Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.
Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
As the meeting deteriorated, a staff member moved to end it and ushered the visitors into the hallway, where she broke down crying. The staffer was comforted by the teachers who were themselves rattled by Fetterman’s behavior, according to a second person who was briefed separately on the meeting.
Wasn’t this guy reddits favourite politician some years ago?
before his brain damage? yes, that’s him.
Pennsylvania favorite. some people knew he was a scumbag before being elected.
Yeah. He was clapping back at trump and the republicans a lot which helped boost him to run. Pretty popular. Then he got elected and suddenly started aligning with the republicans on some issues. The consensus since then (at least on Lemmy) is that brain damage causes conservatism.
Seems to cause loss of emotional control at least
I mean he was running against Dr. Oz. Didn’t take much to cheer for him. He also had some progressive stances at the time. Which he seems to have all but forgotten.
some people said it wouldve been better if oz was the senator, now that he is with medicare medicaid, he can do much more damage.
Not even close. That was the propaganda of the dem party trying to get him elected. Half the posts on the net are propaganda from some group or another trying to build a narrative, since that’s apparently the only way people can make sense of the world anymore. And here we are years later repeating the same fucking story because the propaganda affects both the supporters AND detractors.