The excitement was muted quite a bit by his stroke. At the time of the primary and for most of the general it wasn’t clear if he was even going to be able to serve. He didn’t even do unprepared speaking until a month before the election. There was definitely some campaigning that Giselle puppeting him or a special election was better than 6 years of Oz.
But you’re right that pre-strike lots of people were excited about his likely win.
Fetterman also has brain damage. People keep ignoring this when framing anyone who hasn’t planned to be in Congress since they were 8 as a sleeper centrist.
Fetterman wore the costume of a populist. Platner walks the walk of of a populist.
Fetterman won because he wasn’t doctor Oz.
What does this even mean, he’s never held public office.
If you really want to go by the man’s actions, there is plenty of info out there about the awful shit that he got up to in Iraq.
Not true. People were absolutely excited about Fettermam winning the nomination.
The excitement was muted quite a bit by his stroke. At the time of the primary and for most of the general it wasn’t clear if he was even going to be able to serve. He didn’t even do unprepared speaking until a month before the election. There was definitely some campaigning that Giselle puppeting him or a special election was better than 6 years of Oz.
But you’re right that pre-strike lots of people were excited about his likely win.
Fetterman also has brain damage. People keep ignoring this when framing anyone who hasn’t planned to be in Congress since they were 8 as a sleeper centrist.