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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

To block. To BLOCK!!

I mean what kind of fucking sicko does that??? Oh nevermind, I know the answer: a regressive republican, aka the Pedo Party.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

Everyone should've known during his campaign, as he endorsed fracking unreservedly. As I did, as an anti fracking activist.

[–] VeryVito@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

There is nothing the GOP likes better than a coverup!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 67 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Super cool to know if I was murdered by a foreign government my representative wouldn’t give a shit.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago

Haha "your" representative.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know why people expect different from gym shorts guy. I really hope he gets replaced.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Hey man, there’s nothing wrong with a Pennsylvania tuxedo

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

You’re right.

I respect people more if they’re in a hoodie and I don’t respect senators.

They should wear suits so we know they’re untrustworthy as the suits on Wall Street.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 6 points 6 hours ago

Im sure he’s well paid. But not by his voters

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 44 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Fetterman's proof that you need to have brain damage to be conservative

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, not necessarily. My dad became maga after his TBI. He was just a garden variety fiscal conservative before (because he's a financial advisor).

But he's also a diagnosed narcissist with an attachment disorder, so who knows

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 10 points 9 hours ago

People who worked for him before he was in DC said so, multiple times.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 30 points 10 hours ago

Could have ended the headline after the first 3 words.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

who saw that comin…. who saw where that came from!

vote blue no matter who strikes again

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So you would have been ok with Dr Oz?

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world -2 points 4 hours ago

nope, your false dichotomy was chosen by the dnc. they wanted a candidate that appeased their donners, and so they flew too close to the sun as the line separating an establishment democrat and a republican is indistinguishable.

the dnc must be taken to task for their complicity in the machinations of the rnc

ALL TRAITORS

[–] ghostface@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If only PA residents could transfer their passion and sports analysis over to politics and political analysis...

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

If only we elected senators every two years instead of six, or had some method for recalling them if they turn out bad.

[–] Astronut@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 hours ago

Pricks of a feather fuck the world over together!

[–] eurodyne@piefed.world 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

If it talks like a duck

and it steps like a goose…

IT’S A-NAZI

[–] Carrots@quokk.au 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Look how easy it was to get a conservative in the dems. Voters fell for that rigged shit. “Stroke” my ass, this shit was planned. Amerikkka drinks this drama like a sugar energy drink.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Bernie Sanders even endorsed and rallied with him.

This conspiracy goes really high if Bernie is an undercover conservative too.

[–] Carrots@quokk.au 4 points 5 hours ago

Bernie fell for it, he’s not in on it. They (dems) don’t all have to be in on it or it’s not a thing. He’s a plant. A mole. A fake. Undercover cunt. Secret Republican. Etc.

[–] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Considering his long career, Bernie would be the worst conservative operative.

Don't get me wrong, I like and respect Bernie for his integrity and leadership. But he is just a pressure release valve, allowed to be in government, to make progressives think they have a voice in government.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Considering he's had a long career and hasn't started a movement he may be the best.

[–] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's most definitely started movements, what are you talking about?

Bernie has been at the heart of many political movements, he just won't take corporate and Israeli money. Should tell you something

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

He's going on two hundred and he has AOC and Fetterman under his belt as accomplishments.

[–] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

An incredibly ignorant response.

What a joke

Sometimes it hurts to hear the truth.

[–] bunnybunny@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

Money, they’re all hot for money.