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'I Care About Little Kids Dying': Ocasio-Cortez Hits Back at Fetterman Over Gaza (www.commondreams.org)

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[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 1 points 4 weeks ago

You think CTE causes people to become assholes?

Not sure who mentioned CTE or how it's relevant to Fetterman.

A stroke like Fetterman’s often produces even larger personality changes.

Agreed. This reminds me of a biography of FDR I read, explaining how his term went worse after his own stroke.

Fettermen wasn’t perfect, but he wasn’t this huge of an asshole before the stroke

Credit to alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml for https://jewishinsider.com/2022/04/john-fetterman-says-hell-lean-in-on-u-s-israel-relationship-as-senator/

Here's a choice quote from a pre-stroke Fetterman,

Fetterman said he is “equally passionate” in his opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel.

Also remember that he

backed legislation at the state level, signed into law six years ago by Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, Tom Wolf, barring the commonwealth from pursuing contracts with companies that participate in boycotts of Israel.

Finally,

Fetterman ... confirmed ... that he has ... sought counsel from a variety of advocacy groups, including ... AIPAC

Again, that's all pre-stroke. So he might have been better at hiding or spinning these things pre-stroke, but it doesn't seem like his beliefs have really changed because of the stroke.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he runs as a Republican next election.

I would be. The closest I can find to that is this quote from him (from the above article), but this was pre-stroke.

I’m not really a progressive

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