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  Lmk when he cracks a skull.
context: Met fetterman in a bar once, sat down and talked to him for more than 2-3 hours. Actually a genuine person who cares. He’s a good dude and he got my vote and will continue to. >
  
  We need an army of John Fettermans and Katie Porters in both houses. >
  
  Fun fact that Katie Porter was a student under Elizabeth Warren and you can see where they both imbue that "tough teacher you respect" vibe.
  Keep an eye on Ruben Gallego who in 2 birds will remove Sinema from the picture and join the ranks of authentic Senators. >
  
  2 birds? >
  
  My shitty way of shortening, "to kill 2 birds with 1 stone."
  "with one stone" probably better.. >
  
  That is the face of civic duty. >
  
  Such a west wing character. >
  
  I picture dialogue like this:
  “John, what are you doing?” 
  “Reading.”
  “Why are you reading? We have interns for this. You’re 2:35 PAC appointment is here.”
  “It’s the bill.”
  “John, no one reads the bills. It takes too long. They read the summaries. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. Washington is about leverage, John. It’s about who you know and who you can convince. You can’t just read all day. Otherwise you never make the connections that keep you here.”
  “Fine by me.”
  “John you can’t bail on your PAC. Their money got you here.”
  “No they didn’t. Voters did. I went door to door and street by street and talked to people to hear what was important to them. I came here to represent them. Now you’re telling me I can’t do the very thing I said I would do?”
  “John…”
  “You’re fired.” >
  
  “you can’t fire me, i work for the PAC.” >
  
  “Sua sponte.”
  “What?”
  “Sua sponte, it means of one’s own accord.”
  “I know what it means, John. I went to Yale for Christ’s sake.”
  “Good. Then you know that any elected official can submit findings sua sponte to the FEC and request a commission’s audit of their campaign finances if they in good faith believe a violation has occurred. Which is what I will do with said PAC this afternoon if I hear another word about how they get to take precedent over  the interests of my constituents. Oh. And it’s Senator Fetterman. John is what my friends call me.“ >
  
  He works for the people and acts like it. Wishing him good health and success. >
  
  You realize he was never in a position to raise the minimum wage in PA right? >
  
  He did advocate for it, multiple times. Actually, non-fucking-stop. >
  
  Your maximalist positions/drive for ideological purity are one of the main drivers for losses.  The fact you think he is “not progressive” says more about you than him.  Can you please just keep twirling your neck to the left, eventually you’ll become a right winger and fit right in with the superficial, dogmatists… >
  
  You can tell when someone belongs in a place. It just fits.  Then there's George Santos.  I'd say he must be as popular as road kill by the way others in congress look at him. >
  
  Unfortunately Santos fits in better with the lies and money-grubbing >
  
  Yes and no. Is he a lying grifter? Absolutely. 
  But the one thing professional grifters hate more than anything is an amateur. 
  Through sheer incompetence and stupidity he is making more and more of the grift obvious and is calling attention to loopholes that were more useful when hidden.
  If he doesn’t fall in line with the bigger grift, he’ll see charges for the smaller ones just to get him out of the picture. >
  
  They’re mad at the attention he’s bringing. >
  
  And at the same time, jealous of the attention that he’s getting.
  Marjorie Traitor Green and Jim “Uncle Fiddles” Jordan are seething at the amount of media time he’s hogging up and simultaneously pissed that he has writ large, in bright fucking neon lights, how absolutely easy it is to fool the Republican electorate. The last thing they want is for conservative voters to catch on that they are in fact useful idiots, and treated as such. >
  
  Guys built like a MMA fighter, grooms like one too, and his political success is built on appealing to America's blue collar population.
  I really hope this guy can be a symbol of the left's ability to appeal to the working class and a model for messaging going forward. >
  
  I really, truly hope that there's also an increase in disability-related advocacy in working-class and union spaces in part cuz of Fetterman. >
  
  Why does Fetterman, the largest senator, not simply eat all the other senators? >
  
  Some senators like Ted Cruz excrete and oily emetic chemical that makes larger predators vomit him back up. >
  
  I heard Ted Cruz likes to piss his pants on purpose cause he loves that warm feeling spreading down his leg. But maybe it’s also to make himself less appetizing >
  
  I'd really love to get something like that on a tshirt >
  
  Me too. I’ll take 5. >
  
  i hope he measures up to his stature, he sure sticks out. that's a great pic of him waiting with his family.
  i checked and he's not even the tallest senator in modern history. Luther Strange is 6'9" and served from 2017-18 after being appointed to fill Jeff Session's seat. >
  
  Imagine meeting a dude named Luther Strange and he's the size of the fucking Undertaker? I'd just straight up ask what his super power is. >
  
  yeah, according to wiki the previous modern senator, 2" shorter than Strange, was a bit bummed he lost the record, but then when he heard the name and that he was 2" taller willing gave up the accolade. >
  
  So what, no cage match?! >
  
  well, the guy who he beat is getting on and has admitted he's getting old person shorter. >
  
  This man is a true inspiration to us all. So happy to see him there. >
  
  I couldn’t be prouder to have him as my senator >
  
  I really like him but, I have to say, I’m obsessed with his kickass wife Giselle. >
  
  Honestly they both make a kick ass power couple. A mountain of a man and a warrior woman >
  
  She IS a badass warrior woman!!  She even joined her local volunteer fire department! >
  
  I can't to see pics of Mitch McConell with Fetterman standing in the background staring at Mitch like the undertaker lol. >
  
  Turtle soup on the menu ! >
  
  He’s like “I wanted this…right”? >
  
  Proud to have voted for him in my first election that I could vote >
  
  God he's such a giant of a man >
  
  I'm 6'2 and when I met John the one time, he made me feel like a child lol. I'm thin, so I could basically fit inside him as his skeleton. >
  
  I know we’re not supposed to judge people by looks but he just looks like a cool guy. Like he’ll crack a mean joke over a few beers >
  
  "judging by looks" means their skin color, the size of their nose, etc. Noticing kindness in someone's eyes and how they carry themselves is worth judging >
  
  The first time I saw a picture of him, I though he looked tough and intimidating. The first time I watched one of his speeches I was awed by the kindness in his eyes and the way he spoke, he comes across as very honest, caring, and he seems to genuinely care for the good of the people he represents. He’s not my senator because I’m in NY, but I’m happy that he seems to be serving the people of PA well. >
  
  I’ve heard a lot of Lincoln comparisons and I can see why. The height and beard probably add to it >
  
  This guy is amazing looking - like someone who stepped out of Game of Thrones and put on a modern day suit and tie. >
  
  Go, John, GO! >
  
  I heard in some other thread ridiculing his most recent official photo that he was a really bad politician and no innovator. I suspect most of  those who said so were libertarians or centrists, but I haven't kept up with politics to know how authentic this guy is. >
  
  I mean he appeals strongly to the working middle class and I’ve never seen a comment thread about him not have a bunch of people say they’ve met him at bars and he would stay and talk with them for a long time. Sounds like he’s a boots on the ground ears to the community type of politician, which is exceedingly rare these days
  I also think a lot of his naysayers are just really intimidated by him >
  
  All this sounds very reassuring. I am big on the "Wait and see what gets done, not what is said". So the coming years will be very interesting and hopeful in very many avenues. >
  
  He looks like a giant bald Abraham Lincoln >
  
  whose been writing all these tomfoolery titles i just wanna chat