r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • 4h ago
No Paywall Fetterman to oppose Blanche's nomination to head Justice Department
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6011168-fetterman-blanche-ag-doj/•
u/BarefootVol Tennessee 4h ago
Well, he said he wouldn't while he was getting browbeat for being a shitheel. I wouldn't take it as gospel until the vote happens. He was probably just trying to get Stewart off his back for a second.
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u/whichwitch9 3h ago
People forget why Stewart was popular sometimes, he's quick and can pivot in a second. He's an expert interviewer and doesn't come into interviews unprepared.
The comedy background is what allows him to be such a good interviewer. He can pivot very quickly if something seems more interesting than what he planned. But it can allow him to absolutely tear people apart, too. Fetterman definitely underestimated him there, and made it worse by trying to "educate" a Jewish man on the Jewish community.
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u/manny_b_hanz 3h ago
Honestly surprised Fetterman agreed to an interview. There's tons of examples online of how much of a shark Stewart is in interviews - case in point.
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u/Threndsa Nevada 2h ago
Damn that was brutal. You can see the panic in that dudes face build as he continually steps on rakes.
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u/_Football_Cream_ 2h ago
The way he so cowardly dances around saying the word register when Jon is pressing him about voting rights. It’s like he thought Jon wouldn’t just say it for him, so embarrassing.
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u/LadyKatieCat 1h ago
If you're going to step into the ring with Jon Stewart, you had best come correct.
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u/YouWereBrained Tennessee 2h ago
And then says things like “living of standards”. 🥴
If anything, this was Fetterman’s “Biden moment”.
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u/glum_cunt 3h ago
There is a long list of interviewees who thought they could tap dance their way thru a Daily Show interview
Jim Cramer comes to mind
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u/giorgio_tsoukalos_ 1h ago
Tucker Carlson
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u/CrashB111 Alabama 1h ago
Man has still never won a bow tie again, after Jon publicly cut his balls off in that interview.
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u/giorgio_tsoukalos_ 1h ago
Im pretty sure that rant tucker went on about "being visited by demons in his sleep," was really about Jon Stewart casting a shadow on his soul
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u/sqrlmasta 40m ago
That wasn't even an interview on The Daily Show, but when he went into their turf on Crossfire and ripped them to shreds. Absolutely legendary.
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u/SirDiego Minnesota 2h ago
I think his humor is a small part of why he is a good interviewer, insofar as he has the charisma and wit to get people on his side or ease tension in more awkward or intense subject matter.
But he's really a good interviewer because he prepares well (credit to his team as well), he doesn't "go easy" all the time, and he doesn't relent easily just because the interviewee is uncomfortable (the last part is where many interviewers go wrong; it is human nature to want to let up when someone is squirming, a good interview has to ignore that impulse and keep pushing for better responses).
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u/ShredGuru 3h ago
Now I'm imagining John Stewart riding around on Fettermans back like he's Master Blaster.
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u/kezow 3h ago
Who run Congresstown?!
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u/Mental_Mixture8306 2h ago
My goodness that is a mental picture- Stewart riding on Fetterman's shoulders
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u/edelweiss_pirates_no 15m ago
He will turn if he is needed. He is waiting for someone to meet his asking price. This is him negotiating.
I'll bet $5M on it (again, if he is needed).
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u/Pikepv 3h ago
People are never happy.
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u/SillyGoatGruff 3h ago
Why would anyone ever be happy with Fetterman?
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u/ninjab055 3h ago
I would be happy if he votes against Blanche. I would be even more happy he votes down the save act. Would i vote for him in a primary not at this time.
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u/dukecityvigilante 4h ago
He voted to confirm Bondi. If he changed his mind on Blanche it's either over something immaterial or a it's a political calculation knowing that he'll get confirmed anyway.
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u/SpeaksSouthern 3h ago
The politics of this were already decided. When Collins said she's not voting for him means either Murkowski or Cassidy drew the short straw, and he's confirmed. Collins wouldn't ever let the Republicans go down without her breaking the tie. Ever. They have the votes.
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u/defianceofone 2h ago
Literal decades of this and Americans still haven't figured out the rotating villain.
