Senator Fetterman supports the GOP voting ID law just passed in House

[maliaSmith]

To those who support the new voting ID the GOP support and just voted on in the House, think about how it will affect women and their ability to vote.
To get a birth certificate costs at least $30. If you married and your name is different than your birth name, you have to pay to get a copy of your marriage license which could cost up to $5o if it's available which sometimes it isn't. If you are on your second or third marriage, you will need all copies of marriage and divorce papers which will cost more. Manywomen can't afford this, and this bill affects women more than men due to only women changing their names for the most part.
This bill is a very expensive poll tax in another name and an attempt to make it much more difficult for women to vote, which is the goal of the GOP as stated by many in power.

[Blue Owl]

1. The Fetid Man's days in office are numbered

Vote this turncoat OUT!

[Pinback]

5. Fetterman comes up for reelection in 2028.

Lots of time for more damage, unfortunately.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. If we can get enough Dem Senators elected, his vote won't matter.

[QueerDuck]

20. He could have another stroke or fall. Ya never know.

[popsdenver]

61. Or

lick a frog........

[Initech]

25. Can Pennsylvania recall him?

This man is compromised by Fox and Murdoch, he should not be allowed to continue as an elected democrat.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

82. No.

There is no recall mechanism for Federal officials.

[Omnipresent]

8. Say "Good night" Fetterman...

[dem4decades]

28. If they get this passed, there will be no more elections, he'll be a Senator for life.

[pwb]

2. Pukes don't trust their own poll workers?

In small towns people are known to the poll workers. Will a 90 year old known in town without a drivers license be denied voting? Married woman with name changes?

It will hit both sides but some discretion to local personal knowledge of a voter should be enough to vote.

[msongs]

3. maybe he will reimburse all registrants fees? keep receipts, voters. nt

[BlueKota]

4. Of course he does.

Why does he even pretend to be a Democrat anymore? Instead of John his first name should be Judas.

[poli-junkie]

6. Fetterman the Fraud

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

70. Fetterman the republican disguised as a democrat.

[bluestarone]

7. .......

[SunSeeker]

9. I helped elect Fetterman by giving money to his campaign.

Last edited Fri Feb 13, 2026, 05:11 PM - Edit history (1)

He is not the same man I donated to. I think his stroke affected his personality and cognition...and not for the better.

[BlueKota]

55. I just tried to watch an interview with him on

something called the Conversation his answers to the interviewer's questions were basically incoherent. When she sought clarification his answers still didn't make sense. I think you're right that his stroke affected his rationality and ability to speak without wandering away from his subject. His cognitive issues seemed to me to be almost as bad as tsf's.

I feel sad for him about his illness, but it's too bad he can't be replaced with another Democrat before 2028.

[Bettie]

11. Of course he did

He's a Republican at this point.

The stroke clearly changed him. I've seen others become an entirely different person after a stroke.

[Scrivener7]

12. He's the Sinema of Manchins.

[AZ8theist]

21. Good one.

I worked my ass off to get her elected.

Imagine how betrayed I felt. So glad she's gone. She's dead to me now.
We now have 2 great Senators standing for the rule of law and Democracy in Kelly and Gallego!!!

[Scrivener7]

47. I cannot imagine. I was excited that you were successful. I'm sorry that happened to you.

[Alansworld]

53. He's a....

Sinemanchin.

[senseandsensibility]

13. He also defended Noem yesterday

and said he always treated her with respect and called out other Dems for being mean to her. As if that's the problem right now.

[La Coliniere]

14. He is a fool, fraud and a complete disaster. He pulled

the wool over so many of us. Wish we could see into the future in regards to the politicians we vote for. He needs to be challenged by an authentic Democrat.

