Summary

In a guest editorial published by PennLive, Cumberland County Democratic Party chair Matt Roan called for Senator John Fetterman’s resignation.

He accused Fetterman of abandoning Democratic values and aligning with Republicans and Trump.

Roan criticized Fetterman’s votes to confirm Trump ally Pam Bondi as attorney general and support a GOP-backed funding bill, as well as his pro-Israel stance and backing of immigration restrictions.

Speculation about Fetterman switching parties intensified after his meeting with Trump, but he denied plans to become a Republican, insisting he remains committed to Democratic priorities.

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Fetterman is a jagoff. Western PA disowns you, you Reading prick.

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TIL. I’ve been hearing this since I was a kid and could never understand the meaning and whether it was dirty. Thanks for sharing.

Indeed he’s a jagoff.

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Yeah, I had no idea this was a Pennsylvania thing. I’ve called people a jagoff before lol

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I’d call it a rustbelt thing, but it originates towards Pittsburgh.

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Sometimes you get them jaggers stuck to your clothes when doing yard work or they get stuck to the dog. You never get jagged by wild blackberries or a fence? I’m just jaggin’.

The accent for people who want to hear it. [2]

Edit: Also, I don’t know if it’s still like this, but you could tell where the money in the state was going growing up because from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg the roads were shit, then magically they got a lot nicer from Harrisburg to Philly. He’s from the nice side of the state and came to the underfunded side via AmeriCorps and is now acting like every other PA politican. Fuck this dude. His eggs are scrambled.

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Haha, this brings back lots of memories, let me tell you…

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I’m from the Philly area, our roads are pretty shitty, if yours are even worse that’s really saying something. You can just about tell by feel the moment you cross the state border into NJ

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We need a recall mechanism in PA for this bullshit.

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We should elect parties, not people. I’m sure it would cause other issues, but it would also solve the issue of being unsatisfied with the senator. Recall him right now and we have to have another election. I don’t trust PA to make the right decision.

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Yeah but if you let parties run everything you end up with things like the DNC running Hilary instead of Bernie. And so called super delegates. So I’m not convinced that’s a good solution either.

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Or, you know, single party states as the party no longer needs to run individuals and has zero interest in sharing power.

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We got Hillary anyway though.

When I think about this, I always remember this CGP Grey video that discussed this concept. It makes so much more sense than the way we do it. Also, removing a politician for not living up to expectations shouldn’t be the end of the world for the party. Instead it should be a way to the party to earn respect.

https://youtu.be/QT0I-sdoSXU

Edit: correct YouTube link

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I can’t believe I gave that sack of shit $100

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This silver spoon baby convinced the poor he was an every man with a hoodie and shorts and took their money

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We burned our Fetterman shirts and broke the coffee mug, that we bought to support this idiot.

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As much as I understand and support the sentiment, destroying things that are still functional is a very republican action.

Perhaps deface the mugs (sharpie marks generally survive dishwashers and can be reapplied later for new fun mustaches) and turn the shirts into dishrags or washcloths. (especially fun since in languages with gendered nouns, like German for example, a shirt is a neutral gender and a washcloth is masculine, thus making this really transformational.)

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I’m in Pittsburgh if anyone is down to organize, sorry I suck at taking initiative 😅

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Honestly, I’d love to protest with you because Iive relatively close to the city, but I getike no PTO and can’t afford to take time off. 💀

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He absolutely should

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