Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) says he “should have quit” his 2022 U.S. Senate race after suffering a stroke four days before the primary.
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) says he “should have quit” his 2022 U.S. Senate race after suffering a stroke four days before the primary.
26 Comments
mx_smith@lemmy.world · 111 pts · 293d
Please go ahead and do it now, we are waiting.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 66 pts · 293d
snooggums@piefed.world · 49 pts · 293d
Pretty sure his opponent would have been worse, but mow is a good time to quit to be replaced by some other Dem.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 9 pts · 293d
*by some real Dem
pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 293d
Agreed. He isn’t the same person the people voted for. He became an agent
v_krishna@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 293d
I don't think this jives with reports of what he was like as a mayor. I think Oz was just so incredibly bad that people didn't care.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 293d
He is absolutely the same person. This is always what he was.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 293d
What an odd thing to say without preceding it with a resignation.
flatplutosociety@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 293d
According to former staffers, he REALLY thinks he has a shot at running for president.
NABDad@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 293d
Wow. That stroke really fucked up his basic reasoning skills.
flatplutosociety@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 291d
Yeah, his brain is cooked. He seriously needs to resign.
Lumisal@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 293d
The stroke blocks most of the brain sparks - this one just happened to get through briefly.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 293d
Hey, we finally agree on something.
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 293d
YES YOU SHOULD HAVE.
it's not too late to quit and save your state who did not vote for a fucking Republicunt Dino
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 288d
I humbly request we not use Dino anymore. That's just copying something the Republicans came up with, and there's absolutely no reason we need to copy anything they've been doing.
thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 293d
yeah no duh
STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 293d
Better late than never.
USSEthernet@startrek.website · 15 pts · 293d
Wow what a great wife...
NABDad@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 293d
Could be a shitty wife. Could be a husband who burned up any compassion she had years before.
I don't know enough about her to judge her motivation.
GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 293d
I'm withholding judgement unless and until further details come out. Having mental illness doesn't give you a get out of jail free card for behaving however you please.
Depression can have some very difficult symptoms that are particularly hard on the support system of those who suffer from it. It's a disease that requires a lot of effort to manage, and many people simply refuse treatment. I'm not necessarily blaming them, as episodes can sneak up on you and start severely impacting your life before you realize how bad it's gotten. It's still on us to take steps to right the ship once we're aware of our situation, however.
The other option is to choose to do nothing, stay miserable , and suffer. It's, unfortunately, a choice I've seen many people make. When that happens, we can't expect those in our lives to support that decision and get dragged down with us. Perhaps Fetterman's wife had to make a hard choice for her own health and safety. Perhaps not, but I've seen it happen enough that I think it's quite possible.
aramis87@fedia.io · 18 pts · 293d
Honestly, given his personality changes, I would not be surprised to hear that he's become verbally or possibly even physically abusive at home.
Nastybutler@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 293d
The best time to have quit was then. The next best time to quit is now.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 293d
No shit
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 293d
Fetterman should decide where he actually sits politically and express that in a come-to-Jesus manifesto.
That would settle a lot of trouble that has come from his time in office. People just want a representative government to act in good faith.
plz1@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 293d
lorski@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 293d
NO SHIT