[no_hypocrisy]

15. And you won't see a new parade of feminists who want to vote and

will opt to retain their "maiden names" for that purpose. I'm not talking hyphens. I mean birth name until death. And unfortunately in our culture, a lot of husbands won't be thrilled that their wives and children won't be monikered with THEIR names.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

69. Children can be given any surname at birth, mother's father's or any other name they choose.

[MagickMuffin]

16. And . . . What happens if you are Common Law Married?

There aren’t any marriage licenses for common law marriages, that I know of!

[stillspkg]

17. Grrrr

What a traitor he turned out to be.

[popsdenver]

18. My wife

has known about this for a month or two. And is telling all her FEMALE friends what they need to do to retain the right to vote.
99% of them have been voting using their married name, and not their maiden name.........

She is also worried about these assholes checking "how they signed their name when they FIRST registered", and intentionally signing it the same way on ballots. No one signs their name the same as they did years or decades ago, and if "they" check the two, "they"can throw out all the ballots that are signed the current way your name...............

Putin always wins 85+% of the vote in Russia, and I am more than sure he is showing the Republicans all the Corrupt ways he does that, to get all those landslides of votes...

[Quiet Em]

23. My signature gets sloppier with each passing year.

It looks nothing like my original signature.

[twodogsbarking]

19. They want to chip everyone and have GPS monitoring. No need for papers. Kooky? Well.

[Initech]

22. Fucking gross.

[Joinfortmill]

24. Looks like he was always a FAKE.

[Tim S]

26. This just in: Night is Dark, Water is Wet and Fetterman votes with Republicans

[durablend]

27. Yet we'll be admonished that he votes 99.44% with Democrats

[Autumn]

34. Like Manchin he's a dem who holds a Dem seat. That's important. He just happens to vote with Republicans

A lot.

[Wiz Imp]

45. Not True.

He has voted with Democrats an overwhelming amount of the time and there are numerous Democrats who have voted with Republicans more often. He is nowhere close to Manchin who held up things getting passed. Fetterman has never blocked a Democratic Priority from passing.

[Trueblue Texan]

77. But why something this detrimental to voting rights? nt

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

72. Hmmm, I guess the really important votes are the .66% he screws us over on!

[flvegan]

29. I'll bet his bank/securities accounts are looking pretty sweet. n/t

[Figarosmom]

30. It's too close in the Senate to lose him if

They go nuclear on the filibuster. Schumer needs to crack down on him. Tell him he'll be primaries and no funds from DNC. He's been compromised, that's for sure. I still think it's a threat of deportation for his wife.

[flamingdem]

40. Then he should resign

Plenty of health reasons to cite

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

31. Lots of folks here argue that "we need to elect moderates." He's a moderate.

Might want to rethink that.

[Clouds Passing]

32. Did any House Dems vote for the bill?

[Autumn]

36. Rep. Henry Cuellar from Texas.

[Clouds Passing]

37. Oh him, figures

Thanks autumn

[Ping Tung]

57. I am shocked that my reliable MAGA(DI) actually voted against it.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez sold out as soon as she got to D.C. I'm hoping that a progressive or even moderate candidate appears in our open primary.

[Rebl2]

33. Has

this bill already been approved in the senate?

[Wiz Imp]

44. There is zero chance of it being passed in the Senate.

It passed the House for the 3rd or 4th time but that is irrelevant. It will NEVER pass the Senate.

[Rebl2]

46. I hope not

I have to ask you why though. Are they afraid of losing votes from republican women?

[Wiz Imp]

48. It needs 60 votes to break the filibuster

And Murkowski has already said she will vote against it. That means they need at least 8 Democrats to vote for it . No chance of that happening. The Republicans have been trying to pass this for a decade. Until they get 60 Senators or abolish the filibuster, it will continue to die there as it has for the past decade.

[Rebl2]

56. Good!

[regnaD kciN]

86. It doesn't take 60 votes to abolish the filibuster...

…only a simple majority – meaning that all the GOP needs is 50 votes + couchfucker.

The reason the filibuster has never been nuked is politicians in the majority worrying about what their opponents might do should they regain power. But what about eliminating it to pass a bill that will allow them to prevent that from ever happening?

