# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 56
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875/56 "2025-05-08T20:43:30Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > But at some point he’s going to have to run for re-election. That would be in 2028. Of course he could choose not to run for re-election. But I say the Dems’ chances are better in 2026 than in 2028. > [@Dissonance](#): > > There’s a very simple way for the reporting to make it much more credible: the reporter talking to the anonymous sources anonymous source directly. …thereby outing his anonymous source, in opposition to the reporter’s agreement. Also, there’s no guarentee that direct witnesses will want to talk. This isn’t as simple as you make out. Evidence isn’t binary. There’s strong and weak evidence. I would call this middling: it isn’t simple gossip because it speaks to Fetterman’s ability to do his job. I don’t consider AP to be an especially reliable source in this instance, because they have a history of hasty reporting. Fast, cheap, accurate: choose 2. Let’s go to the dictionary: > **Evidence**. that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof. I say that the report provides weak ground for belief _taken on its own_ and that it should be evaluated in conjunction with other evidence. I very much doubt that this is a ratfuck, given reporting by the NYT and Intelligencer. Allegations may not be sufficient to support Fetterman’s resignation, but I think it’s bad form to blithely dismiss evidence out of hand. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875)._