• synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Don’t forget other people bestowed with the “maverick” title: John McCain, Sarah Palin

      Real. Cool. Club.

      (I didn’t initially intend to punctuate that way, I just fat-fingered on mobile and liked it better that way)

  • dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org
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    As a leftist, Fetterman, Sanders, and AOC have done more to make me give up on the US electoral system than any right winger possibly could.

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      Imperial core socdems just want social services on the backs of global south. Its why they vote for more war and US military interventions every time.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is breaking with progressives on hot-button issues with his fiery support for Israel and calls for Democrats to engage on tougher immigration laws, disappointing some on the left as he shows an independent streak.

    Fetterman insisted he can be pro-immigration while also favoring policies to restrict the flow of migration to manageable levels, disagreeing with progressives who oppose new limits on asylum and bash some of the ideas in the negotiations as cruel.

    The senator added that while it’s “not ideal to have this conversation” about asylum and parole policy in connection with an aid package for Israel and Ukraine, “it’s still one that we should have,” given that Republicans have made it an essential condition to advance the supplemental bill.

    Fetterman’s fierce and unwavering support for Israel breaks sharply with demands by Sanders to withdraw U.S. military aid and has drawn searing criticism from the left as the Palestinian death toll soars amid the Israeli government’s bombing campaign in retaliation for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

    “For a lot of Republicans, it’s been a pleasant surprise,” said Christopher Nicholas, a longtime GOP strategist based in Pennsylvania, referring to Fetterman’s stances on Israel, border policy and Menendez.

    Fetterman chief of staff Adam Jentleson said the senator has “always had” the policy positions he’s espousing today, even though Republicans wanted to paint him as a socialist in 2022 and “some folks on the left are pretending” he has since changed his beliefs.


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    Even if I don’t agree with some of his choices, I strongly appreciate that he’s making decisions for himself. We need more free-thinkers, more people who are able to stand up with a differing opinion from their party. We need open discourse, not total compliance

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      We need more free-thinkers, more people who are able to stand up with a differing opinion from their party

      He just adopted the exact same line as his party.