Fetterman calls Platner a bona fide dirtbag, among other things

[Polybius]

Video in link, from NBC News.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/sen-john-fetterman-responds-to-graham-platner-s-criticism-265048133884

[Ocelot II]

1. Pot, Kettle is holding for you on line 1.

[LuvLoogie]

2. The Fox News Favorite

Jessica Tarlov should move to Pennsylvania and run against him.

[RockRaven]

3. Jealously guarding territory, eh?

[Dawson Leery]

4. The Senator who is loyal to a certain Middle Eastern nation.

[CivicGrief]

8. Maybe more than his own. (nt)

[Cha]

39. With his record? Absolutely. nt

[Solly Mack]

5. lolololololol

[Historic NY]

6. Has he looked into a mirror lately

[sop]

7. Fetterman reached his shelf life date a while back.

That's when a product "undergoes physical or chemical changes and begins to lose quality or optimal performance."

[ZDU]

11. Hear, hear!

[ZDU]

9. When Does Fetterman become..

... a DINO?
Democrat
In
Name
Only?
🦕

[MustLoveBeagles]

14. That ship 🚢 has sailed

[Cha]

40. lol No Kidding.

[Celerity]

42. Better question(s): Will he switch Parties (or go indie and caucus with the Rethugs) and if so, when?

IF we win a net +4 US Senate Senate seats in the midterms to get to 51-49, Fetty may well switch Caucuses (and even Parties) to make it 50-50 and thus give MAGAts control back, due to JD von Couchfucker breaking ties.

[ZDU]

45. Excellent insight

Well done!

[walkingman]

10. The line between "having a thought" and "broadcasting a thought" has completely vanished

in today's world.

[MustLoveBeagles]

12. He has no room to talk

You can always count on Fetterman to knife 🗡️ another Dem in the back.

[DBoon]

13. did Fetterman call Platner a poopy-head too?

[MustLoveBeagles]

16. Thank you

For highlighting how ridiculous he's being.

[Traildogbob]

15. It is a shame

His stroke did not eliminate his ability to speak.
Most of us do not give one fuck, what he has to say anymore. Noice. Shrieking ear drum damaging noise.

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. He needs to retire

He needs to take care of his health and not stab other Dems in the back while praising dump.

[Ritabert]

17. Coming from Fetterman that's an endorcement.

[ShepKat]

19. Ooooooooo *BURN* LOL

That's as valid as needy a'mean calling ANYONE low IQ

[-misanthroptimist]

20. Hey! You know what, Fetterman?

Even assuming you're right -and you're not- he is the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine. He is infinitely better than Susan Collins in every way, including morally.

So, with great respect I implore you to STFU if at all possible.

[sinkingfeeling]

21. Has he looked in the mirror?

[PCIntern]

22. Something is terribly wrong with his brain

[Janbdwl72]

23. Democrats need to find

A serious candidate who can topple Fetterman in the 2028 primaries.

The best thing he’s accomplished was beating Dr. quack Oz in the primary.

[LisaL]

25. Seems like that shouldn't be diffficult.

Somehow I doubt Fetterman is popular in PA, at least with the democrats.

[Midwestern Democrat]

38. I'd be shocked if Fetterman could ever win another Democratic primary at this point. NT

[Celerity]

43. Zero chance. And I very, very rarely go full 'zero chance' with predictions.

[odins folly]

24. My prediction is he will follow the sinema model

If the Dems take a majority in the senate, he will flip to independent and caucus with republicans…..

[Chasstev365]

26. Who is paying him and how much?

[Walleye]

27. Fetterman is a bona fide turncoat

[badhair77]

28. Glass houses, buddy, glass houses.

He’s exasperating.

[marble falls]

29. Fetterman???

[duckworth969]

30. Who cares

Need to quit giving Fetterman oxygen. He’s not worth rat spit.

[Intractable]

31. Even if we win the Senate, we'll still have fat Lurch to spoil the votes.

[Rob H.]

32. Becoming a bona fide dirtbag is a complicated, arduous process

and I haven't seen Platner at any of our conferences, so I call shenanigans.

