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TL;DR: The Senate's saddest zionist ogre has a Bolsonaro-esque affinity for collecting mental illnesses and is probably going to kill himself soon.

Also, he's addicted to ruining his kids' birthdays:

In March, Fetterman suddenly took an early-morning trip to Hartford, Connecticut, without telling his team why — leaving them at a loss for what to tell Gisele when she demanded to know why he was missing one of their kids’ birthdays. Fetterman objected to this characterization, saying to me, “I took a weekend trip in March to visit the grave site of my friend from grad school who died in 1993 — a trip my staff and family knew about.”

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[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

i dont want gim to struggle. i want him to suffer

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Die die die die

[–] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fetterman's kampf

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'll admit it feels soothing in a selfish way to think "well, at least I'm not that miserable bastard" about someone else, even though I know it usually isn't good to do. But in this case, it feels good to do and I feel no guilt about doing it. Live as an example, you nazi wretch.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 weeks ago

Yall see the video of him refusing to wear a seatbelt on a plane yet?

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

don`t care, not My struggle

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago
[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago
[–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 30 points 3 weeks ago

left me sad. i demand more struggle. may he lose everything he loves and then himself; inches at a time.

[–] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

What blood test do you think they're doing on him? Lithium monitoring?

[–] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago

Gisele might have disliked what her husband was up to, but his father loved it. Karl Fetterman, an insurance executive, was way more conservative than his son. He used to have a magnet on his refrigerator that warned that his dog bites Democrats, and he watched Fox News constantly. When Fox would air segments about Fetterman’s strong stances on Israel or invite him on as a guest, the senator’s father would, according to former staff, almost always call to say how proud he was.

[–] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Am I reading this wrong or does this basically say he went in for Psychosis and not Depression like it was reported?

[–] YEP@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Maybe both, my experience w mental health there is overlap in diagnosis.

[–] inTheShadowOf@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

Good, this ghoul deserves worse.

[–] Huldra@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel bad for his wife but also her direct comment in the article is really fucking funny.

My husbands doctors actually think he's doing just fine, and this other guy is the one they are really concerned about.

[–] uSSRI@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

My guess is that she's trying to say that the psychosis isn't responsible for his horrific politics, that part of him is doing just fine.

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Dude has absolutely ghoulish political views, but this does make me feel somewhat bad for him. Sounds like he is in a seriously bad place, and I can't imagine the job he's doing (or the way he's doing it) would be good for anybody's mental or physical health.

[–] AnarchoAnarchist@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Hot take, but in a fight between John Fetterman and depression, I'm going to give my critical support to comrade depression.

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 68 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"They are bombing refugee camps. How can you support this?" the staffer recalled her (Gisele) saying with tears in her eyes.

"That's all propaganda" Fettermen replied.

It makes me happy that he is in such a bad place, and I pray it gets significantly worse for him.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago
[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

Not beating the Frankenstein allegations.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fetterman was sitting at a table by himself, slowly sipping a Coke and refusing to talk with anybody. Later that day, another staffer heard an alarming report from a journalist: Fetterman had just walked, obliviously, into the road and was nearly struck by a car.

Maybe he has the spear of destiny? He is a nazi afterall.

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] Goblin@hexbear.net 41 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Boynomoder@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

I honestly feel kind of sorry for him (or anyone who loses their marbles to this degree)

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 3 weeks ago

But is he natty or juice?

[–] rufuscrispo@hexbear.net 31 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

he's going to budd dwyer himself on the senate floor, isn't he?

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

With one last battle cry. barbarian

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

:inshallah-script:

[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Do you guys think he was always shitty or do you think the stroke destroyed the non shithead center of his brain

[–] YEP@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's what my sous chef said

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

I think the stroke, and maybe Covid, hindered his ability to pretend. He's fully mask off compared to playing the lib aesthetics game years ago. But perhaps that just coincides with him getting to a position he feels no longer requires it.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He was always shitty and his shitty behavior is well documented

Pulled a shotgun on a black jogger and forcibly detained him because he was “suspicious” and someone set off a firework nearby. Has never apologized and actively refused to do so to this day

Funded his mayoral campaign with his millionaire dad’s cash. The mayor job paid shit, like a pittance stipend because it was supposed to be an elite job you got when you were already wealthy or one you got fat off of corruption. His rich dad paid him 50k+ a year to compensate and yet he still collected the stipend from the town he supposedly loved

His actions to “clean up the town” he “loved”were essentially gentrification. Instead of addressing social issues creating crime he aimed to drive up property values to drive out people that were undesirable and attract more “appropriate” residents. This also included just straight up shutting down a nightclub he disliked because he felt it was a “nuisance”

When his re election came up he abused his authority and released confidential police records that showed his opponent had gotten a DUI right before the election to harm him in the polls. It worked, he won, and got away with it only receiving criticism and no actual penalty

The dnc later latched onto him and swept most of this under the rug. When the jogger stuff came up during campaigning it was around the time Ahmaud Arbery was murdered in literally the same exact scenario. Despite this he still refused to apologize for his actions and the headlines were mostly buried. Trump was able to roast him pretty effectively because it is extremely accurate that he is an extremely affluent rich boy who decided to play politics floated by daddy’s money.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 42 points 3 weeks ago

The only schadenfreude is that after getting everything a guy could ever want up to and including a national profile all he's done is make himself miserable.

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 39 points 3 weeks ago

Always shitty, all the Democrats are good at pretending to be progressive until they have the opportunity to do something about it. The only reason he won was he was running against Dr. Oz.

Another W for Lesser Evilism.

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