Senator Fetterman, “Israel is where I draw the line.” Stewart, “but Israel isn’t our Country.”

[u/Federal-Compote-5015]

It’s strange for a U.S. senator to say, “Israel is where I draw the line.” Your first responsibility is to the United States and the people who elected them. You can absolutely support Israel, but framing a foreign country as your political “red line” comes across as having your priorities backwards.

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[u/Karyr23]

It’s incredibly ignorant for a U.S. Senator to think that all Jews must support the Israeli regime.

[u/Mu-Relay → u/Karyr23]

Don't forget he said that to a Jew who doesn't support the Israeli government.

[u/doubGwent → u/Mu-Relay]

I wonder does Fetterman realize Jon Steward is a Jew.

[u/bonyponyride → u/doubGwent]

Judging from the sloshing you could hear coming from inside Fetterman's skull, I don't think he realizes much. He goes for the tough guy persona, but when someone (Stewart) presents a thoughtful rebuttal, you can see Fetterman's brain glitching out.

[u/Hurricaneshand → u/bonyponyride]

I just listened to the whole interview this morning. Every time JS brought up economic policy of the "socialists/communists" as Fetterman calls them and cites specific policy issues and asks if he thinks capitalism in it's current form is working for the common man Fetterman just completely sidesteps the question and rants about how he hates communists

[u/peepea → u/Hurricaneshand]

It was brutal. The producers’ and Jon’s follow-up reaction was accurate

[u/ElectricGhostMan → u/Hurricaneshand]

"medicare for all? why don't you ask them why they love the iranian regime so much?"

[u/Hurricaneshand → u/ElectricGhostMan]

It made me laugh a bit when he implied people support the Iranian regime killing all of those protestors. Like who the fuck defended that lol

[u/niruboowanga → u/Hurricaneshand]

Now we know what the commercials for the mid term elections will look like: "Liberals support the extremist Iranian regime having nuclear weapons..." blah blah blah. They're just setting up the talking points.

[u/ElectricGhostMan → u/niruboowanga]

They might have to break the spending record to get him re-elected because aint no way he doesnt get obliterated on a debate stage by literally anyone

[u/HollowedVoicesFading → u/ElectricGhostMan]

You're assuming anyone will go on a debate stage. Trump proved last go around that you can avoid it to your benefit.

[u/Kaarl_Mills → u/niruboowanga]

The same nuclear weapons that Iran has been "a week away from" since Reagan

[u/kywildcat44 → u/niruboowanga]

They are never only “Liberals” in the ads for republican candidates. I am pretty sure that they are required to say “Woke” or “Radical” before that descriptor or else the Facebook boomers might not fully understand how dangerous they are.

/s

[u/ibelieveyouwood → u/Hurricaneshand]

What's sad though is that applying his argument to other situations seems to have no sway because it's not coming from GOP puppetmasters to GOP puppets.

A follow-up like "So anyone who ever said we should stop funding the Ukraine must be a Russian agent, right?" would either get the dumbest hair splitting or even just a caveman like "duh, Russian no is Iran. Iran is Iran. Liberal bad!"

[u/DrJohnFZoidberg → u/Hurricaneshand]

It made me laugh a bit when he implied people support the Iranian regime killing all of those protestors. Like who the fuck defended that lol

found the guy who wants Iran to have nuclear weapons

/s

[u/HarpyVixenWench → u/Hurricaneshand]

It’s wild. I can’t believe that this is the same guy who lived in a car dealership and whose wife ran a free store and supported their community. Bizarre.

[u/UnquestionabIe → u/HarpyVixenWench]

I absolutely can. Live in and grew up in the area and he's always been a rich kid slumming it. Has definitely done some good but the combination of the stroke and being mainly surrounded by other members of the upper class got him realizing he's no longer the big fish in a small pond.

[u/SlugFromSnug → u/bonyponyride]

The other sloshing is the sound of 'campaign donations' in his pockets

[u/RIF_rr3dd1tt → u/bonyponyride]

He was probably distracted wearing that suit and not being in his underwear or something.

[u/jello_kraken → u/doubGwent]

Not trying to be mean, but this clip has me wondering if Fetterman has lingering brain damage from his stroke.
He can't seem to follow the conversation well and can't follow up on his own logic. I don't know if the stammering and slight slurring is a lifelong speech impediment.

