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Having grown up in Pennsylvania, though admittedly the tony Main Line, I really like Fetterman in all hi tatted glory.

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He's the right kind of different.

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I love that he used "yinz," the Pittsburgh equivalent of y'all, in his victory statement.

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I like that. I didn't know that word. I was a Republican for a long time. Not this horror bunch. I haven't become a Democrat because of too many things to go into here but I'm persuadable. Considering the crazy times we're in, and how Democrats keep teetering, knowing something is missing, I have hope for this. This guy is one of the truly good guys. I've been watching him for quite a while like others. I hope he's able to stay that way forevermore. He has things we love, like, don't like and really really don't like. Something to appeal to everyone. And he has no shadows of the elite ivy league though he's an ivy league-educated big old hunky smart guy. He has serious cross-over cred. Not that we look for Republicans to like us but he's someone who doesn't invite bullying or look like someone you want to hit. He's very different from what we've seen. Let's see how this goes. He gives me higher hopes.

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Fetterman will wipe out Oz like Salk did polio. You wanna see fracking? Here it comes…

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I hope so!

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I hope people like Fetterman are the future of elected officials.

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Flush the Trumpsters everywhere!!!

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I first saw Fetterman on Vice News when he was mayor of Braddock, PA.

My first impression was, "I like this guy. He's a real leftist. He will go far..." I felt exactly the same immediate respect as I felt the first times I saw Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

As for the coming race... I'm SO glad I moved out of the Philly TV market before this happened!

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Same here.

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Fetterman is refreshingly real!

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May 19, 2022·edited May 19, 2022

Yay! A dyed in the wool, real Democrat from the 'heartland'. Elected in a landslide while he is recovering from a stroke! I can only imagine how Democratic consultants are scrambling to remake the images of their candidates... sadly I see only wardrobe changes and more rural and grittier backgrounds. Now let's find an 'urban' candidate who pulls no punches and inspires people in the same way.

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I'm a fan, and my dog and I follow his dogs on Twitter, but I'm a little surprised by all the gushing over how unique among Democrats John Fetterman is. He stands out for sure, in multiple ways, but Sherrod Brown in neighboring Ohio has been advocating and legislating for working people for quite a while now, and Ohio isn't an easy state for a Democrat to get elected in statewide.

Speaking of Ohio, if anyone's looking for an antidote to _Hillbilly Elegy_, I heartily recommend the late Joe Bageant's _Deer Hunting with Jesus_ and _Rainbow Pie,_ along with any of his essays and features you can lay hands on. Along with Molly Ivins, he's the departed journalist that I most wish were around to comment on the mess we're in now.

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Oh dear. Brooks Brothers managers everywhere are apoplectic!

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I love him. He's so authentic. I grew up in PA and wish I could still cast a meaningful vote there, instead of my longtime home state of the very blue MA.

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Send him $$

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I have been all along. And will continue to.

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The lady puts her money where her beliefs are. Excellent.

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I did a thousand to PA in 2020 and will do that again this year. Thanks for the link!

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A thousand! Phenomenal!! Thanks for being a super-voter-nudger.

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Love Fetterman. I’ve been watching him for years, from his tenure as mayor in Braddock. He can speak to blue collar workers authentically, he still lives in the renovated car dealership he bought there, and his advertising has focused on what he has done for PA, not what his opponents haven’t done. Conor Lamb went one ad negatively denouncing Fetterman as a socialist. It was short lived, ineffective, and pulled almost immediately. Meanwhile the republicans went scorched earth on each other….very very ugly. Fetterman can speak to rural PA and appeal to progressives. I can’t wait to see him stand up to the whiners in the senate, all 6’8” of him in Ted Cruz’s furry mug or ran Paul’s ferret head.

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I honestly don’t care if Federman wears a tutu. The thought of a charlatan like Dr. Oz in the Senate is horrifying.

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I am looking forward to the « small man behind the curtain » Oz take-down ads that I trust the Lincoln Project will devise and run 😃

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I gave some money to Fetterman early on in his campaign. I am definitely not for fracking but I do like everything he’s for. He’s an “everyman’s” man and he strikes a very opposing figure at 6’8”. He’s not fancy or dapper and I kinda like that for the Democrats because we need his size, his voice, and demeanor to affect change within our own party.

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LIke you, I am not a fan of fracking but I am a fan of Democrats winning, winning, and winning. I hope his health holds up, and voices like his, like Mallory McMorrow’s (wow!), and Hakeem Jeffries’ give me hope! Glad that there are two new voters in PA!

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I did the same. And after he won, I got a text message almost immediately - so was happy to send in another donation.

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Is Fetterman a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment?

If so, I hope it’s of the first clause…

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Yes, indeed a very interesting few months ahead of us!

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