This piece is recognition and a little pain. We had supported Fetterman, *especially* again Dr. Oz (who is now destroying Medicare and Medicaid and making false accusations). We were pleased when he won, since he had overcome so much to get there. Somewhere since he started as a senator, he changed. He’s been moving more toward the Republican side of things, yet he claims to be a Democrat. That claim isn’t holding any water anymore.
He made a choice. He decided on campaign fundraising. He lost his mind. Because the group he’s working with now has strong affiliations with the other side, and not in a small way. It’s actually fairly major. It was so disappointing finding this out, and it hurt like a kick to the gut. Supporting someone through all he’s had to overcome, only to watch him get closer and closer to the other side, is painful. How did we misjudge him so completely?
My regards to Raw Story:
Sen. John Fetterman’s political operation is offering conservative groups a hefty cut of donations to recruit new donors, according to an exclusive new report in The Atlantic that is drawing sharp criticism of the Pennsylvania Democrat. After Democratic fundraising firm MissionWired ended its work with Fetterman in June, his operation turned to a firm with MAGA-world ties, the report said. In a private message obtained by The Atlantic, a consultant offered conservative groups 75% of each recipient’s first donation. Fetterman’s new fundraising efforts circulated through operations with names including RedMajorities.com, TrumpTruths.org, and America1stWarRoom.com. One warned that socialists were “hijacking the Democratic Party.”
“His career as a Democrat is over. We didn’t push him away. He threw it away,” former Rep. Conor Lamb, who is considering challenging Fetterman in 2028, told The Atlantic. “He is the one who made a decision to do what Trump wanted instead of what Democrats wanted.”
It’s pretty much a fact of life that Fetterman is going to the dark side. It’s hard to see this change. He’s certainly not a Democrat anymore, if he ever really was. What can you say about something like this? How can you explain the pain and the sheer insanity of what he’s doing? It’s almost impossible because, as of right now, it doesn’t make any sense. What was offered to him to enable this change? What happened in the background that contributed to this?
What happened to you, John Fetterman?
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