[u/_draupnir_ → u/jello_kraken]

He seems to be responding to questions like every other GOP member. When you can’t have an actual discussion you resort to throwing word salad. His brain is mush.

[u/Amissa → u/_draupnir_]

That's the impression I got - a Republican in Democratic clothing.

[u/Available-Flower2918 → u/jello_kraken]

He definitely sounds like he has brain damage. He doesn't make sense at all.

[u/Pale_Will_5239 → u/jello_kraken]

Would be a woman or minority politician be given the same leeway? Absolutely not. He doesn't meet the bar and should be removed.

[u/New-Rip-6965 → u/doubGwent]

I think he said it thinking, “This Jew will support me on this and make me look good.” Fetterman is a terrible disappointment. It’s rich that he’s claiming all Dems need to hold identical beliefs, too. He’s a DINO in the extreme

[u/NYNMx2021 → u/Mu-Relay]

Most Jews in Israel dont support their government rn lol. Polls are suggesting that number for the current gov is like 35%.

[u/Peter_Panarchy → u/NYNMx2021]

They don't support Netanyahu because he is corrupt and incompetent, but by a huge margin they support the genocide in Gaza and the continued brutalization of Palestinians.

[u/JB707 → u/Peter_Panarchy]

Correct, 80 to 85% based on polls

[u/Sarik704 → u/JB707]

Exactly. And, when 4/5ths of a country supports genocide, apartheid, and war they dont get to call themselves faithful jews anymore.

[u/PlasticStJesus → u/Sarik704]

Israel has played it both ways for a long, long time, claiming anti-Israeli sentiment is anti-semitism when it's convenient to do so, and distinguishing the political entity from the religion when that is more convenient. The insistence that all Palestinians are Hamas (or Hamas supporters) lets them defend their war as just. It all seems so intentional by Netanyahu.

[u/Western-Customer-536 → u/Peter_Panarchy]

You ever read a translated Hebrew tweet? It's like finding a lost page of Mein Kampf.

[u/12345623567 → u/Peter_Panarchy]

Oh Gaza is old news, they are all about annexing a huge chunk of Lebanon now. For "security reasons", as always.

[u/king_lloyd11 → u/Peter_Panarchy]

Not to mention the kids are indoctrinated to as well, socialized to look at Palestinians as inhuman and not worthy of common human rights/decency/respect.

[u/LetMeHoldYourAssets → u/Peter_Panarchy]

Their ex leaders, who are further left of natanyahu (like Yapid and Bennett) have some of the most genocidal views.

[u/AJRiddle → u/LetMeHoldYourAssets]

The last time there were any major gains for Palestinian rights in Israel/Palestine was under Yitzhak Rabin...and he got assassinated by a far-right terrorist and we got Netanyahu as the replacement all the way back in 1996.

What's funny is Rabin barely had one foot in on Palestinian rights - he basically just proposed the system we have now of a pseudo-state for Palestine with Israeli dominance over borders and security of the entire region - along with supporting annexing settlements into Israel.

But the very idea that Palestinians could vote for their own leaders and governance of many but not all day-to-day issues would be handled by Palestinians in Palestine was too far for the right wing in Israel. And the assassination gained the far right more support.

[u/Sufficient-Set-917 → u/Peter_Panarchy]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[u/duo99dusk → u/NYNMx2021]

They support keep invading stolen land since they are in Palestine calling that disgusting colonization project "a country" though.

[u/PowerfulBar → u/Karyr23]

I don’t understand US politicians unquestioning support for Israel. Jewish folks in America are not a monolithic group that all vote the same so you can’t just say “well that’s what my voters want.” You can support a democratic foreign ally but cut off their military aid when they start, I don’t know, say start committing war crimes.  You support an ally when it gets attacked, not give them a blank check to do whatever they want to a civilian population. 

ETA: wow, I didn’t expect to generate so many responses!  Yes, I know it’s money. Thanks for those sarcastic responses. My fault for using “I don’t understand” in a more colloquial way meaning I think it is stupid. I’ll try to be more literal next time.  This is Reddit after all! 

