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Fetterman Voted With GOP to Make Sure Trump Can Attack Iran Again (theintercept.com)
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In a Friday evening vote, the U.S. Senate rejected a war powers resolution that would have blocked President Donald Trump from making further attacks on Iran, despite widespread disapproval of last week’s strikes.

Senators voted 47-53, largely along party lines, on a measure offered by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., that would have prohibited Trump from offensive measures while preserving his ability to defend U.S. forces.

Kaine’s resolution drew near-unanimous support from Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

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[–] 49 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I feel like Fetterman knows his health is failing and he won't run again, so he's just selling out entirely. His initial support of Israel made sense with the demographics of Pennsylvania, but he's gone too far to avoid losing in the next primary for anything statewide.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago

    His health can't fail fast enough. The stroke unfortunately failed. I'm not saying that it didn't change his views as there is precedent with Phineas Gage, but if I suffer a stroke and survive only to be a dog shit human, I'd prefer if I didn't survive in the first first place. For the betterment of humanity, the stroke should have finished the job, but instead we're stuck with a Nazi in denial.

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