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Polybius

(22,045 posts)
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:37 PM Oct 2025

Fetterman says he knows and loves Trump voters: 'I'm the only Democrat in my family'

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said that he knows and loves individuals who voted for President Donald Trump, noting that "they are not fascists" or "Nazis."

"I'm the only Democrat in my family. I grew up in a conservative part of Pennsylvania," he noted during a NewsNation Town Hall while wearing a hoodie.

"I would never compare anybody, anybody to Hitler, and those things," Fetterman declared.

Such "extreme rhetoric" will make it "more likely" that there will be "extreme … outcomes and political violence," he suggested.


I won't link to Fox, but he said it. Search for it if you must, the video is there.
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Fetterman says he knows and loves Trump voters: 'I'm the only Democrat in my family' (Original Post) Polybius Oct 2025 OP
I'm fed up with this guy cyclonefence Oct 2025 #1
Note to Fetterman FHRRK Oct 2025 #2
Fetterman has been a real disappointment, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2025 #3
So, he's been a stealth candidate all along? Wounded Bear Oct 2025 #4
Or maybe: DFW Oct 2025 #9
His family will be pleased because kacekwl Oct 2025 #5
+1 Polybius Oct 2025 #10
Keep talking, asshole dalton99a Oct 2025 #6
Admit it: you're a DINO, Fetterman. sakabatou Oct 2025 #7
Maybe he's not. marble falls Oct 2025 #8
I say this is proof that it wasn't the stroke bluestarone Oct 2025 #11
Think again. Baitball Blogger Oct 2025 #12
I thought he was a Trump voter Johonny Oct 2025 #13
I believe that even IF the DEMS take the Senate by one vote... WarGamer Oct 2025 #14

cyclonefence

(5,164 posts)
1. I'm fed up with this guy
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:38 PM
Oct 2025

I supported him I sent him money, and look what a jerk he's turned out to be. Fuck him.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,163 posts)
3. Fetterman has been a real disappointment,
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:42 PM
Oct 2025

I agree that everyone who voted for Been A Dick Donald isn't a Nazi or a fascist, but they are responsible for the mess the US is in right now because of those votes for a fascist.

DFW

(60,361 posts)
9. Or maybe:
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 11:46 PM
Oct 2025

Just starved for attention. After all, his physical appearance and usual manner of dressing make it SO hard to pick him out in a crowd…….

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