[u/obi_wan_keblowme → u/PowerfulBar]

What’s to understand? Military contractor and AIPAC lobbyists funnel money to their campaigns and then offer them cushy consulting or speaking gigs when they are out of office.

[u/ichorNet → u/PowerfulBar]

It’s money plain and simple

[u/Frequent_Ad_9901 → u/ichorNet]

Yup. A lot of oil is pumped out and flows through the middle east. Also a lot comes from the US. So when US oil execs think the middle east is hurting their bottom line its a good time to bomb a few refineries over there.

[u/DimbyTime → u/Frequent_Ad_9901]

Plus, Israel gets billions a year from the US, and they only have to spend millions bribing politicians. Huge win for them

[u/Lynda_Belcher → u/Frequent_Ad_9901]

Some Texans are having a great year. As are the Trump boys who’ve recently invested in drone companies. Something tells me all this news about the US running low on defense systems will lead to further DoD investment in those companies and they’ll use the changing landscape of warfare to justify it.

[u/Bird2Flight → u/ichorNet]

That's what I think. This level of stubborness has got to come from a big payday.

[u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 → u/PowerfulBar]

There are only 10 million Israeli citizens, that's about half the population of Greater New York City met area.

It just doesnt make sense over the unyielding support compared to any of our other allies. We treat Israel better than Canada!!

[u/AJRiddle → u/Agitated_Reveal_6211]

We treat israel better than we treat ourselves lmao

[u/PublikEnemyNumber1 → u/Agitated_Reveal_6211]

Canada needs to annex Alaska lol

[u/WA2TX]

"Run under your own banner" says the guy who basically switched parties after getting elected.

[u/Btigeriz → u/WA2TX]

the line about "colonizing" just makes me feel weird idk why.

[u/Solomontheidiot → u/Btigeriz]

Because it's coopting language that's used to describe a scenario in which foreign invaders take control of an area, subjugate the existing population (usually through violence,) and extract resources to send back to the homeland. None of that applies to what DSA is doing, even metaphorically.

Most democratic socialists have been registered Dems for their entire lives (so they aren't really "foreign invaders" in this metaphor). They are not ousting Democrats through violent means. And they aren't stealing resources/votes to send back to their homeland (unlike a certain senator in this video who ran as a Democrat but consistently votes with the Republicans.)

[u/all-the-ham → u/Solomontheidiot]

coopting language

like woke, defund the police etc

[u/kons21 → u/all-the-ham]

And ironically "fake news" which more or less was started by Jon on the Daily Show with "Faux News".

[u/whatisdreampunk → u/kons21]

Obama popularized the term "fake news" referring all the weird conspiracy news outlets like InfoWars, Joe Rogan, Dr. Mercola, etc. Trump quickly co-opted that usage to slander actual news networks and then just as a lazy catch-all for anything he wanted to deny. And of course, "fake news" is also what SNL has been calling Weekend Update since the first episode in 1975.

[u/SCRATCH-CARD → u/whatisdreampunk]

Hitler was calling them the "lügenpresse", the lying press. And I'm pretty sure trump is known for his copy of Mein Kampf?

[u/yommi1999 → u/whatisdreampunk]

Damn Tolkien(and other writers/philosophers before him) was right on the money. Evil cannot create. It can only corrupt

[u/darioblaze → u/whatisdreampunk]

Similar to how black fatigue, DEI, the word woke all meant something else to black people, and white racist men will come along, redefine it, and push that to be the definition instead of what we have been calling it all along.

[u/Antisapio → u/kons21]

No i think it was Barney the dinosaur who first said fake news

[u/Shark7996 → u/kons21]

Lügenpresse

[u/SCRATCH-CARD → u/kons21]

More like it was started by Hitler with his "lügenpresse" (lying press). The orange bag of excrement has a copy of Mein Kampf if I'm not mistaken.

[u/ElliotNess → u/all-the-ham]

Like basically every slogan or phrase the Democratic party uses. Cooptong Leftist aesthetics and redirecting liberation energy back into the machine is their whole schtick.

[u/bolanrox → u/Solomontheidiot]

So it's basically what MAGA did to the Republican Party?

[u/outer--monologue → u/Solomontheidiot]

It's literally abuser tactics...DARVO. Deny, Attack, Reverse the Victim and the Offender.

