r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 • 4d ago

'Chill The F**k Out': John Fetterman Urges Democrats To Stick With Joe Biden | The Pennsylvania senator reminded panicked Democrats on Friday that he too had a bad debate once, yet he went on to win his Senate seat.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-debate-john-fetterman_n_667ea850e4b0415858d6a2f1
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u/j1xwnbsr 4d ago

Given how Fetterman has turned out, this is not the ringing endorsement he's making it out to be.

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u/PendingInsomnia California 4d ago

OOTL, wasn’t Fetterman popular/well-liked?

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u/boomshtick676 4d ago

He's not turned out to be the Democrat many people expected him to be. Doesn't support free trade, criticized Biden for withholding arms to Israel while also claiming the US shouldn't be the world's policeman, weirdly supports a ban on any lab-grown meats, wants to beef up security at the southern border.

Not outrageously off the beaten path, but people had much higher hopes for him within the party to be outspoken and fierce like AOC, but he's turned out to be pretty underwhelming with what appear to be some contradictory policy positions bordering on isolationism except when it happens to serve his interests.

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u/j1xwnbsr 4d ago

Yup. Tons of goodwill, esp after he had a minor meltdown and people rallied around him. But recently he's basically become a DINO and burned most of the goodwill he built up.

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u/InSicily1912 Pennsylvania 3d ago

He is obsessed with Israel

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u/JakesRibChickasha 4d ago

He was, but him being a massive horse’s ass about all sorts of things has caused a lot people, present company included, to really, really dislike him.