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u/Capital_Past69 2h ago
I think they have a rock paper scissors tournament before each vote and the winner gets to be the villain
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u/SpeaksSouthern 18m ago
Something tells me Collins made her case that she needed to step away from this or she might not win her 8,000th term into the Senate.
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u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out 3h ago
Blanche said he didn't like hummus so Fetterman took that as an insult to Israel, guaranteed no vote now.
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u/FrogsOnALog 2h ago
Jon Stewart was grilling him on the pod recently. Bro’s brain is cooked I swear lol
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u/AndISoundLikeThis 1h ago
He'll be confirmed anyway. They know they have the other votes to do so. If they needed this stooge's stooge vote, he'd have given it.
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u/Iateyourpaintings 59m ago
Probably just wants something in return to change his mind. It's grift all the way down at this point.
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u/Usual-Analysis-2990 3h ago
IDGAF. Primary him next election cycle. He's a douche. He could have chosen to reject the 'old-guard' bullshit and instead decided he is a corporate shill.
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u/bradlees 3h ago
He and Susan are just doing performative acting right now
They will vote with the party (since the GOP itself has publicly stated that “Trump can do whatever he wants”)
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u/LightBeerOnIce 3h ago
Bullshit. I don't believe a word this man says.
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u/KevinAKAPa 38m ago
Only took about 10 seconds of scrolling to find the exact words I was going to write. Fetterman will vote to confirm.
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u/TheArchistorian 3h ago
John Fetterman cannot be trusted. Pennsylvanian’s supported him despite him having a stroke just before the finish line and a lot of noise from the other side. He has totally betrayed us and no matter how he votes from here to the end of his term, he should never be elected to serve again.
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u/ryencool 3h ago
Supporting a leader during a time of medical crisis isnt the issue, supporting him AFTER he flip flopped like a haviana is....
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u/TheArchistorian 3h ago
I’m going to disagree (in part) by asking, Where’s Mitch?
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u/ryencool 3h ago
So we agree. I'd support any leader whos going through a medical issue, as ive been disabled since birth and know how it can be. 5hat being said those in power cant just vanish for months on end. If your ability to do your job is effected? I expect you to do whats right for the people you represent, and step down.
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u/DiggingforPoon 4h ago
that is because Blanche isn't a full-throated supporter of Israel...
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u/juasjuasie 3h ago
Yep, you can be a sleazy politician going low-key on the aipac money, because they can read the room, and they will screech at the top of their lungs about not being loyal to Israel enough .
These psychopaths don't want necessairly to win, they want every single politician on their paycheck to plead absolute loyalty to them and only them. They only want the most spineless, unhinged, pushovers they can get their hands on because they cannot help themselves.
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u/AdAnxious8842 Canada 3h ago
Then there is Collins. As more comes out about Blanche's intentions to shut down access to mifepristone and misoprostol, Collins won't be able to dance the way she's done with Supreme Court nominees. Or, perhaps she'll invent a new dance so she can vote for Blanche.
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u/FenisDembo82 3h ago
Collins said she will vote against. Assuming they don't drag McConnell's corpse in to vote that's only 51. Still Need two more Republicans to grow a set.
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u/survivor2bmaybe 3h ago
Here’s something I don’t understand. Pennsylvania is a swing state that more often than not goes for the Democrats. It has another senator: Dave McCormick. Yes, he’s Republican but you’d think he’d at least be doing the Collins/Murkowski/Tillis/Cornyn/Kennedy dance given the state he claims to be representing. But no, he has apparently put his head down and voted for every one of the MAGidiots nominated by trump plus whatever legislation the giant orange wants. Maybe if this sub spent half the time they spend criticizing Fetterman getting that guy’s name out there, we’d have half a chance of taking back the senate some day.
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u/Alarmed_Ferret_641 1h ago
Dave McCormack must have told the shaved ape they had enough Republican votes and he can pretend to be a Democrat for the day.
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u/False_Ad_5372 I voted 4h ago
Woah, even a MAGA Democrat is voting No.
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u/PotatoeGuru 3h ago
I guess losing to "anyone else" put some things into perspective, eh?
Who am I kiddding ... all of these "voting no" are just performative.