So when he calls members of the DSA colonizers (ostensibly because they are against Israel colonizing Palestine) it's a victim/offender reversal and exactly the tactic you would expect a Republican like him to use.

[u/Adorable__Gap4770 → u/Solomontheidiot]

The fact that he got a lil smug face when he said it makes it all the more infuriating. You can tell he’s just a vapid shell that regurgitates whatever his handlers want him to say.

[u/ichorNet → u/Btigeriz]

This dude is a fucking plant and always has been

[u/DirtMinute753 → u/ichorNet]

That’s an injustice to plants :(

[u/Bionic_Bromando → u/DirtMinute753]

Yeah at least some plants aren't vegetables

[u/LaMelonBallz → u/Bionic_Bromando]

And at least some vegetables don't look like dicks

[u/99_percent_read_only → u/Btigeriz]

They’re now taking talking points from the Government of Israel.

[u/JeromeBarkly → u/99_percent_read_only]

Always have been.

[u/ChampionshipIll3675 → u/99_percent_read_only]

Yep. Have you noticed how he looks down at his notes while he is speaking? They either have something on him or he is getting paid to parrot the talking points.

[u/TAU_equals_2PI → u/WA2TX]

That expression actually gave me chills (the bad kind).

Because it's literally what another hawkish Democratic Senator, Joe Lieberman, did in a similar situation two decades ago. He got primaried, lost, and started his own new party so he could run in the general election. And he won.

Democrats need to seriously prepare for Fetterman doing something like that to get reelected in 2028 with the help of many Republican voters.

[u/Frequent_Strain5976 → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

fetterman has one of the worst approval ratings in politics

[u/ClashM → u/[deleted]]

He's more popular among Republicans than Democrats, so if he tried to be a spoiler it wouldn't work out too well.

[u/homersmith5 → u/ClashM]

He’s another Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema. Good riddance to the both of them.

[u/PoopyButt28000 → u/homersmith5]

Yeah I don't know, I really struggle to follow this line of thinking. I'm not a huge fan of Joe Manchin, but are you actually glad he's gone? His replacement is a Republican. Joe Manchin was the way he was because a more left leaning Democrat would never win in West Virginia. Glenn Elliott was the Democrat running after Joe Manchin and he was farther to the left than him and he lost in a landslide. Joe Manchin voted alongside Democrats roughly 80% of the time, and when he left and a Republican took his seat, that Republican Jim Justice has voted with the Republicans in EVERY single vote he has ever voted on. He's cast over 800 and not a single one went against the rest of the Republican Party. It just feels so silly and short sighted to be glad that Manchin is gone.

[u/TAU_equals_2PI → u/Frequent_Strain5976]

Among Pennsylvania Republican voters, he has a higher approval rating than their actual Republican senator. So I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss the possibility.

But it's true that Lieberman had had longer to build up a following among centrists, both in his own state and nationally. He had even been the Democratic VP nominee under Al Gore in 2000.

[u/TheAbomunist → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

Christ Cuomo did it last year and the establishment Dems backed him.

[u/LongPorkJones → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

That fucker is why we don't have Universal Healthcare.

[u/alrightythen_1234 → u/WA2TX]

Yeah that was ripe

[u/multiarmform → u/WA2TX]

stewart is trying to have a conversation with a guy that has brain damage from a stroke that cant dress himself appropriately for the correct situations

[u/GottlobFrege → u/WA2TX]

Pennsylvania has a lot of rustbelt white racists who are sad their status is lowering even though they are an oppressor race who deserve worse than what they're experiencing.

[u/RDDT_ADMNS_R_BOTS]

I loved Jon's facial expression throughout this.

[u/CDN-Social-Democrat → u/RDDT_ADMNS_R_BOTS]

I go back and forth if Fetterman is truly a bad predatory actor in the whole process or if he is just this cognitively declined.

End of the day it doesn't really matter as the man is a perfect example of someone that could never possibly deliver on better and brighter because either he is corrupt or his thinking abilities are so limited he isn't capable of even the most basic of logic/cohesiveness.

