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Summary

Two senior staffers, Charlie Hills and Tré Easton, are leaving Sen. John Fetterman’s office amid his shift toward a more Trump-friendly stance.

Their departures follow other high-profile resignations, including his chief of staff last year.

Fetterman has evolved from a Bernie Sanders supporter to a vocal pro-Israel Democrat and critic of his party’s anti-Trump approach.

He has backed some Trump policies and nominees but opposed others. Despite this shift, he remains a reliable Democratic vote.

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[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wonder what kinds of kompromat the Mossad or the GOP has on him

[–] BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There's no kompromat. He's just a fucking snake. If you look back before the election he wasn't too much different than this.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It sounds like he has come out the other side of his stroke recovery changed. It's like the parts of his brain that made him a better representative died with the stroke.

[–] banana_havoc@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

That's HIS rhetoric. This isn't true. He's literally just a con man.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This isn't mentioned often enough. He only looked good next to Oz. He was always a shitty person who behaved shittily. The people that actually dealt with him in their local government know. He's always been a bit of a dumb ass and a bully. Just one slightly more relatable to the average person than that loon Oz.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

now dr OZ having control of medicaid/care, people are lamenting about him not being in the senate where he would have less influence.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

his stroke just dis-inhibited his true colors. much like how alcohol shows one true colors while drunk.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

he's not been the same since the stroke.