[Americanme]

33. To me, a bona fide dirtbag would be,

maybe, someone who campaigns for labor rights, abortion rights, healthcare for all, and then, once in office, supports a president who is against all of that. That sounds like something a dirtbag might do.

[City Lights]

34. Fetterman is a Pedo suck up and an Pedo enabler. nt

[Nanjeanne]

35. Fetterman is doing AIPAC's bidding - plus Fetterman can't stand that another "regular" guy is getting all the attention.

[Celerity]

44. The AIPAC/Israel lobby (and their RW billionaire funders' agendas) Fetterman angle isn't discussed enough. He is a tool

for them. A 'handled' tool.




Fetterman Secret Israel Handler Exposed - How a little-known writer became one of the senator's closest confidants.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/john-fetterman-israel-palestine-david-safier-aipac.html

https://archive.ph/cXJwN


David “Dovi” Safier shared this selfie with John Fetterman on social media, expressing his gratitude for the senator. Photo: X/Safier

Over the last three years, Democratic Party support for Israel has undergone a dramatic reversal. In 2024, 18 Democratic senators backed a measure to block arms sales to the country. In April of this year, it was 40. Polls show about two-thirds of Democratic voters sympathize with Palestinians more than Israelis. And even former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel — who grew up spending his summers in the country and whose middle name is Israel — has recently begun calling for an end to carte blanche U.S. military aid. “More and more Democrats,” Senator Bernie Sanders told NOTUS last month, are “seeing the light.”

And then there’s Senator John Fetterman. While the rest of his party reluctantly retreats from an ironclad allyship, the Pennsylvania senator has promised to be the “last” Democrat standing with Israel. His political identity is increasingly defined by a blanket defense of the country. Online, Fetterman frequently mocks critics of Israel. In interviews, he has pushed back on claims that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide. When pro-Palestine protesters came to his home, Fetterman waved an Israeli flag from his roof; asked on Meet the Press about Israel’s pagers attack in Lebanon, which wounded more than 3,000 people and killed 12, the senator said, “I love it.” On May 19, Fetterman was the only Democratic senator to vote against a War Powers Resolution intended to stymie the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. “President Trump has been willing to do what’s right and necessary to produce real peace in the region,” he said when the war began. “God bless the United States, our great military, and Israel,” Fetterman added, as if these elements constitute some kind of geopolitical holy trinity.

By Democratic Party standards, Fetterman’s position on Israel is extreme. There are a multitude of theories as to why: The senator is a contrarian; he enjoys the attention; he has convinced himself that he is indisputably in the right. But people close to Fetterman cite a previously unreported factor too: Behind the scenes, Fetterman is being encouraged and counseled by a little-known man in his late 30s named David “Dovi” Safier.

Safier, a writer of Jewish history and fundraiser for Orthodox causes, has no public background in government or counseling politicians on Capitol Hill. He is not an official staffer or paid outside adviser. A few years ago, he “just kind of appeared” in the senator’s orbit, one former Fetterman staffer remembers. And then, suddenly, he seemed to be everywhere. Staffers would walk into Fetterman’s office, only to find Safier sitting in the room. When the senator went to Israel in 2025, Safier joined him on the trip; when Fetterman filmed Real Time With Bill Maher, Safier met up with him in Los Angeles. The two are constantly texting and talking, according to multiple former Fetterman staffers, and Safier has unofficially operated as a top campaign fundraiser and senior adviser. He has even set up and attended sensitive meetings with foreign officials; in some cases, he is the only person staffing those meetings, I’ve been told.

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[Nanjeanne]

46. Well it's not easy to discuss certain topics here. I gave up talking about my relationship with Israel and

what I discussed with family and friends and my many visits there. It’s just became too difficult to try to have rational discussion from a lived in perspective. Unfortunately AIPAC and their involvement in our politics is another subject that discussion of isn’t easy.

[Kingofalldems]

36. Of course, Fetterman is MAGA.

We don't give a damn what he thinks. Why are you posting this?

[LAS14]

37. Who supports Fetterman????? nt

[Cha]

41. So Fetterman wants Mainers to vote

for Collins.

What a shock.