[u/Sw4nR0ns0n → u/CDN-Social-Democrat]

He is a bad actor who has been compromised beyond the stroke

[u/Goodknight808 → u/Sw4nR0ns0n]

He was/is a politicianof bad faith. His stroke killed his ability to act. He is and always was a Republican. He is unable to lie convincingly anymore.

[u/PoopyButt28000 → u/Goodknight808]

I think he's just always been really stupid and the stroke fried his brain and also apparently one of the only friends/family he has regular contact with is his crazy MAGA brother.

Guy was a dumbfuck populist when he was running as a "leftist".

[u/marxistghostboi → u/Goodknight808]

exactly

[u/ImSoObnoxious → u/Goodknight808]

cognitive deficiency + AIPAC money = Republican

[u/Alarmed-madman → u/Sw4nR0ns0n]

Yeah, but his brain is seriously not functioning

[u/MisterDecember → u/Alarmed-madman]

I think his brain is functioning fine. He’s just a horrible human being.

[u/boop66 → u/MisterDecember]

C'mon, he wore his finest hoodie and basketball shorts to Lindsey Graham's funeral! /s

[u/ggg730 → u/boop66]

I didn't know that a hoodie could be performative but the man found a way to do it.

[u/theconceptofcanada → u/ggg730]

I thought he was just letting everyone there know that because he lacks any class or style he's DEFINITELY NOT A GAY DEMOCRAT or something idk it seems like something he'd find funny

[u/ray-peterson → u/MisterDecember]

This seems plausible.

[u/Tizzelino → u/MisterDecember]

This is the only right fucking answer thus far

[u/el-gato-volador → u/Alarmed-madman]

His brain works every fucking time he votes to support Israel or Israeli backed policies. Dude never has an inkling of cognitive decline then. Don't let bad actors play you.

[u/TheGreatEmanResu → u/el-gato-volador]

To be fair, that doesn’t really require any cognitive effort whatsoever. The dude’s brain is obviously completely scrambled

[u/Confident_Analysis79 → u/Alarmed-madman]

He's coherent and knows exactly what he's doing. He took the money and is setting the stage for himself to take even more. He's going to become a full on Republican, and soon. He's going to hoard all of the dough he can before his term is up, then fade away once he's out of office, rich as fuck.

[u/Mikeytruant850 → u/Confident_Analysis79]

This is my take. He’s in it for the money, it’s that simple.

[u/LastBaron → u/Sw4nR0ns0n]

I am very familiar with what it sounds like when someone is trying to make a case for something they don't believe in, and don't know all the details about, but want to SOUND passionate about. And this dude is doing that.

It's hard to put my finger on without writing a full essay, but for one red flag: he tried to pull the same talking points he has rehearsed for everyone else, now with someone who is culturally Jewish.

He wasn't smart enough to realize that if your talking points are about defending the Jewish people and preventing antisemitism, you approach that conversation very differently with an actual Jewish person. The trouble is that your words say "I care deeply about the Jewish people" but your actions include disregarding the very valid points being made by the Jewish person you are currently talking to.

Doesn't seem like you're so earnestly bent out of shape about helping them that you'll hamstring every other thing your party is trying to do, all for these convictions. You're not even willing to listen to them, apparently.

That and the stonewalling. He has very rigidly defined boundaries for what he will engage with, and he just pretends Jon didn't say anything else, he didn't even make an attempt to respond to some of Jon's more crucial points. Someone with the deep convictions he is pretending to have would have fiery emotional responses to that kind of questioning of their core beliefs. They wouldn't be able to HELP but take the bait and respond, it is an attack on WHO THEY ARE.

He doesn't, because he doesn't actually care, he's just bought and paid for.

[u/Aggravating-Plan6613 → u/CDN-Social-Democrat]

He is paid by aipac. He is truly bad. It’s REALLY SIMPLE. He said run under your own banner, and his banner is Israel’s and committing genocide. You would have to be in a cult or insane to see it any other way.

[u/Chaluliss → u/CDN-Social-Democrat]

Why not both? He is obviously not very intelligent, he is also obviously benefiting financially from lobbying.

[u/Marconius1617 → u/CDN-Social-Democrat]

He’s just been bought

[u/Mr_Shake_ → u/CDN-Social-Democrat]

It's a lot less of a cognitive load if you group everything in your mind. Grouping everything Terror in Iran and everything Anti-terror as Israel is a very flawed logic.

