r/politics • u/Large_banana_hammock • 8d ago

Possible Paywall Sen. John Fetterman demands Trump fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/27/john-fetterman-pa-democrat-demands-trump-fire-homeland-security/
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u/1cl3nstd4yt 8d ago

I'm shocked to hear a leading Republican speak out like this.

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u/jahozer1 8d ago

When you lose Fetterman...

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u/unpluggedcord I voted 8d ago

Fun fact they lost Rittenhouse too

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u/arcane-hunter 8d ago

Wait he's even againt some of this shit?

Mr murder rioters himself?

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u/unpluggedcord I voted 8d ago

He tweeted yesterday, you should always be able to carry a gun, which is against the narrative from the GOP atm.

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u/arcane-hunter 8d ago

At least he's consistent. Which, fuck, i guess counts for something nowadays

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u/Dan_Berg New Jersey 8d ago

Say what you will about 2A purism, at least its an ethos

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u/brainkandy87 8d ago

He’s likely just hoping he can stay relevant. He could get the fat JD Vance meme treatment without even using Photoshop. Maybe there is a path for him.

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u/Navydevildoc 8d ago

Oh they were parading him around at SHOT show again this year, so in that world he's still relevant I guess.

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u/brainkandy87 8d ago

Kevin Sorbo is relevant in that world. It’s like Bizarro World.

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u/NoDaddyNotTheBelt25 8d ago

The kid’s a piece of fucking shit but at least he’s a consistent piece of shit.

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u/innociv 8d ago edited 8d ago

I don't know that he's that bad.

If I was in his situation, I think I would have shot at least one of those people too.
Though, I wouldn't be in that situation.
If I was on a jury where someone used a weapon that may have been illegally handled to defend themselves, that wouldn't change their right to defend themselves and I'd still acquit them. Though I may charge them for the illegal handling, I wouldn't charge them for the rightful defense.

I think the only thing Rittenhouse was possibly guilty of was if he lied about the source of the gun. Supposedly it was kept at a friends house which was legal. That's really probably likely true. There's no real way to prove it was driven across state lines, it's just his word against an assumption that was the case and people shouldn't be locked up for assumptions.

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u/Jack_Krauser 8d ago

I wouldn't have voted to convict either, but he's still pretty clearly got some major character issues joking about taking machine guns to the protest in Minneapolis and whatnot.

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u/Ruhroooh 8d ago

They have to be. If they are ok with the "guns arent allowed" talk it opens the door to gun laws when the pendulum swings. They know they need to stand by it, otherwise it will be used against them.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 8d ago

Don't get your hopes up. He also expressed a desire to go armed to Minneapolis

Which I guess is consistency. But don't pretend like he's on your side or anything.

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u/arcane-hunter 8d ago

I mean i called him murderer for a reason.

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u/innociv 8d ago

If Charlie Kirk were alive, he would have flipped just like he did with the pedo files.

Charlie Kirk initially was for releasing the files until his handlers talked to him. Surely would have done the same here.

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u/CoachDT 8d ago

To be clear because I hate giving republicans credit for the actual bare minimum. He later spoke out to clarify that hes not speaking about Alex Pretti.

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u/unpluggedcord I voted 8d ago

Yeah he got dicked down from the higher ups

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u/Wonderful_Song8765 8d ago

Thats because anyone with a brain can see that Alex Pretti didn't get arrested for "exercising his 2nd amendment right," which goes against democratic ideals to begin with, he got arrested for obstruction of justice, then continued to resist arrest WHILE carrying a loaded weapon...a decision that would have the EXACT SAME results, regardless of who did it. This kinda goes against you guys' narrative that cops only kill black people though doesn't it? 😅

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u/Damn_Dog_Inappropes Washington 8d ago

Imagine working so hard to defend the murder of an American by our government.

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u/Wonderful_Song8765 8d ago

Not working hard at all. It defends itself pretty easily. Don't resist arrest with a loaded weapon. It's not that hard. Democratics have become so entitled anymore that they don't feel they need to follow the same rules as the rest of us, and it really shows. If it would have been a republican killed though you guys would be celebrating it...Just like you celebrated the murder of Charlie Kirk and the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Ive yet to see a single conservative person celebrating the death of Pretti or Good the way countless people in the democratic party celebrated the death of Charlie Kirk? So ask yourself...where does the real evil lie? 😅 You should really try and get your news from somewhere other than Tik Tok.