[awesomerwb1]

49. I wouldn't be so sure nt

[Wiz Imp]

52. You think 8 Democrats are going to vote for it?

If you really believe that there there is no point in singling out Fetterman. In reality there is no chance 8 Democrats vote for it. Republicans have been trying to pass this for a decade and it always dies in the Senate because it will NEVER get 60 votes there. The only way for it to pass is to abolish the filibuster which Republicans will not do at this time.

Last year it got 4 Democratic votes in the House and still never even got a vote in the Senate.

Even Fetterman (who has not supported it but is accused of supporting it) believes it has no chance of passing.
https://kdhnews.com/news/politics/sen-john-fetterman-says-previous-comments-against-voter-id-were-out-of-deference-to-gov/article_cdf7b119-59e6-5c93-ae56-88f9b7f6179a.html

Fetterman said the changes to curtail mail-in registration were "a nonstarter" for him. Even if he were to vote for the bill, he said, it's almost certain to die in the Senate because it won't win the necessary 60 votes.

[LuvLoogie]

35. Fuck this fascist bootlicking piece of shit

He votes like a pedo protector.

[mountain grammy]

38. I listened to Jon Karl question Senator Adam Schiff about this

He asked the Senator if he supported the SAVE Act which Karl said "was supported by 80% of American voters" and I'm thinking, what? did he just pull that out of his ass.
Schiff held his ground and kept stating the Act was a deterrence from voting..
Karl again tried the 80% crap, but backed off..

Schiff is smarter. He's a gem!

[Raven123]

39. The only silver lining is that Fetterman's term is a little more than half over

Cross our fingers he either steps aside or faces a strong primary opponent.

[mysteryowl]

41. One and done Mr Fetterman

[Wiz Imp]

42. Not True

https://kdhnews.com/news/politics/sen-john-fetterman-says-previous-comments-against-voter-id-were-out-of-deference-to-gov/article_cdf7b119-59e6-5c93-ae56-88f9b7f6179a.html

As House Republicans prepare to pass the SAVE America Act to his chamber as soon as Wednesday, Fetterman said his comments on Fox News over the weekend may have been taken out of context.

In an interview with the Post-Gazette, he stressed that he did not say that he would support the bill, which is an expansive effort to require proof of citizenship during voter registration and photo ID during voting, limit registration by mail and purge voter rolls more frequently, among other measures.

Fetterman said the changes to curtail mail-in registration were "a nonstarter" for him. Even if he were to vote for the bill, he said, it's almost certain to die in the Senate because it won't win the necessary 60 votes.

[durablend]

58. "*If* he were to vote for the bill"

He's voting for it, don't fool yourself thinking otherwise believing his Susan Collins level wishy washiness.

[maliaSmith]

59. Sweatterman lies

US Sen. John Fetterman campaigned against voter ID while running for the Senate in 2022, but now claims support in a recent Fox News interview.
As Republicans in the US House were preparing to vote on the Save America Act, which would disenfranchise up to 21 million Americans from voting in elections, US Sen. John reversed course from his opposition against voter ID laws while appearing on Fox News this past weekend.

[DFW]

43. I wish Senator Futile-Man would understand a couple of things

1. You're still a Senator, even if you're NOT in the headlines on a daily basis.

2. Unconventional is OK. Unreliable is not.

[Borogove]

50. As someone who supported him financially in 2022, I'm very disappointed in him.

In his defense, however, I do have to applaud his consistent support for two areas of advocacy that are important to me - environmental policy and animal welfare policy. His League of Conservation Voters score is 90% lifetime and 100% for 2024 while his Humane World (formerly the Humane Society of the United States) score is 100% for 2025. In contrast, my other senator, Dave McCormack, has a 0% rating.

[Bread and Circuses]

51. Fetterman is making someone very happy

[The Wizard]

54. Soon to be former Senator.

[kwolf68]

60. So maybe this off topic

But would it be possible this shitbag law to hamper Republicans from voting as it would Democrats, equally even?

