It has long been debated that RepubliKKKlans are inherently dumber than Democrats. For me, of course, it is not debatable. RepubliKKKlans are f***ing idiots of the highest f***ing order, along with the rest of their ilk — MAGA morons, evil evangelicals, and QAnon kooks. They’re all the same, just subdivided differently. While the priorities in these cliques may differ somewhat but mostly overlap, the part of the Venn diagram that converges 100 percent is their low I.Q.s., which, let’s face it, borders on mental retardation. Recall, Dictator Don loves the “poorly educated.” Couple the poorly educated with learning disabilities that define 99 percent of RepubliKKKlans et al., and you get a dysfunctional administration and RepubliKKKlan-led Congress that can’t get anything done except tax cuts for the rich while stripping healthcare away from the rest of us and stimulating inflation. Fan-f***ing-tastic!
I contend that Fetterman is a prime case study — a before and after — of how a person went from a progressive to a DINO, with his stroke (aka brain damage) defining the key event of demarcation. However, let me be very specific about my thesis here: RepubliKKKlans et al. seem to be born morons. Sadly, they are inherently stupid. Whereas Fetterman, through his stroke and ensuing brain damage, has become beguiled and bewildered by conservative beliefs. Perhaps these are innate tendencies Fetterman has always had, and the stroke released his inner self. Who knows exactly.
So, he ran on and entered Congress as a “man of the people,” who would bring his brand of progressive ideals to the Senate. Before he entered Congress — before the onset of brain damage — as Lieutenant Governor and chair of the state’s Board of Pardons, Fetterman led a high-profile, progressive effort to grant clemency to wrongfully convicted individuals and reduce mass incarceration; he consistently championed equal protection for the LGBTQ+ community. In 2013, he defied a Pennsylvania state law by officiating same-sex marriages in his home; he backed progressive economic stances, such as raising the minimum wage, establishing equal rights protections, and implementing a natural gas severance tax to fund community programs. In short, throughout his career prior to arriving in Congress, Fetterman aligned with Bernie Sanders-style progressivism, advocating heavily for criminal justice reform, universal healthcare concepts, and labor rights. In terms of his voting record, during the 118th Congress (2023-2024), he voted with the Democratic party majority roughly 91-97 percent of the time, with occasional party-line breaks — especially his staunch support of Israel and his willingness to cross the aisle on government funding resolutions.
Then, The Don! returns to office, accompanied by a RepubliKKKlan-led Congress. And what happens? His worsening brain damage finds his “thinking” more in line with MAGA moron causes. So, in the 119th Congress (2024-present), Fetterman’s voting alignment with Trump and Republican priorities surged, with some legislative trackers showing him voting with the President between 26-27 percent of the time; he became the lone Senate Democrat to cross party lines to support or advance the confirmation of several controversial Trump cabinet nominees, including supporting a procedural vote for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and voting to confirm Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin; he was the only Senate Democrat to reject a war-powers resolution limiting President Trump’s ability to strike Iran. Moreover, Fetterman has been attacking his own party. With the most notable, egregious comment, “Well, I mean, you know, in 2016, it was much more about the minimum wage and some other very basic kinds of thing. And now that’s, that’s just turned into much more standing with like Cuba, standing with Venezuela, standing with the Iranian regime and, and turn that into much more becoming more increasingly anti-American for me. So, my views really haven’t changed that much [emphasis added].” Anti-American? Seriously?!?! Democrats are now the anti-American party? Criticizing Dictator Don’s actions against sovereign nations like Venezuela and Cuba is not “standing” with those nations. It’s not anti-American. And being against an unsanctioned war against Iran is also not anti-American.
He may not be in lock-step with RepubliKKKlans, but he sure does appear to like what Dictator Don and RepubliKKKlans are selling. For me, his most obvious support for the administration is evident in his votes for The Don’s! cabinet. Forget Fetterman’s legislative votes and anti-Democratic Party comments. His backing of the least qualified cabinet nominees speaks more to his support for the Administration’s agenda than anything else. He had the power to prevent lasting damage to our Democracy; instead, he voted with Dictator Don. Welcome to stupid America!