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a kennedy

(36,341 posts)
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 10:46 AM Jun 2025

and this about Senator Fetterman........ugh

Senator John Fetterman was reportedly spotted at a MAGA hangout in Washington, D.C. with ultra-conservative strategist Steve Bannon.

The Pennsylvania lawmaker was seen on Monday dining at the D.C. establishment Butterworth's–which has become MAGA's favorite restaurant-with Matthew Boyle, Washington bureau chief of the right-wing Breitbart News Network, according to Politico.

Fetterman was later joined by Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, "for a good 20 minutes or so," Politico reported.

A spokesperson for Fetterman told the Daily Beast that the senator's run-in with Bannon was unplanned.

The Democratic senator stirred speculations about a party switch earlier this year after he met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and repeatedly broke from his colleagues to side with Republicans on issues including a Trump-backed spending bill and the Laken Riley Act.

https://l.smartnews.com/p-lIddp0Y/zvJ0ch

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and this about Senator Fetterman........ugh (Original Post) a kennedy Jun 2025 OP
The minute I saw him dressed up in his hoodie Henry203 Jun 2025 #1
Won't miss his buddy's birthday parade..... Lovie777 Jun 2025 #2
If he is considering a switch JBTaurus83 Jun 2025 #3
hem AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #4
Butt Err Worthlessness (R) sounds unappetizing BoRaGard Jun 2025 #5
Another sleeper cell being activated. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #6
Lieberman JBTaurus83 Jun 2025 #8
Yes bought and paid for by PutinGOP, to be activated as needed. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #9
What a disappointment he has turned out to be. 3catwoman3 Jun 2025 #7
I wonder if they have Kompromat on Uncle Fester. Flatrat Jun 2025 #10

Henry203

(958 posts)
1. The minute I saw him dressed up in his hoodie
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 10:48 AM
Jun 2025

I knew he was a phony. I had the same thoughts about Greg Greenwald. Both struck me as phonies.

JBTaurus83

(1,675 posts)
3. If he is considering a switch
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 10:49 AM
Jun 2025

He will likely remain a Dem for now, so he can continue poisoning the well. If the senate comes down to 51-49 Dem (if we have elections), I believe thats when he would switch and allow Vance as tie breaker. I only speculate this based on our never ending train of Dem senator sellouts that we have had over the past two decades.

3catwoman3

(29,790 posts)
7. What a disappointment he has turned out to be.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 11:10 AM
Jun 2025

If an elected politician wants to switch parties, I think they should be required to resign first. Their obligation is to the voters who put them in, not to any change of beliefs they may have developed (or duplicitously concealed).

Flatrat

(180 posts)
10. I wonder if they have Kompromat on Uncle Fester.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 12:59 PM
Jun 2025

I'm sure he has a few skels in his closet.

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