The senator hit members of his own party for categorizing Trump as a "felon," arguing Democrats are supposed to be a people who believe in redemption.

Just switch parties already, for Christ’s sake.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    You left out the Trump bootlicking part of what he was quoted as saying in the interview, which I find suspicious:

    I thought Democrats, we were the party that was all about second chances and that we’re not going to condemn somebody based on mistakes or things in that kind of situation.

    Or do you think the Democrats should give a second chance to a convicted felon who has yet to be sentenced for felonies that Fetterman considers to be mistakes?

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, he’s soft-supporting trump. This quote plus the “trump is going to be strong” line are definitely pro-trump in some fashion, then not wanting to “mansplain”.

    • criss_cross@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Oh I missed that. TBH I read this from a different story.

      https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4889312-fetterman-trumps-special-place-in-pennsylvania-deepened-after-shooting/

      Yeah the quote is bad.

      Reading this story it still just sounds like he hates the approach they’re taking about campaigning against him.

      Do I think saying Trump deserves a “second chance” is dumb and gross given how much the fucker gets away with on a daily basis? Absolutely. This was not a good way to phrase it. This doesn’t sound like someone sucking up to Trump though. It just sounds like someone that doesn’t want to lose PA.

    • Zink@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      He seems to have missed that this election is trump’s third chance, not second.

      The felonies are for cheating in the 2016 election. And I think we all remember pretty well how 2020 went.