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Fetterman: I'll Never Understand Progressives Who Won't Support Biden

Sen. John Fetterman has a message for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party: get in line behind President Joe Biden.

"Get behind Joe Biden's policies, or you're gonna get behind Trump's policies," said the Pennsylvania Democrat.

Fetterman made the remarks during a sit-down with reporters in his Senate office on Tuesday, answering questions with the help of a tablet that displays an instant transcript of reporters' spoken questions. He continues to recover from an auditory processing disorder caused by a stroke that happened during the 2022 campaign.

To illustrate his point, Fetterman hearkened back to his own support for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign as the mayor of Braddock, even after he had supported Sen. Bernie Sanders during the primary.

"In 2016, you know, I was a surrogate for Senator Clinton. And it's just like, you have a choice," said Fetterman. "And if you don't get behind Senator Clinton, you know, you are voting for Trump. And that's exactly what happened in Pennsylvania, and it's devastating."

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[-] [email protected] 72 points 2 years ago

If I were Biden I would simply be a better president

[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

no more half measures walter

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[-] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago

Somehow this is the second best person in the Senate.

[-] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago

The word "progressive" in the US is like the word "middle class" - it hardly means anything.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

Remember folks, Progress, just means "marginally better". the-more-you-know

[-] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago

And I'll never understand how progressives could vote to break a strike, John, but that's who you've thrown your hat in with shrug-outta-hecks

[-] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago

The H A R M R E D U C T I O N brainworms are already wiggling around here, too.

Thanks, federated guests! sus-soviet

[-] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago

Harm reduction i say as I lift a comically large anvil above the white house

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[-] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago

that's okay John, I don't see how a progressive can support Israel like you do so we can call it even.

[-] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Can anybody confirm if the /r/politics circlejerks are even real people? For a good 4 years I never met anyone who fit the /r/politics vibe outside of that subreddit.

Like I'm trying to emphasize that for 4 years, no notable user in a niche subreddit, nobody on Discord, nobody on other forums, no real life colleague or family member ever actively engaged with that subreddit. The place was always weird.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i have, i met them playing bar trivia. they always wanted me on their team because the host always asked super niche music and sports questions that i knew the answers to but they also would always try to pick fights with me in between rounds about politics. it didn't bother me much bc i would just get drunk and lightly bully them over it.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago

It's regional.

I think some locations, like NYC, DC, and significant portions of the west coast are where you'll find /r/politics enlightened centrists. The lattermost I can confirm for myself. yea

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

Can anybody confirm if the /r/politics circlejerks are even real people?

Real DNC flaks. Reddit has been controlled opposition since the '00s.

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[-] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The problem is unlike Hillary, we've seen the results of Biden's policies; he crushed trump in deportations, police funding, military expansion, strike breaking and even fuckin oil and drilling lol

Then theres the whole radio silence on abortion rights, keeping trump's tax breaks, arming nazis in Ukraine and letting covid benefits expire, but those are things libs will give him points for

By any objective measure Biden is worse than Trump, except maybe in personal sexual assault cases

lmao fuck voting in national elections under these monstrous conditions, all the moral signaling about why voting for Trump is wrong applies even more to Biden

[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago

Hey now, there's an election coming up within the next two years, this isn't the time for debate.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

Yeah but at least he wasn't boorish about it

[-] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago

I saw those posts immediately after 2022 midterms. Can't wait for Biden to lose and the entire Dem establishment and the media will blame the left for it.

[-] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago

Excited to hear how Trans People Should Have Voted Harder as we get another round of street protests and cop killings.

[-] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago

The libs have convinced me, in my next local election I will vote for Joe Biden

I don't live in the US

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago

Damn. That stroke really did a number on him.

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[-] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago

Get behind austerity Neoliberalism or you're getting behind austerity Neoliberalism

[-] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago

Its always funny how ranked choice voting is never a topic of discussion when the duopoly tries to fearmonger the spoiler effect.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

It is talked about, at least on r/politics. Most of the commenters think that will solve American politics, lmao

[-] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago

"You can choose the lash, or you can chose the lash with spikes on it. Good things aren't possible now kneel!"

[-] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago

RES reminded me that the redditor who posted it, TheExtremistModerate, is a fan of the Iron Front.

Iron Front

The Iron Front (German: Eiserne Front) was a German paramilitary organization in the Weimar Republic which consisted of social democrats, trade unionists, and democratic socialists. Its main goal was to defend social liberalism and democracy and freedom against totalitarian ideologies on the far-right and far-left.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

TheExtremistModerate, is a fan of the Iron Front

It was a trending meme back when /r/Communism and the other leftist subs weren't entirely de-moderated and neutered/banned by admins. Not shocked to see he got in on the party.

But the whole "Which side would you Stan in 1930s Germany?" was already horribly cringe and gross. Just a bunch of armchair dweebs fantasizing of a time and place when hunting your neighbors for support was socially acceptable.

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[-] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Every election it's the leftists' turn to compromise to avoid total disaster. When is the libs' turn to compromise and vote in somebody remotely left-wing or be blamed for a Trump victory?

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[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago

Hillary Clinton would have carpet bombed Syria. She expressly stated she was going to No Fly Zone them and in private conversations said Libya was a model for how to toppled Assad.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

how could she have done that? i mean without starting a war with russia and immolating us all. that's what restrained Trump too, he loved bombing Syria when he did, he didn't actually have a friendlier disposition on that front

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

bugs-no I will never vote in this country ever again.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago

I will not vote for Biden because that motherfucker still owes me $600.

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[-] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

"Get behind Joe Biden's policies, or you're gonna get behind Trump's policies,"

It's so blatant how literally all they have is "Vote Biden or else"

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

it's funny because unlike almost everything else in this stupid world (e.g., living through environmental collapse, pay taxes in exchange for virtually nothing except imperialism and corporate subsidies, drink water full of microplastics and PFAS, eat poisoned food, ) not voting for Biden actually is the one thing I do not have to do my dude

[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

Wait. Why do you think progressives wouldn't want to support him, John?

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

Of course he would never understand, hes part of the problem.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

scolding people into voting for someone is sure to work

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

We have the best democracy, don’t we folks trump-anguish

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

Presidential elections are useless unless you live in a swing state

Thank your almighty founding fathers for that one, libs

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

Good thing I’m not a progressive I am a motherfuckin TANKIE YALL

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

counterpoint: unlimited classicide of the first world bourgeoisie and their collaborators

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

When is it ever the “right time” to stop worshipping at the altar of the blue D?

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

But it will be way funnier if Trump wins

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

Maybe we should hear from somebody who does understand then.

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