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For months, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) has faced questions about whether he is planning to become a Republican. That speculation is sure to ratchet up following an accidental slip the senator made during a live interview in Texas on Saturday.

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From this weekend's Texas Tribune festival: Later in the evening, an audience question asked why Fetterman wouldn't become an independent. "Because I'm a lifelong Republican," he said, raising his hand to his head, embarrassed after he realized the slip.

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-- Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja.bsky.social) 6:03 PM · Sep 27, 2026

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Too bad the stroke didn't kill him.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-27 12:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Politically speaking, a dead man walking.
This guy will flip to the GOP, perhaps helping them retain control of the Senate. But he will not be trusted by his new party, will not be given any money or good committee assignments, and will not be welcome in the Keystone State again.

Fettermans mind is gone, and the rest of him should go too ...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2026-09-28 07:03 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

No ---- -------.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-09-28 07:45 AM | Reply

Ol' Fetterman did a pretty good acting job for awhile...took a page right out of pro wrestling (see Ole Anderson).

#4 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-09-28 08:04 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

A good self administered test to see if you are an extremist.........look at how you react to a moderate in your own party.

#5 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-28 08:29 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#5

Fetterman is NOT a moderate. He's an extremist. Moderates do not run around with flags of other countries actively involved in genocide draped on their backs.

#6 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-09-28 10:08 AM | Reply

(see Ole Anderson)

I always like Arn better.

#7 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-09-28 10:08 AM | Reply

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Doesn't Fetterman have a significant Jewish base?

#8 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-28 11:08 AM | Reply

"Doesn't Fetterman have a significant Zionist base?"

FTFY.

Zionists, whether they are Jewish or Christian, love John "Golem from York" Fetterman because he puts Israeli genocide before American interests. And if you call him out on that, he'll imply that it's in America's best interest to keep Israeli interests ahead of America's.

"It's unfortunate when a Jew has to tell a non-Jew to stop supporting Israel." -Jon Stewart

#9 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-09-28 11:21 AM | Reply

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Fair enough.....but doesn't Fetterman have a lot of Zionists in his State?

We've been pandering to Israel for decades.....suddenly it's an extremist position?

Politicians have gotten away with this because most Americans don't care one way or the other....but that seems to be shifting today. It does matter. What atrocities Israel is committing does matter to more and more Americans.

but.....that's extremist....feels like it's more mainstream and moderate when it's someone from the Northeast.

#10 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-28 11:33 AM | Reply

We've been pandering to Israel for decades.....suddenly it's an extremist position?

At what point in the boiling process does the slowly warming water actually kill the frog?

#11 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-09-28 11:37 AM | Reply

Again, fair enough and I'm not defending any of this on behalf of Fetterman.

But setting Israel aside......he's a moderate Democrat who sides with the republicans on some issues.....correct?

#12 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-28 11:44 AM | Reply

#12 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-28 11:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

Like a Manchin or Sinema.

The clowns here can't deal with anything but complete partisan chaos. Or they get the vapors.

#13 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-09-28 11:48 AM | Reply

"Overall Alignment: According to legislative trackers and Fetterman himself, he votes with fellow Democrats roughly 91% of the time.

Republican Crossovers: He has sided with Republicans on specific high-profile issues, including government funding bills to avert shutdowns, certain cabinet nominees (such as voting to confirm Pam Bondi for attorney general), and specific foreign policy/war powers votes."

#14 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-28 11:51 AM | Reply

It makes me think of Talarico. If he'd abstained from a few destined to go nowhere performative votes, he'd be crushing Paxton by +10 or higher.

#15 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-28 11:52 AM | Reply

LOL.....a lot of people want to be an extremist.....they just don't want to be called one.

Kind of like a racist, I guess.

#16 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-28 12:05 PM | Reply

Are performative votes they knew have zero chance of passing extremist? In either party? Or is it just theater to win a primary?

#17 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-28 12:24 PM | Reply

m"But setting Israel aside...".

Aside from the carnivorous, cocaine-snorting grizzly bear that rampaged daily it was an unremarkable and peaceful forest...

Fetterman is a uniparty hack with eccentric dress habits. Nothing more. Like the preppy kid at the punk rock show standing at back with the trick safety pin through his nose. He's a gimmick that votes with what's best for the ruling elites.

"he's a moderate Democrat who sides with the republicans on some issues..."

For 96% of the day, Heinrich was a peaceful and mild-mannered man. His daily routine consisted of breakfast at home and 3 hours of tedious, bureaucratic paperwork before lunchtime. At 5:15 he was back home with his family sitting around the parlor stove and talking of the days happenings.
He only ran the crematorium at Buchenwald from 2-2:45 but it was just to cover coffee and cigar breaks and only a small amount of smoke and ash rose into the air on his mostly uneventful watch.

#18 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-09-28 12:27 PM | Reply

Woooah there. Have you not followed this forum? You're not allowed to criticize how he dresses. That's just a hack Republican attack with no substance =P

#19 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-28 12:33 PM | Reply

he's a moderate Democrat who sides with the republicans on some issues.....correct?

#12 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Siding with Trumpified Republicans on anything ATM does not make him a "moderate". But that's the game he is playing. He is trying to position himself as another Manchin. He wants to try and be a "kingmaker" and be the one holdout if the midterms are not a "shellacking" as expected.

Whether U.S. Senator John Fetterman's (D-PA) crossovers with Republicans are still considered "moderate" depends heavily on how the center of gravity in American politics is defined.

I don't consider him to be moderate at all.

Fetterman has moved way past centrism into actively undercutting core Democratic opposition to the GOP agenda. Because of that Fetterman now enjoys high approval ratings among Pennsylvania Republicans, his support among registered Democrats has plummeted.

I wish him luck with that plan. I'd certainly would never vote for the guy and do not support or appreciate him constantly undercutting Dems at this critical time in American history.

#20 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-28 12:40 PM | Reply

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