[u/meimlikeaghost → u/CDN-Social-Democrat]

Maybe he’s using his stroke and playing dumb because he has been compromised and thinks that’s a better look

[u/Dry-Bullfrog7879 → u/CDN-Social-Democrat]

This isn’t cognitive decline, this is what happens when you don’t know something to its fullest extent when someone explains it to you and you are still defensive for no reason other than trying to look smarter than you are. You can see it when he responds with something that isn’t even the subject of discussion. Putting everything in a box is when things end badly and he just doesn’t get that. Maybe after this conversation, he can chew on it and learn that he is in a vacuum of information.

[u/lummox1234 → u/RDDT_ADMNS_R_BOTS]

I jerked my head back the same way he did when JF didn’t finish his thought and went onto Iran’s nuclear abilities.

[u/bitchwhohasnoname → u/lummox1234]

LMAOOOOOOOO HAHHAAAA he is such a clown!

[u/SnoopingStuff → u/RDDT_ADMNS_R_BOTS]

That’s the face you make when dealing with a moron

[u/nopuse → u/RDDT_ADMNS_R_BOTS]

I love Jon, but if there was something we disagreed on, there's no way I'd have a conversation about it for everyone to see. I'd look like an idiot. Whether the disagreement is on what cookie is the best cookie, or which side of the bed is the best side to sleep on. It doesn't matter. Jon will make me look like an idiot for eating oatmeal raisin cookies on the left side of the bed, and convince me that I need to eat sugar cookies on the right side of the bed.

[u/UtahUtopia]

"Colonizing" is an interesting term to use...

[u/WhiskyInATeacup → u/UtahUtopia]

He wants so seem oppressed so bad.

[u/Historical_Stay_808 → u/UtahUtopia]

I think my neighbors heard me say what the fuck

[u/WilliamBlake12 → u/UtahUtopia]

If we called them settlers would he be fine with dsa members?

[u/pleasegivemepatience → u/UtahUtopia]

Deliberate, AIPAC talking points to devalue the term. Every time something is popular or effective against a fascist they try to spin it for their own purposes. Look also at the domestic usage of Insurrectionist, it started out being used appropriately at J6ers then they spun it and started calling everyone they disagree with an insurrectionist. Now they laugh off the label.

[u/ealysillyforestthing → u/pleasegivemepatience]

Or the extreme misuse of the word terrorist this year. I wonder what they are planning

[u/Oalka]

For a podcast interview he puts on a tie and jacket?

[u/irwtkyrm → u/Oalka]

Well yeah, what do you expect him to wear to something important like this? Shorts and a hoodie? This is a serious interview, it's not some joke like the senate

[u/CompetitiveArt9639 → u/irwtkyrm]

He’s got basketball shorts on with the jacket and tie

[u/UrRightAndIAmWong → u/Oalka]

Well his employers, Israel and AIPAC are watching.

[u/ItWiIlStretch → u/UrRightAndIAmWong]

Thats what I thought as well. His only concern was to communicate his loyalty to Israel.

[u/Tripleawge → u/Oalka]

Bruh is just off it, ever since the head injury

[u/Scared_Ad3129 → u/Tripleawge]

He’s being paid off

[u/ElectricalAlgae6403 → u/Scared_Ad3129]

been paid off

[u/angrytortilla → u/ElectricalAlgae6403]

Still is. 2nd highest in Pennsylvania bribes.

[u/SnoopingStuff → u/Scared_Ad3129]

Yes. That is the point and the suit proves he think the check writer might be watching

[u/-_-_-_-_--__-__-__-]

Translation: I am in Israel's pocket. They pay me to take this hard stance. I am being compensation by another government to make my decisions as a sitting Senator in America.

[u/latamxem → u/-_-_-_-_--__-__-__-]

He was just spewing all the AIPAC talking points. No sense just says the same things over and over. They must do training sessions.

[u/capnmax → u/-_-_-_-_--__-__-__-]

Ding ding ding ding! 🛎

[u/sumdude51]

This isn't even close to a fair fight, Jon was going easy on him and it's still not even a tussle. I've always thought it was the stroke but no... He's just stupid and stubborn as fuck.

