Today:

U.S. Senator John Fetterman ‪@fetterman.senate.gov‬

It started on my roof and it ends here:

Stood with United Steelworkers then, throughout, today, and always—that will never change.

Union steel in the Valley is sacred and must endure.

My vote + voice follows that spirit, the unions, and the union way of life.
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January 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM

The responses:

FU you big, dopey ORC. Go shine trump’s mushroom cap again.

So then why are you embracing the trump regime?

No one believes you anymore. We all saw you bend the knee.

Pretty much. In that position one screwup lives forever, and he’s lost all credibility.

The next real democrat to challenge your seat will get my support. I won’t be fooled twice.

“…There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again…”

And yet…you tell us not to criticize Trump because it’s “bad for the country” and you want to confirm his insane cabinet picks? Get real man! What have they got on you?! [….]

Union members will suffer as much as the rest of us under a HHS department headed by Kennedy’s brain worm. And they’ll breathe polluted air and drink toxic water that returns when Zeldin’s EPA eliminates environmental protections. Just announce your new status as a Sinema-lite “independent” now.

Fuck off

Never in my life have I been ashamed of a vote I gave. Until you came along.

The new Manchin. And that’s not a compliment. If you stand with Trump and Rethuglicans you do not stand with any of the working men and women in America.

Your credibility is,how you say in Braddock,in the shitter.Maybe MAGA affiliation wasn’t such a good idea.You screwed the pooch,hoodie boy,and I voted for you!

You sold out. You’re now a Trump enabler.

You have turned your back on the base.

Read the comments.

Will you stand with steelworkers when Trump tries to destroy unions and mess with healthcare? Ask autoworkers how it went last time.

You good with ending Social Security and making hay out of Medicare? Wearing a team t-shirt doesn’t make you real fan.

Remember when he went to a scab shop and pretended it was a union shop during a strike?

Your opinion + ten cents = one time. As soon as you pulled the trigger on “Maybe Trump’s not so bad” you became worthless to your constituency and this country as a politician.

Ps: if you’re wondering, THIS is the moment your career ended.
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There are two kinds of Fascists: those who give orders and those who take them. A popular base gives Fascism the legs it needs to march, the lungs it uses to proclaim, and the muscle it relies on to menace—but that’s Fascism from the neck down.
—Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

You have jumped the shark.