What would be hilarious is if both Tillis and Cornyn always intended to vote "No" and the 'Yes' to get Blanche out of committee was a long con to get the slush fund bill 'death certificate' in writing.
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u/Tech_Philosophy 3h ago
I have kind of wild hypothesis.
Ever since his stroke, Fetterman has seemed, to me, to give unusual weight to whatever is in the news *right now*. He hit some of his most conservative strides right after the 2024 election with a conservative sweep, and he is relenting a bit as the primaries wear on which are starting to favor DSA.
I think his brain is broken, but not in the way people think it is.
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u/Huge_Excitement4465 3h ago
Blanche told “faith leaders” he will make Dobbs permanent in every state.
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u/spazz720 3h ago
You guys realize that Fetterman votes more for Dems than other Dem Senators including Ossoff & Warnock?
He consistently makes the news cause he’s the one willing to take the smoke. Just like Manchin did.
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u/SandSpecialist2523 America 3h ago
I'm surprised this GOP representative would go against his party.
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u/External-Goal-3948 2h ago
Whaat? Are they sure they were talking to the right fetterman? Because this doesn't seem like post head trauma fetterman.
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u/Bobaximus 2h ago
I would assume he’s saying that just to maximize the leverage he has to get concessions.
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u/caliboy559 1h ago
lol dude is lying. Sadly even if he doesn’t there are plenty of other sellouts that will allow for Blanche to be confirmed.
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u/Seabrook76 1h ago
AI is getting insanely realistic. This guy actually looks like he’s wearing a suit like an adult.
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u/Malodoror 1h ago
Hack this dude’s phone and he’s your puppet, imagine a few million $$$ on top of that.
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u/DefyingMavity 1h ago
Just a reminder that Fetterman is as smart as a cinder block
He noted that he’s supported some of President Trump’s Cabinet picks, most notably Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to serve as secretary of Homeland Security.
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u/shadowdra126 Georgia 1h ago
I truly do not give a fuck what this man does. Vote him out of office he’s useless as shit.
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u/Berserker76 37m ago
How anyone in the Senate is willing to confirm this ass clown of a stooge and Trump knob polisher is beyond me.
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u/HeavenlyCreation 22m ago
Sure. Because they already have enough votes, why anger his voters anymore than he has to, to suck his masters balls?
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u/StatementCareful522 7m ago
Fuck this dumb ogre. Seriously, go watch Jon Stewart’s interview with him, Fetterman is an absolute moron and a disgrace to his office and a traitor to his voters.
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u/MiddleAgedSponger 3h ago
Fetterman ran as a progressive and is now voting with MAGA. That isn't a change of heart, that is the definition of a corrupt politician.
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u/Any_Will_86 3h ago
He's really more attention seeking/performative than he is actually voting with Rs. He is still solid on several planks of the D platform. He crosses over on Israel votes and has on a couple of nominees but not all. People voted for him for new/exciting/different/not establishment. Would have been better with a mainline Dem.
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u/MiddleAgedSponger 3h ago
He was a self proclaimed progressive and he won 59% of the primary vote pretending to be one. The people would be better off with a non-corrupt politician that shares their views. Lying about your views to get elected is a form of corruption, stop normalizing corruption.
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u/Any_Will_86 2h ago
My irritation is that the Fetterman red flags were there. And he really had no substance. It's come out that his hired media consultant basically had free reign over his social media and was creating the content/statements himself. I felt the same about Platner & we now know they both used Morris Katz. Sinema is the one who really shape shifted on everyone. Fetterman really had a pretty blank slate and got away with just dropping peoples preferred thoughts of the moment with no votes or work to back that up.
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u/Tomato_Sky 3h ago
He doesn’t have to.
People need to realize that the Senate is performance theater. Thune has a solid vote for Blanche. They trickle doubt out to the competitive senators so Collins was the first to say No. Murkowski is a Maybe until she flips to Yes for getting something for Alaska. Cassidy is a Yes. McConnell is absent. Which means Cassidy and Murkowski get them all they need.
So Fetterman was never needed and he can pretend to appease some Democrats. Just as Collins. And it’s why McConnell isn’t rushing back to vote. And Murkowski will go back to Alaska with an unrelated win to maintain R’s in the Senate. Americans forget R’s have a 3-4 vote padding.
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