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

62. First I don't agree with the voter ID requirement; however,

I’m not sure what is so hard about getting proof of citizenship considering Real ID is a requirement now to commercially fly… as it validates your citizenship since you’ve already done all the gathering of your paperwork. Same with a passport…I know not everyone has one, but if a person needed to get a passport, they’d manage to assemble the documents needed.

If someone has been married/divorced multiple times, I tend to think they would know they need to keep all their records for future needs.

Again, I’m against the voter ID requirement because the fraud the repubs continue to fabricate is just a means to an end which they shouldn’t be allowed to push through. I’m of the opinion though, that in the world today, it behooves everyone to have proof of citizenship for your personal safety since even US citizens are getting deported!

Are there statics on Real ID percent compliance by state? Overall, it seems to be 60% but varies wildly state by state. State statics would be interesting to have…

[dsc]

63. My real id won't count

so I have to gather my stuff all over again.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

67. Why doesn't it count?

[dsc]

74. Because it has a star and not a flag

despite my having to use my birth certificate to get it. Apparently there is a form of real id non citizens can get.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

75. Good grief! So stupid! I'm from Minnesota and I got their "Enhanced ID" so mine verifies I'm a citizen. I didn't

realize a Real ID doesn’t prove US citizenship!

On a different note tho, I did read that this change only affects REGISTRATION to vote. Those already registered aren’t affected. Tho I suppose that could change after the fact like so many other things have lately.

[durablend]

64. So I now have to waste money on a real ID and a passport

And your assertion that ICE or whoever won't rip up legitimate citizenship documents anyway is laughable.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

66. I never asserted that... You don't have to waste money on anything. If you want to pay $50 whenever you

want to fly because you don’’t have the Real ID that’s your choice. Same with a passport, your choice.

[durablend]

71. But now I need both to vote if that crap passes

[ForgedCrank]

68. I don't

get why everyone is so bent out of shape. I try to see it differently, because there is a positive in this.
Everyone already has to do all this to get the new stupid secure id thing anyway. But it comes with a benefit too; now they have their precious voter-id to stop all of those pesky illegals from voting. Now what do they have to say when they still get their butts kicked and find out there were no illegal immigrants voting in the first place? It's just another one of their lies exposed.
This is just one more way they will have stabbed themselves in the back and it takes away even more of their methods of lying.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

73. I agree with your logic. I also thought wouldn't it be funny if the majority of the voters they

disenfranchise were their republican voters? They won’t just be affecting democratic voters after all!

[durablend]

80. Real ID isn't legal proof of citizenship

Except in I think 4 or 5 states

[Trueblue Texan]

76. Wow. Makes you wonder...

...If he's in the Epstein files.

[Klarkashton]

78. The voters didn't have much choice and rejected Oz.

[Coolgoober]

79. I Thought Poll Taxes

We're unconstitutional.

[Jersey Devil]

81. Not a Fetterman fan, but he did NOT say he supports the SAVE Act

He kind of teased his way around answering but said he approves voter ID at the polls but not the rest of what is in the SAVE Act.

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman disclosed that he would not vote for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act during a Friday episode of “The Conversation with Dasha Burns.”

Host Dasha Burns noted on the Politico show that Fetterman has deviated from much of his party by not opposing voter ID and explained that the SAVE Act would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. However, the Democrat clarified that although he did not oppose voter ID, he would not vote for the legislation.
.. .

While Fetterman did not explain why he opposed the law during the Politico interview, he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that changes to mail-in voter registration were “a non-starter” for him.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/john-fetterman-breaks-with-democrats-on-voter-id-but-still-opposes-save-act/ar-AA1Wiqz4

[doc03]

83. Why of course he does

[bucolic_frolic]

84. Primary him.

I doubt he'd be reelected.

[Mysterian]

85. I wonder what he'll do for a living when he is un-elected from Congress

It seems he's screwing up the best paying job he ever had.