The Pennsylvania Democrat laid out a red line that would cause him to quit his party, although he didn’t say whether he would become an independent or a Republican.

Oh no?

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
    9·
    13 hours ago

    Who cares, he votes for the Republican talking points most of the time anyway. Grow a spine already and make it official.

    What he wants is the party to cross the made up line he has drawn in the sand so he can switch affiliation “guilt free” and be able to say “ look they made me do it” when pressed about it.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      13 hours ago

      Who cares, he votes for the Republican talking points most of the time anyway. Grow a spine already and make it official.

      but then he couldnt sabotage the democrats from the inside.

  • Pulsar@lemmy.world
    14·
    15 hours ago

    Why are Israel issues more relevant than domestic issues affecting millions of Americans?

      • TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world
        2·
        13 hours ago

        to add to this;

        The Israel lobby (AIPAC) is funneling Billions of American Tax funds (and European probably as well) to Zionist Conquest Doctrine. These are funds that were/are already being mismanaged through political grifts and corruption, so the fact that it’s going toward a repugnant and quite frankly frivolous war of aggression, that is not only threatening to bankrupt not just America but collapse the entire world economic order, I feel it might be a bit of a solid stance to be in opposition to shitheads that support Israel’s actions right now.

        “Hot take,” I know.

        “BuT iRaN mIgHt GeT nUuUuUuUkEs!1!!!1!!!”

        At his point I say we should just GIVE them Nukes. FFS, Quit trying to invade Persia!!

  • tacoplease@lemmy.world
    10·
    16 hours ago

    Senator John Fetterman of the State of Israel demands recognition.

    The fact senior US statesmen continue to offer loyalty to a different sovereign state makes you a laughingstock.

  • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    16·
    1 day ago

    So his threat is basically that he’ll likely ruin his chances of holding office ever again if the party doesn’t do what he wants? What a weird flex.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      He’s currently polling at ~19% approval among Pennsylvania democrats, but ~80% with republicans. So if he sticks with democrat party, he has basically no chance of getting reelected. But republicans tend to do a little better in Pennsylvania (or at least, they used to, but Donny’s current term may have changed that,) so he could have a shot at winning reelection if he switches to Republican. Especially since Republicans love “I used to be a Democrat then I got some common sense” types of stories. He could ham it up for republican voters, and would likely do pretty well if he could convince them he has truly switched sides.