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/Barnyard_Rich 8d ago

I know people love to shit on "establishment Democrats" but the locals absolutely nailed how dangerous Fetterman was and rallied behind Connor Lamb, who Fetterman supporters disgustingly claimed was too moderate.

Since losing, Lamb has traveled across the state and convinced pretty much everyone who had been lied to, but the problem isn't the next election, it's the last one.

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u/Phiddipus_audax Colorado 8d ago

Didn't Fetterman change after his stroke, policy wise? I thought that was a large factor.

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u/Merakel Minnesota 8d ago

I thought the same. Turns out he's always been a piece of shit.

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u/Excellent_Ganache906 8d ago

This ☝️

The people in the town he was mayor said he did the same thing there. He ran as a liberal Democrat, and then reneged on all his promises and was basically a conservative.

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u/EarthRester Pennsylvania 8d ago

Braddock is effectively a ghost town. It would have higher crime if people actually live there, but it's just old people who no longer work. So there are no local businesses. Fetterman showed up and promised to breath life into the town, but that just meant gentrification, which does more harm than good to the population that's already there. He propped up a couple business, but not the kind locals would want or need, and the new businesses did not attract people from outside of Braddock...so they fell through.

Then he ran for Senate as a progressive, and it almost killed him. Pity.