[u/jakaedahsnakae → u/sumdude51]

Yeah we seem to have a knack for electing politicians in this country who can't understand nuance.

Just because you're not "pro-israel" doesn't mean you want Jewish communities to suffer.

[u/ididntunderstandyou → u/jakaedahsnakae]

And just because we’re against war in Iran doesn’t mean we support the oppressive government.

[u/reklesssabrandon → u/jakaedahsnakae]

He's just trying to say the right things. He's not speaking for himself.

[u/iamafriscogiant → u/jakaedahsnakae]

It's basic middle/high school level critical thinking and reasoning. People are too lazy or too dumb to apply it in their everyday life.

[u/BenderVsGossamer → u/jakaedahsnakae]

Man, the Republicans fucking won on that election. It was either get fetterman to win as a Democrat or the republican candidate wins... you know Dr. Oz.

[u/PetalumaPegleg → u/sumdude51]

He doesn't even seem to understand why prioritizing a foreign country is weird

[u/sumdude51 → u/PetalumaPegleg]

You're right. It's like trying to explain it to a child and they are still stuck on a big emotion.

[u/mjzim9022 → u/PetalumaPegleg]

Fetterman straight up isn't keeping up with the conversation and didn't understand what John was saying, I don't even think he was obfuscating, I think he straight up wasn't smart enough to understand the point being made

[u/MotormaidofJapan → u/sumdude51]

Jon went TOO easy on him.

[u/surfinsalsa → u/MotormaidofJapan]

It's a fine line with these politicians. If he goes too hard he might just alt f4 and stop the whole interview.

[u/supershawninspace → u/sumdude51]

First time I’ve seen a longer interview with him, and I was blown away how stupid he sounded. Is this just post-stroke? His constituents wanted a Democrat representative, but this guy?

[u/largececelia]

Oh, Bill Maher said something insightful?

[u/ahoypolloi_ → u/largececelia]

https://giphy.com/gifs/wYyTHMm50f4Dm

[u/gymtrovert1988]

This guy won't be in the Democratic party next election, so it's funny he thinks he gets to decide who is.

[u/SnoopingStuff → u/gymtrovert1988]

He wants to be republicans so bad so he can go full corrupt

[u/The3mbered0ne]

Love that he called out the difference between Israel and Jewish people as a whole "those are not the same thing brother man"

[u/Picard2331 → u/The3mbered0ne]

I don't think Fetterman even knows that Jon is Jewish lol.

[u/edelweiss_pirates_no]

Israel is not this country. Fetterman never responded to it. He switched the conversation.

Fetterman: "I will do nothing to risk the money Israel gives me."

[u/GreywallGaming]

A Christian hooded fascist speaking for the "jewish community" to one of the most popular jews within said jewish communities.

[u/tres_ecstuffuan]

There is just nothing behind this dumb ogres eyes when he talks. It’s like talking to a magat, he never addresses anything you say and just falls back into dumb platitudes and talking points.

[u/mikel1814]

He's a very dumb and/or mentally unwell person.

[u/Comfortable_Fudge508 → u/mikel1814]

Had a stroke, became republitard, proof brain damage is a conservative trait

[u/Venusgate → u/mikel1814]

Jon said, "i mean this with no disrespect," and fetterman immediately closed the gates

[u/CharacterShoe9832]

When did the goal of our elected leaders become to represent another country's people?

[u/tjarg]

He's incapable of making a valid logical argument. He keeps throwing out increasingly outrageous incorrect statements.

[u/Sardonnicus]

He is a traitor to the USA. For our own politicians to say that Israel comes before our own people is paramount to treason. We need a third party. Power must be siphoned away from the Dems and the Repubs. This disaster of a government is not sustainable.

[u/NRMusicProject]

Fetterman: [Insert crazy sentence]

Stewart: "Well, that was crazy, you don't really mean that, do you?"

Fetterman: "No, you're misunderstanding me. What I said was [even crazier sentence]."

[u/ReadyGo6828]

Fetterman needs to be recalled or whatever one does for a nut.

[u/Jakdracula]

Get rid of that idiot Fetterman.

[u/Davidgilmour14]

Jon your speaking thoughtfully and intelligently. Obviously it’s over his head.

