# John Fetterman really needs to resign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875 "2025-05-04T22:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/305 "2026-03-06T20:15:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It makes a pretty big difference as to who he votes for for Majority Leader. And I’d expect that to be R. What would a D leader do that aligns with anything he has stood for or voted in favor of in the past year or so? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/306 "2026-03-06T20:16:59Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > And I’d expect that to be R. Then he would have switched parties. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/307 "2026-03-06T20:22:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Then he would have switched parties. Then he’s already a Republican. And that’s why we have terms like “DINO” and “RINO”; you can pretty much count that person in the other side’s camp for purposes of what majority each party has. Just call him a Republican right now. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/308 "2026-03-06T22:17:36Z")
Speaking of Pennsylvania Senators, I remember perhaps 15 or so years ago when Senator Arlen Spector switched from Republican to Democrat. Republicans of my acquaintance were apoplectic. They didn’t like him anyway but this was just too much. Funny thing was, Democrats didn’t like him either. Should Fetterman cross that line officially or unofficially, I’ll feel he was elected under false pretenses. He’s already pissed me off enough as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/309 "2026-03-12T00:47:02Z")
Fetterman is now in the “kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out” camp. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgt232ngb32p)** > > FETTERMAN: We should kill every last member of Iran's leadership > > VARGAS: His son is now in charge > > FETTERMAN: They should kill him too ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/310 "2026-03-17T23:42:10Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Turns out that Fetterman is a war-hawk like Lindsey Graham. He is a certified DINO (Democrat in name only). Eh, don’t make the mistake of thinking all hawks are Republicans, you’ve always been able find them in the Democratic Party as well. For example Hillary Clinton was [notoriously hawkish](https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/hillary-the-hawk/) (Zunes of course has his biases coming from the dovish and academic left, but the I think the criticism was valid however much the other choice in that election was infinitely worse). Fetterman might well be a “DINO”, however defined. But being a foreign-policy hawk probably doesn’t qualify him as one. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/311 "2026-03-18T00:11:52Z")
I know there have been war-hawks in the Dem camp, but they don’t tend to vote with the Repubs. Vote with Repubs? CHECK War-hawk? CHECK I know he hasn’t voted completely lock-step with the Repubs, but it’s swinging that way. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/312 "2026-03-19T16:01:13Z")
Fetterman break ranks with Dems to push Markwayne? I know he said he would, but I held out hope. Quell surprise: > **[Senate committee advances Mullin's nomination after John Fetterman breaks... -...](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-tulsi-gabbard-patel-ratcliffe-markwayne-mullin-dhs-live-updates-rcna264179#rcrd104959)** > > The intelligence officials testified before the Senate yesterday, where they were grilled about the extent to which President Donald Trump was briefed about the global impact of the war. | Get live updates and the latest news as Tulsi Gabbard, John... ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/313 "2026-03-21T17:53:38Z")
[https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2026/03/fetterman-hit-with-brutal-108-point-polling-swing-he-is-below-the-lowest-of-the-low.html](https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2026/03/fetterman-hit-with-brutal-108-point-polling-swing-he-is-below-the-lowest-of-the-low.html) Fetterman’s approval rating with Democrats are historically abysmal for a sitting Democratic senator. Even worse than Sinema at her lowest. He will never win as a Democrat again (hopefully not as anything else either). What a piece of shit he’s turned out to be. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/314 "2026-03-21T22:25:47Z")
I really think that stroke caused a lot more brain damage than he’s let on. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/315 "2026-03-22T00:18:45Z")
I have MAGA friends who love this guy. I keep telling them he’s one stroke away from being brain damaged enough to be a Trump voter. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/316 "2026-03-22T00:44:26Z")
I mean, he DID literally say the stroke made him not progressive anymore. > **[John Fetterman Brags That Brain Damage Made Him Abandon Progressives](https://newrepublic.com/post/182504/john-fetterman-abandon-progressives-bill-maher)** > > The Pennyslvania senator sat down with Bill Maher of all people to chat about leaving progressives behind. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/317 "2026-03-22T00:59:03Z")
I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but: my maga brother-in-law posted on Facebook a while back that Fetterman (“the guy that had a stroke,” as he put it) is the only Democrat that makes any sense. I told him that’s not the own he thinks it is. Quite the opposite, in fact. He couldn’t understand what I meant by that. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/318 "2026-03-22T01:14:34Z")
Just read Unfettered. It was a good read. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/319 "2026-03-22T15:03:39Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > He will never win as a Democrat again (hopefully not as anything else either). There’s no chance he’ll ever win again. Even if he officially becomes a Republican and runs in the Republican primary, he’d lose to any halfway competent lifelong Republican who could run their campaign on a “why would you vote for this carpetbagger” strategy and win easily. He’s done for. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/320 "2026-03-24T22:20:16Z")
I think he’s one stroke away from being DEAD. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/321 "2026-03-29T17:19:39Z")
John Fetterman’s political shift draws ire of Pennsylvania Democrats > **[John Fetterman's political shift draws ire of Pennsylvania Democrats](https://www.aol.com/articles/john-fettermans-political-shift-draws-114431920.html)** > > Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman faces backlash from his own party for his support of Israel, Trump nominees and the Iran war. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/322 "2026-03-29T19:23:48Z")
My god it’s only a matter of time before he attempts to cross that aisle. Here he is fawning over Markwayne Mullins about ten days ago. > **[FOX & Friends on Instagram: "SEN. FETTERMAN TO SEN. MULLIN: "My experience...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWCN4m8ChQE/)** > > 1,747 likes, 42 comments - foxandfriends on March 18, 2026: "SEN. FETTERMAN TO SEN. MULLIN: "My experience with you has been consistent kindness and professionalism." > > Sen. Fetterman (D-PA) commends Sen. Mullin during his confirmation hearing.". ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/323 "2026-04-23T22:42:17Z")
Fetterman is pushing a bill to let food stamp recipients buy hot rotisserie chicken at grocery stores. Which is… sensible, I guess? [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5844255-hot-rotisserie-chicken-snap/](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5844255-hot-rotisserie-chicken-snap/) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/324 "2026-04-23T23:01:16Z")
That’s a good bill, but Fetterman is still a massive piece of shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875.md?page=17)