another stroke, hasn't he? That or he's a DINO who'll flip to Republican MMW

[IzzaNuDay]

74. The new Manchin

Fetterman should know better, right?

[littlemissmartypants]

98. Very astute of you! Because...

Once you've had one stroke your risk for another increases exponentially. He could be having multiple mini-strokes, ischemic events, cerebral infarcts, brain bleeding and not even know it until........ BAM!! Total personality change!

I would love to get my hands on his medical records. I know I could get to the crux of the matter quickly. Years of training and experience. My boss used to call me "a finely tuned instrument" because of my diagnostic skills with our neuro patients.

They are all mostly DINOs to me now. Until proven otherwise. I consider this last election as a giant reset and until folks start proving what they will and won't stand and fight for they're all suss. But then I'm a victim of the Tim Moore mistress Trish Coleman defection.

My jury is way out right now. It's a gestalt view for me for a while. Time will tell.

❤️

[Cha]

47. Wow! Why?! Why in

Hell should the 🤢 Sick Fuck be “pardoned “?

[angrychair]

48. Who would have thunk it

A guy that grabbed a shotgun and chased an innocent black man down the street is now signing up on a Nazi website to advocate for a pardon for a racist rapist and pedophile.
Gosh, I wonder why we lost Pennsylvania??? It's a mystery.

[live love laugh]

49. WHAAAT ⁉️

[Xolodno]

50. And to think, a couple of months ago...

...people were saying Gavin Newsom was too far left to be a serious contender for the Oval Office and Fetterman would be a better choice.

I love the smell of people eating crow in the morning.

[sanevoiceus]

52. Does he want to be new Joe Manchin?

He will be the new Joe Manchin.

[yaesu]

53. He can always blame it on brain worms. nt

[highplainsdem]

55. Very disappointing.

[Henry203]

56. The day I saw this doofus

with the hoodie and shorts I knew he was a phony.

[Joinfortmill]

60. This dude always raised my spidey senses...

I thought I was imagining things.. Maybe not.

[barbtries]

61. what kinda earworm

is causing this shit?!

pardon that fuck? NEVER. History will not be kind to President Biden if he was to do that.

[choie]

62. Considering he advocated for a pardon for trump

I’m not surprised.

[lark]

64. Ugh, how could I have liked him previously? He's obviously not on our side anymore.

SMH in sorrow

[Cha]

66. PS what's Fetterman's

Take on TSF gutting SS & health care for the sake of Putin and the Billionaires?

[Festivito]

67. It is touchy, but, is he right? QUOTE inside.

Fetterman does not explain that illegal use of campaign funds is not always charged, but, it often is not. Which might be Fetterman's point.

John Fetterman
@JohnFetterman

My first truth 👇

The Trump hush money and Hunter Biden cases were both bullshit, and pardons are appropriate.

Weaponizing the judiciary for blatant, partisan gain diminishes the collective faith in our institutions and sows further division.

[Think. Again.]

92. Hunter Biden is not a politician.

[Blue_Tires]

109. No, he is not correct

[malthaussen]

69. Well, thanks for making that clear, John.

I'd hoped for better from him. Alas.

-- Mal

[Evolve Dammit]

71. What a dick. I really tried to like the guy

[orleans]

72. sounds like he's scared and trying to suck up to any republican that'll have him. shame shame shame nt

[TBF]

73. Yes, during the build up to the election when he talked about his constituents

favoring Trump you could see this coming.

Probably thinks he needs to be republican to win reelection, so he will flip.

[BumRushDaShow]

76. As a side note, "Kamala HQ" is a Harris TS account

and it was used to troll them.

https://truthsocial.com/@KamalaHQ

Fetterman ran as a "populist" (liberal), "populist" meaning "often loud and strongly opinionated" and also "anti-establishment" with respect to some policy positions - his early focus had been for legalizing recreational marijuana here in PA and recognizing LGBTQ+ people (e.g., hanging a Pride flag outside of his office on the balcony at the PA State Capitol building and replacing it whenever it was removed by the Capitol authorities).

Recall his "breaking" the dress code in the Senate with wearing shorts on the floor.

[doc03]

78. I thought he had screw lose long ago. nt

[Prairie Gates]

80. And just yesterday, I was supposed to fall down at his feet because he called someone

an asshole.

Oh well, tra la.

[Sneederbunk]

81. Who among us does not think the man has issues?

[Butterflylady]

83. I was furious when he said that

Kamala wasn't doing what needed to be done in PA because dump is very popular here as much as he was last time. I emailed him and said that he wasn't helping kamala, he was doing more harm to her campaign.

Since he really doesn't like his job in the senate, he really should resign.

[AloeVera]

84. AND he's meeting with HEGSETH tomorrow!!

WTAF?

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/11/congress/fetterman-to-meet-hegseth-00193796

Then again, he's been all in on the Gaza genocide, the staunchest defender of Israel's slaughter. So am I surprised? Not at all.

Really, who IS this guy?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

85. Being a rep from PA is a tricky job.

I recall Arlen Spector trying to walk that line unsuccessfully. There is always someone further to the right.

[ThePartyThatListens]

90. No comment

DU doesn't seem to have a thick skin for what people post on here.

[obamanut2012]

100. What is that supposed to mean

[Think. Again.]

93. Hecs comparing trump's cases to Hunter's cases...

...saying they are both political B.S.

Mr. fetterman, Hunter Biden is not a politician.

[Nigrum Cattus]

94. John Fetterman is the new Manchin

Over the top pathetic. Part of the reason we are where
we are is because of Nixon's pardon. His new nickname
will be Scarecrow (wizard of Oz)

[themaguffin]

97. disgusting.

[Hassler]

99. The countdown begins for Fetterman becoming an "independent"

[Oneironaut]

103. "why I left the left" grift imminent.

[Dave says]

104. I was just saying yesterday

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19809043

[stillcool]

105. He never struck me as a person

with a lot of backing or influence, but he got there somehow, and now seems to be paying his dues

[Blue_Tires]

106. Like I said in the other thread

I never trusted that motherfucker from the beginning... Now he's going to whore himself out at the altar of Trumpism.

[nini]

111. He's the new Manchin and I'm not bit surprised

[ecstatic]

114. who radicalized him?

That's why we need to elect smart people going forward. No more newbie blank slates who are easily influenced by disinformation.

[Mr. Sparkle]

117. Nice to see he has removed his lips from Netanyahu's ass to suck up to Donald Trump

I guess Benji is a bit busy at the moment.

[Yavin4]

120. He'll lose in the next election.

Either in the primary or in the general. Either way, he's going to lose. No such thing as MAGA -lite.