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I love Conor Lamb. Why the PA Democrats chose Fetterman over him the Senate primary I will never understand.

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Fetterman’s wife strutting around daily in opera gloves and his repulsive hoodie/shorts attire was my clue that something there was definitely not senatorial.

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I think for me at the time I thought Fetterman was the fighter.. amazed to find he has apparently begun listening to consultants not people in his state--or at least not the right people in his state. (born and bred in PA. now in NJ)

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I wouldn’t rule out cognitive problems from Fetterman’s stroke

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No, this is almost three years later.

Fetterman, like a lot of Dems, read the results of the election wrong. And no amount of playing nice and acquiescing with MAGA will win any good will. You must full heartedly and full throatedly support Trump and support him on everything or you are "in name only." Cult rules.

Bending the knee at Mar A Lago—no Dem should ever do such a thing.

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Three years is immaterial. Depends on such variables as location and severity of the brain injury. They can have oddly specific effects. Some may disappear with time; others may be permanent. Furthermore there's a good chance he would never realize any difference in himself, because our brains are really adept at telling us stories that make us feel like coherent entities. If the stroke changed him, that's sad. But at the same time, I agree that what he's doing is not what we need right now.

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Yep. The party actually wanted Lamb but the voters related to the Fetterman “Everyman schtick.” And her we are. I hope Connor throws his hat in for 26.

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Like those twits who want price controls on eggs thought Trump cared about them. You can't fix stupidest voting reasons.

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Ex-Fetterman supporter here. I thought Fetterman could bring a blue collar, working man perspective, but with progressive values to the table which our party desperately needs especially after Obama left the stage (for a black man from Chicago he had a pretty strong bond with working class voters no Democrat after him has been able to replicate). I was wrong, big time.

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He fooled us all.

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Not me. I voted Lamb in primary. Fetterman has always been a trust- fund baby cos-playing an Average Joe.

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