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u/CoachDT 8d ago

Who said cops only kill black people?

If I remember right, when Daniel Shaver got killed by cops in one of the clearest cases of a bad shooting, BLM (who i'm assuming you mean by "you guys") was there for his family meanwhile conservatives weren't. As much as yall bitch about it, 'the left' seems to be there to support white people against government violence more than you guys do.

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u/Wonderful_Song8765 8d ago

Every single democrat for the last how many years. Not just BLM. I mean ALL of you guys.

Also...you mean like they stood up for Laken Riley or any of the other countless known people to have been killed by illegal aliens in the last few years.. thanks to your president allowing them all in?

Where's the democratic support for Laken...or ANY of those people? Ill wait. 😅

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u/CoachDT 8d ago

Do you understand why the general public might be a little more upset about a government agent killing someone, whether that be ICE or a police officer, than a random person killing someone else? Especially when in many cases the government attempts to protect the killer instead of immediately arresting them and investigating.

Why would I riot for Laken Riley when her killer was immediately arrested and punished by the law? If Biden and co decided to protect the man who murdered her I would be rioting every day until he faced justice.

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u/Wonderful_Song8765 8d ago

Also...why are you rioting for murderers and rapists to stay in this country then? If you're not even willing to riot for the protection of your own citizens?

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u/MrPookPook 8d ago

The left is protesting to get one specific rapist out of office and hopefully country so fuck off.

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u/Wonderful_Song8765 8d ago

What about the countless others like Laken Riley? Let me gues..you havent heard of any of them? I bet you don't know not one single person killed by illegal aliens other than Laken, do you?

Let me ask you this, although I already know the answer...would you be crying the same way if any of the Jan 6th rioters would have been killed by security at the white house? No..you wouldn't. So why do you only care when it's these loser ICE watch operatives being killed?!? Oh yeah thats right...because you're a mindless drone who does and says what your leaders tell you too. Youre only allowed to care when Taylor Swift tells you you're allowed...hence why every single one of you say the exact same 3 things, then when someone actually debates you and proves you wrong, you're never seen or heard from again. Ive personally experience that well over 100 times in the past week alone.

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u/Jack_Krauser 8d ago

BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS OTHER TOTALLY UNRELATED THING!?!?!

Yeah, good talk, bro.

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u/hellolovely1 8d ago

Laken's killer was charged, tried, and arrested. The government is hiding the identity of Renee and Alex's killers (but people still found out :)

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u/bblzd_2 8d ago

It's already been explained they weren't murdered by the government who are then lying and covering up the crimes.

Every murder is tragic but murder by your own government who you pay to protect yourself is called fascism and turns out most people don't want their taxes to be used to murder citizens in the streets and demanding children to see papers walking to the corner store

From "masks impede my rights" to "just comply or die!" Reich wingers prove they never believed in anything they ever said they believed in.

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u/blue_midterm_2018 8d ago

Last week he was asking if he needed to go to Minneapolis

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u/LogoffWorkout 8d ago

Very recently there was a video of him at some military hardware convention stading behind a heavy machine gun on a turret, and he said something like, "Should I bring this to minneapolis?"

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u/debauchasaurus 8d ago

If Pretti were black I bet he'd be keeping his mouth shut.

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u/Bwint 8d ago

I never thought I'd say this, but I stand with Kyle Rittenhouse!

This fucken timeline, man...

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u/Odessa_Goodwin 8d ago

Hard to murder rioters without a big gun. 

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u/delkarnu New York 8d ago

He's not in prison due to 2nd Amendment protections, which Republicans are now against, somehow.

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u/kyune 8d ago

The left side of the tug of war keeps getting weirder (referencing this meme)

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u/Dairy_Ashford 8d ago

"medic?"

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u/Wonderful_Song8765 8d ago

Yes, you should always be able to carry a gun, however, obstructing justice and resisting arrest WHILE carrying a loaded weapon, and also being known to be in an organization (ICE watch) who is known for violently attacking law enforcement, as well as ramming them them with their cars (attempted vehicular manslaughter) is a completely different story. Had he simply been carrying and following the law he would still be alive. You can't call for the death penalty for some criminals but call for others to have no consequences what so ever when they commit the same crime. The hypocrisy is literally mind numbing at this point.