• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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      3 months ago

      In terms of party and caucus headcount, yes, he was elected on the DNC ticket in PA and betrayed his conatituents.

      In terms of actual policy, no, he pretty much spits on the platform at every turn.

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    3 months ago

    John Fetterman literally isn’t getting back in next election no matter what and holds no real capability to tip the majority, so idgaf what he thinks.

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    I feel bad for his constituents. Pennsylvania disserves better representation and not the medication or stoke induced thing they have going on now. I’m curious if they feel represented by this damaged brain.

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        3 months ago

        Just a another example of why every State needs a way to recall their representatives.

        Even if that is just removing them. At those rates it seems Pennsylvanians would rather have no representative than Fetterman.

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          Exactly. The choice was between Fetterman and Dr. fucking Oz. At th3 time, Fetterman was obviously the lesser of two evils, although it’s obvious now that it was a losing situation all around.

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        Just like the name suggests, in a “representative” democracy, elected politicians are expected to “represent” their constituents. (A Senator is a type of representative for that definition.)

        That means that it is in your best interests as a constituent to elect a person who has the same political beliefs as you do, because you can’t predict all of the things that are going to happen, so you want somebody who is like you, so that it’s likely that they’ll do whatever you would have wanted them to do in any given situation.

        But when that doesn’t happen, as is obviously the case with Fetterman, it is then the representative’s job to figure out what their constituents in aggregate want and to vote that way, regardless. Otherwise, they’re not representing their constituents.

        Yes, there are obviously exceptions due to things like trading favors, but essentially, a representative should be able to say, “Look, I didn’t do what I think you wanted me to do, but here’s why, if you were in the same situation, you’d have made the same choice as me.”

        My point is that you can’t poll that low and even pretend that you’re doing your job as a representative. If you poll that low, you should just resign on the spot.

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    This is about the tenth time I’ve seen reporting about this, and I’m not sure why this stupid fuck hasn’t left yet. Is it the concussions?

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    3 months ago

    He left the day he was elected, he just neglected to make a big announcement about it.

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      3 months ago

      WE KNOW

      until the Purge is legalized and the citizenry bands together to fucking hang politicians…

      this.

      will.

      continue.

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    Unless he is replaced this is not a good thing. Find a way to befriend him someone go sit with him at lunch hes lonely.

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      The only way to befriend him is unlimited money and cruelty. This is why he’s fully in the pocket of Israel. Since those are his interests, maybe giving him unlimited civil liability and more bullying may move the needle. Being pro-genocide shouldn’t be the easy position to take anywhere. More ridicule of him on the streets should help.

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    They have a space opening up for a near brain-dead representative controlled by the people in his staff.

    I think there is a few weeks until it is open but Aug 4th comes around and he can go make his move to the great state of Kentucky.

    Yes, I know he doesn’t need to move there but it would be best for his constituents.