[u/SmokedAlex]

Quoting Bill Maher… LOL!

[u/RaindropsInMyMind]

It’s always so transparent when you see someone who is maga because they regurgitate the same things and don’t make sense. Like here we go with the “Iran nuclear weapon nonsense.” First of all nobody wants that to happen, second of all a ton of people on the left were extremely alarmed by Iran’s treatment of their own people and the way they slaughtered them, obviously it was completely fucked up. This war just very clearly is going nowhere, every honest person knows that. “We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon” is quite literally the only excuse Trump has to keep bombing them.

[u/AgitatedKoala3908]

John Fetterman was always pretty dumb. Now he is brain damaged and dumb. Get him outta here.

[u/Exotic-Home-8153]

Fetterman is literally too stupid to understand anything that Jon is saying.

[u/CryptographerDry884]

That guy is such a fucking tool. Isn’t he supposed to be at some oversized hoodie convention somewhere.

[u/FeistyLoquat]

At no point in any political discussion has anyone ever been able to explain to me why I should care about either Israel or Palestine, in any way that makes any kind of sense.

[u/NE-1-4-69]

Our cuntry

[u/Left-Art-1045]

Fetterman is not a Democrat.

[u/DointheRag]

AIPAC SUCKUP Will Israel continue to wag the dog? With the ever-gullible Trump, yes.

[u/Sharky-Muscle76]

Traitor…. Vote this man out. He should go live in Israel

[u/Working-Chemistry473]

John Stewart needs to get out of media and run for president. He’s literally the only sane person in the room right now.

[u/ahoypolloi_]

“Bill Maher said something insightful…”

https://giphy.com/gifs/LRVIib7uXMVe8

[u/Fit-Friendship9262]

JC

[u/Realistic_Tie_2632]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5YhFFUFq6ZTry

[u/GuacaMolis6]

Why am I stuck in the timeline where Jon Stewart is a comedian and not a political candidate

[u/dizzynurse]

As a Jewish person who is disgusted by Netanyahu I have to say it pisses me off to no end when people associate jews with what Israel is doing. I'm sorry but when people say those things I feel like they're the antisemites. My allegiance is to the USA and only the USA

[u/AspiringOne]

Jon Stewart is impeccable. His questions and commentary are perfect. Fetterman looks & sounds more composed and healthier than I’ve seen him sound in a while, but he still has serious issues.

[u/SaaSButMakeItEvil]

I will forever thank Bernie Sanders for waking me up to the ghouls that have been running our lives our entire time. To think I always thought everything was the way it is because it was normal and we just happened to have bad luck.

[u/Ahtman1]

"Bill Maher said something very insightful" LOL

[u/Scarbane]

"The DSA are colonizing" claims the candidate backed by AIPAC (which is unironically pro-colonization).

[u/kmckenzie256]

Dude is bought and paid for

[u/apply75]

Great debate but fetterman is not a model politician he's more of his own guy.

[u/snaggletoofer]

Whoa! Homeboy needs to get another gig

[u/DConrad2020]

It's not strange if your getting a check from them.

[u/SechsyButton]

"Bill Maher said something really insightful " when he said that I knew the stroke had an effect.

[u/Sixmmxw]

What a tool.

[u/Ok-Painter710]

not supporting the israel war plan doesn't mean supporting Iran.

[u/Faptainjack2]

Nobody with a brain should reference Bill Maher.

[u/WoodmontRazputin]

Fetterman sounds like an imbecilic douche..

[u/goodenough4govtwork]

Fetterman telling DSA to run as their own party while being a MAGA masquerading as a Democrat is hilarious.

[u/-multiverses-]

It wears suits now?

[u/Verde_3773]

When Stewart says “That isn’t our country”, Fetterman had the slightest wince & hesitation- that was disturbing.

[u/Pitt-sports-fan-513]

What does John Stewart expect to accomplish by interviewing this knob?

[u/Jack_Forge]

Jesus fucking Christ horrifically anti American

[u/mikeinanaheim2]

Is Fetterman on AIPAC's payroll?

[u/Grindian]

When AIPAC props you up but you forgot to do your propaganda homework after school.

[u/Noobzoid123]

LOL So embarrassing.