Fetterman's vote advances Markwayne Mullin out of committee

[bigtree]

Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.) voted against reporting Mullin to the full Senate, but Democrat John Fetterman crossed party lines to support Mullin in the 8-7 vote.

...without Fetterman's vote, Rand Paul’s opposition meant Mullin needed a Democrat on the committee to cross party lines to keep his nomination alive and discharge Mullin’s nomination from the committee to the full chamber; republicans would lack the 60 votes needed to discharge Mullin’s nomination from the committee and to the full chamber, should he have lost today’s panel vote.

Hood-winked.

[walkingman]

1. Why, Why, Why would Fetterman approve this guy? It doesn't make sense.

[leftstreet]

2. Rand needs to go after Murkowski or Collins

Fetterman already stated he'd vote for the plumber

Sometimes this all seems like a lot of performative bullshit to me

[walkingman]

3. I think you nailed it. ☮

[themaguffin]

4. based on his words and actions, it makes sense in that he way too often supports trump

[bigtree]

6. old enough to remember when he was the poster boy

...for many of the same people now attacking our Dem membership with complaints about 'old' and claiming to offer new progressive choices - much like Fetterman was described against the 'establishment's' Connor Lamb.

[Vinca]

5. WTF? The guy is completely and totally unqualified. It seems Fetterman is, too.