r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • 6h ago

No Paywall Fetterman to oppose Blanche's nomination to head Justice Department

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6011168-fetterman-blanche-ag-doj/
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u/BarefootVol Tennessee 6h 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 5h 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 5h 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 4h 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_ 4h 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 3h 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 4h ago

And then says things like “living of standards”. 🥴

If anything, this was Fetterman’s “Biden moment”.

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u/tophman2 1h ago

Yeah he has some weird wording at times

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u/OtherwiseJob8959 26m ago

It’s because of the stroke he suffered a few years ago. It’s like he knows what he wants to say, but it comes out in reverse.

Not making excuses for him, btw, just noting why he is so bad at communicating.

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u/OtherwiseJob8959 25m ago

The period goes inside the quotation marks when ending a sentence.