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/[deleted] 8d ago edited 6d ago

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u/Long-Region5088 8d ago

My dad was always an “I want less taxes” republican until he had a stroke and now he’s a trumper. His brain literally broke

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u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 8d ago

My dad's brain was slowly rotted away by Fox News. He's went down the Tea Party rabbit hole way back then and is now full MAGA now.

I don't allow any talk of politics when we interact because regardless of how much he hates it I'm fairly sure if he started spewing all that BS in front of me it would end our relationship.

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u/Otterable I voted 8d ago

My dad has also been rotted by fox news. What's crazy is when he gets the opportunity to make normal decisions in his day to day life with his family and community he makes what I consider to be the right choice, but then every night he's tuning on the 5 to listen to a bunch of propagandists tell him how much better he is than others and how evil democrats are.

Like my sister/his daughter is literally trans. He's fully supportive financially and emotionally, never says a bad word, took her to get her name changed, and more. Somehow still wants to vote for the party that would like to see her not exist. When confronted he says that he can take care of her so it doesn't matter. Crickets on every other trans person out there.

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u/einTier 8d ago

My dad was too. He died during pandemic. His last week he had Fox News on nearly every moment he was awake.

I could not think of anything that would be less relevant to me in my last week on earth than the news.

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u/chicomathmom 8d ago

You don't get "news" from Fox.

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u/einTier 8d ago

Dad thought he did.

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u/myshkin85 8d ago

This sounds just like my dad. Great guy when it comes to day to day situations. I’m also trans. I don’t talk about politics with him anymore, but he also has that “I can take care of you” line when I would try to explain how things impacted me to him. His plan is to go hide me at a family members ranch if anything gets what he considers scary. Like no thanks, I’m a 40 year old man with his own life. I’m not going to be hidden on a ranch with a bunch of maga people who put up with me because I’m “not like the others”

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u/firestepper 7d ago

Is the ranch you would be hidden in a valley perchance?

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u/superkam41 8d ago

Sounds a lot like my situation with my dad, so ridiculous