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Sen. John Fetterman on Republicans trying to impeach Biden: 'Go ahead, do it. I dare you.' (www.nbcnews.com)

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Sen. John Fetterman offered a message Wednesday to House Republicans considering impeaching President Joe Biden: “Go ahead, do it. I dare you.”

Speaking to reporters in his Senate office, the Pennsylvania Democrat suggested that the impeachment push by Republicans on the other side of the Capitol was meant to deflect from the mountain of legal problems facing former President Donald Trump.

"Your man has what, three or four indictments now?" Fetterman said. “Trump has a mug shot and he’s been impeached twice.”

"Sometimes you just gotta call their bullshit," he said.

The first-term senator went on to say that a Biden impeachment "would just be like a big circle jerk on the fringe right,” and "would diminish what impeachment really means."

Note: As pointed out by reddig33 in comments, this is an old photo. Here's a couple examples of his new look.

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[-] RadicalCandour@startrek.website 140 points 1 year ago

So my kid had an end of year project on someone famous from the state he was assigned to research and present. He got Pennsylvania. I immediately said, “you’re doing John Fetterman. He’s badass. Here lemme show you why..” and my kid was all about it. The kids dressed up as their famous person and I got the whole getup. Sweatshirt, athletic shorts, bald cap, stick on goatee, custom made rub on tattoos to match. That was really fun and John Fetterman is bad fucking ass. He should be president.

[-] Tigbitties@kbin.social 58 points 1 year ago

I love how I started reading this comment in my mind's voice and it turned into the voice of some dude from my youth telling me how awesome Pearl Jam is.

[-] Mrdrbojangles@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

Could you briefly explain why he’s so badass? As I know a little bit about him, but haven’t actually looked into him at all.

[-] SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago

I’m not OP and I’m not American so I don’t know anything about his policies, but I know he suffers from depression and has been very open about it. I believe he checked himself into a psych facility not long after he was elected. I thought his honesty and openness about it as a man with a kinda macho image was refreshing to see and a good example against toxic masculinity.

[-] Morse@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

Fetterman was the mayor of Braddock PA, a place I'm rather familiar with, for a long time. Braddock was/is a forgotten borough of Pittsburgh that's long past its glory days. Fetterman came in and wanted to clean up Braddock. How effective he's been has been up to debate, but the man really was a strong voice for Braddock and showed that he really cared. For every violent death that happened in Braddock while he was mayor, he'd get a tattoo of the date on his arm. He also got arrested for protesting the local hospital (UPMC), to get them to bring an urgent care center to Braddock.

Personally I think he's improved Braddock. He helped bring in a few new businesses, and it's helped liven the place up a bit. But it's still a rough neighborhood that needs a lot of work.

[-] agentsquirrel@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

He was mayor of Baddock, a town near Pittsburg that had and probably still has a lot of problems. He has tattoos on his one arm of the dates that people were murdered in the town. I live on the other end of the state so I don't know Braddock well, but I believe he did quite a bit for the community. He's very straightforward and honest about issues in his life, and many people here can relate to him. His wife Gisele is from Brazil and is an activist and involved in a lot of charity and social efforts. Fetterman doesn't just talk the talk, he walks the walk.

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[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 134 points 1 year ago

Why does Fetterman, the largest senator, not simply eat the other senators?

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Unexpected Futurama

For the uninitiated

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

He should assert dominance, and rip off all their human horns while he's at it.

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[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 117 points 1 year ago

Who expected a sitting senator to use the phrase circle jerk?

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

I find it refreshing to be honest. He's definitely not weaseling the answer with slippery language.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Fetterman is pretty down with it.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

For the dirst time in a long time, I'm proud of a person who represents me in the government.

[-] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 25 points 1 year ago

Dude has never pulled his punches.

[-] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I think that if the Republicans don’t manage to turn the US into a one-party state, Federman’s got a bright future, and his plain-speaking nature is part of that.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago

Have they found anything they could actually impeach Biden over, or do they just hope that something comes out of the nowhere once they start the process? This whole impeachment stuff sound to me just like Trumps lawsuits for "stealing my vote" and the whole "I'll hold a press conference where I will present irrefutable evidence" stuff.

[-] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

Both. They scream “BiDeN cRiMe FaMiLy!” To distract from trumps corrupt ass kids being literally employed in the White House. Like dude said trump has 4 indictments…

However I am also sure they are desperate to find anything they can twist into scandal regardless of substance. They investigated Clinton for 25 years before settling on a blowjob.

Remember Trump blackmailing Zelensky to make up dirt on Biden? Nothing. Remember Hunter’s laptop? Nothing. They will keep fishing because they would prefer that over doing jackshit for the average citizen.

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[-] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago

McCarthy has admitted a few different times now that they have literally zero evidence to serve as a basis for an investigation or implement

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Well, he is a Democrat, I guess thats enough now?

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 23 points 1 year ago

I'm sure they'll eventually find something. The Clinton impeachment investigation didn't set out to find anything about his affairs, it was some land deal that turned out to be on the up and up after all.

The point is, they just want to investigate, bog the White House down with discovery, leak anything embarrassing (I'm sure there's a ton more Hunter stuff to leak), and I'm sure they'll eventually find something that sorta kinda looks like a crime (or obstruction), because if you investigate anyone you'll find something eventually.

It's basically about hurting Biden politically, and painting Biden as a criminal, so the uninformed voter can just say 'they're both the same'.

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[-] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

They just want it as a historical anecdote when they talk about presidents being impeached. They're really, really sore about Trump going through 2 of them

Shame the system is rigged to allow your friends on half the jury

[-] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 year ago

That dude seems to be a good one.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago

Im from near where he was mayor. When we were trying to get mandatory paid sick time passed in the city of Pittsburgh John came and walked the line with us. He once went on the daily show to outline his plan to get a subway to open in the little hood-ass town he was mayor of, because there was no place in that town where you could get ready to eat food and he was trying to stop tax money leaking out to other towns. Dude has a tattoo for each person who died by violence in his town while he was mayor. He's no bullshit.

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[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

My money is on McCarthy running the inquiry so the far right will be forced to fund the government. Can’t run a government inquiry if the government has shut down. MTG has already taken the bate and has said she’d fund the government in exchange for an inquiry.

[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 year ago

Go away, 'bating

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

This typo stays.

[-] averyfalken 15 points 1 year ago

Every time I read MTG I don't think the politician I think magic the gathering

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[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago

Need more Dems like this.

[-] kalleboo@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can the US just institute a yearly recurring "impeachment day" holiday where you impeach the current president? It will make things so much easier to schedule around, and we know that from now on every president from both parties will be threatened by impeachment anyway.

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Should’ve used a more recent photo of him with the stache. It looks awesome.

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[-] chili1553@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Common Fetterperson W

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