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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) rebuked the Democratic nominee in the Maine Senate race on Friday, saying scandal-plagued Graham Platner is “not even a Democrat.”

“We’re the party of pearl clutching, and now we’ve embraced him because we don’t have a choice,” Fetterman told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham in an interview Friday.

“Like if you can’t really defend him, you could at least say, well, he has a ‘D’ after his name, but he’s not even a Democrat,” he continued. “He actually described himself as a communist.”

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 hours ago

I'm glad Fetterman is out there giving the best endorsement possible!

[–] Zier@fedia.io 13 points 8 hours ago

Fetterman needs to plug himself into a light socket.

[–] KiloGex@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago

That's fucking rich.

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Fetterman is such an unrepetent jackass

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

John Fetterman hasn't had enough strokes yet.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 47 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

"He's not even a Democrat,"

Fetterman told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham in an interview Friday.

On Fox News, lol. Let that sink in.

Fetterman's so busy trying to fuck Platner he thinks that Fox News -- MAGA central and 100% invested in decrepit old Collins -- is exactly the place to get the word out to potential Platner voters, and reach the undecided who are already sick of MAGA shit.

It is also possible no other media will let Fetterman speak as if he has anything valid or sane left to say.

Either way, I'm thrilled. The right clearly has no idea where Platner is getting his votes from, any more than Orban's team knew where Magyar was getting his votes from in Hungary last month.

A fake Dem goes on Fox News to tell anyone who will listen that Platner is a fake Dem, lol. I love this for them.

[–] mortalblade@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 hours ago

if only he actually was a communist

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 73 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck would fetterman know about being a democrat?

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

How to pose as one long enough to dupe people into voting him in.

[–] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago

If he wants to be in "the party of pearl clutching" then go join the Republicans and fuck off you piece of shit.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 125 points 17 hours ago

As we've learned from fetterman himself, having a D next to your name doesn't mean much.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 94 points 17 hours ago

If Fetterman is a Democrat I prefer someone who’s not.

[–] NM_Gringo@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Seems like Platner is not popular with the brain damage crowd.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

What does that say about the tankies on hexbear?

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 27 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

American conservatives use the "Fascists deserve free speech, people I call communists do not" all the time.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

And also, it turns out - they think virtually everyone is a communist. Certainly anyone not bootlicking DonOLD is a communist in their eyes.

But these are the same smoothbrains that think corporate media like ABC, PBS, NPR, CNN, etc....are "liberal", too, LOL.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 55 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

john fetterman died from a fatal stroke.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 14 points 15 hours ago

He was a piece of shit before the stroke, he just hadn't revealed it entirely yet.

[–] homes@piefed.world 37 points 17 hours ago

I couldn’t think of a better endorsement

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 28 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

People of PA, if you see this degenerate please give him a swift kick in the balls.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Probably not a good idea, since he's enormous and could seriously hurt most people simply by falling on them.

Better to accelerate rocks, manure, and rotten produce at him from a distance.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

These projectiles are being accelerated towards his balls though, right? As God intended?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago

Balls and face, yes

[–] d5273@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Remember, it was the F-erman vs Dr. Oz in that race. One coin has 2 faces.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Give him a strike in the balls at any speed you're capable of. Just make sure it hurts.

[–] unspkbl_horror@lemmy.world 28 points 17 hours ago

Well, neither are you, biotch. And at least he's the good kind of not-a-democrat Democrat

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 17 points 15 hours ago

Hi, Pot...I'd like to introduce you to Kettle...

[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 25 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Umm John, neither are you anymore.

In fact, most people just think you're maga.

[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 26 points 17 hours ago

At least he's not a filthy magat

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth -4 points 15 hours ago

I hate how main instances consider this kind of shit newsworthy.