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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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[-] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 132 points 3 years ago

I hope he runs for president.

[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 74 points 3 years ago

Incredibly and with a perfectly straight face, they’d dog him for his mental and physical health.

[-] famousringo@sh.itjust.works 38 points 3 years ago

He’s too real. The electorate craves lies.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 32 points 3 years ago

this is why the conservative perverts voted for the fake tv businessman who does crimes (Trump) rather than the real businessman (Romney) who does things that should be crimes.

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[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 years ago

I am part of the electorate and I do not crave lies. There are dozens of us. Dozens!

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[-] RadicalCandour@startrek.website 123 points 3 years 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 51 points 3 years 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 15 points 3 years 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 23 points 3 years 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 13 points 3 years 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.

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[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 104 points 3 years ago

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

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 45 points 3 years 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 34 points 3 years ago

Fetterman is pretty down with it.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 26 points 3 years ago

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

[-] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 18 points 3 years ago

Dude has never pulled his punches.

[-] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years 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 75 points 3 years 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 44 points 3 years 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 27 points 3 years 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 24 points 3 years ago

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

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 17 points 3 years 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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[-] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 years ago

That dude seems to be a good one.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 22 points 3 years 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 38 points 3 years 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 33 points 3 years ago

Go away, 'bating

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 21 points 3 years ago

This typo stays.

[-] averyfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 years ago

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

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[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 26 points 3 years ago

Need more Dems like this.

[-] chili1553@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago

Common Fetterperson W

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 years ago

He would have had to commit a crime to be impeached. What crime did he commit, Republicans?

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[-] moog@lemm.ee 13 points 3 years ago

u wont no balls

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