Senate Fetterman: Trump affordability remark was 'clipped'

[Polybius]

Source: The Hill

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday defended President Trump’s comment that he is not focused on the financial situations of Americans while negotiating with the Iranian government.

“He said something that got clipped … saying, ‘I’m not thinking about [the] American people financially,’ but what he really was saying — he did say, is, ‘I’m really thinking that we can’t ever let Iran [build] a bomb,’” Fetterman told Fox News host Sean Hannity.

“That’s the essence of what that is, and to hold that line,” the Pennsylvania Democrat continued. “I mean, how could we just walk away and … let that happen?”

Fetterman, who campaigned as a liberal in 2022, has aligned with the president on issues ranging from the conflict with Iran to border security to the construction of the White House ballroom.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5877694-fetterman-trump-affordability-iran-war/

[ForgoTheConsequence]

1. Are we allowed to criticize this one?

[Ray Bruns]

4. Yes!

[mcar]

31. Yes. I'm also interested in hearing from those here

and elsewhere who ignored all his red flags because he was their great progressive hope.

Sound familiar?

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Exactly how many times has Iran stated they wanted to nuke the US?

[Miguelito Loveless]

5. Well,

Israel has been claiming Iran was just THIS CLOSE to building a nuclear weapon monthly for the last 30 years. Iran was fine with not building one until the Child Rapist tore up the treaty.

At this point, if North Korea can have one, sure why not anyone else?

[angrychair]

3. My response

Is simple: they did play the entire quote, in context and I would argue that the context is irrelevant.

Him saying he doesn't care about the finances of average Americans while he is grifting BILLIONS of dollars from the American people is as tone deaf as this feeble attempt to cover for Mango Mussolini.

Him saying he doesn't care about the finances of average Americans while he is about to steal $10 billion dollars from the government he runs, is criminal.

Fuck him and fuck Fetterman for being a pedophile's lapdog.

[travelingthrulife]

22. Fetterman is lying. I saw the whole quote too.

[Ray Bruns]

6. John Fetterman can go fuck himself.

An he needs to start dressing like an adult and not some beach bum.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

28. Dude...

As a Floridian, I must assert that he does not dress like a beach bum. He dresses like the drunks loitering around the dumpsters behind ABC Liquors, hoping someone will have tossed out a half-finished Schlitz. (Do they still make that? I was aiming for the grossest thing I could remember my dad drinking… )

[Ray Bruns]

32. I guess I owe an apology to all the beach bums.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

33. Heehee

No worries. I don't think they're easily insulted.

Sadly, now I'm trying to get the image of this slob in baggy swim trunks and unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt out of my head... 🤪

[Bengus81]

34. Yeah...to me he always looked like the guy going down to the gym

to work out. That's fine for that but sure as shit isn't a way to dress in the US Congress.

Now...that doesn't even matter.

[BaronChocula]

7. We've all seen the full statement John

And whether or not there was "more context" doesn't matter. The war is based on a lie. He's saying he doesn't think about Americans' financial situation when negotiating to end a nuke capability that he already said had been obliterated. This is who Fetterman is defending.

[hlthe2b]

8. No, John. That is your brainwave activity that was "clipped..."

Sadly, we get to reap the personality and ideological changes--whether an outcome of his serious stroke, the difficult recovery, his extended mental health recovery after a psych "break,"-- or just what was there but not expressed previously. Regardless, the writing is on the wall for this "once" Democrat. Even if he is just rejoicing at his "Manchin-like" power moves and would remain a mere thorn in our sides for the remainder of his term and perhaps the next, I don't get it. Who the hell is advising him? His wife is a staunch Democrat, so I really don't get it.

[bluestarone]

9. He has made my WORST DEMOCRAT list!

FUCK HIM!! Blind as a fucking bat, and DUMBER that a fucking rock!! EDIT to add i hope Democrats BOO him when he does this BULLSHIT!! I mean ALL democrats!

[Blue Owl]

10. Just like his own balls

[kacekwl]

11. Well John, trump started a war

bombed the snot out of Iran spent billions and counting killed their leader caused the death and injury of Americans and Iranian children and stopped the flow of ships thru the strait and what did we gain ? The answer John is NOTHING. Same regime, high oil prices, same threat as before if not worse. So the situation is way worse than the before he decided to act. Prove me wrong John please.

[GiqueCee]

12. Hagrid in a Hoodie...

... should just be quiet and focus on updating his resumé; he's gonna be looking for work when Pennsylvanians kick him to the curb with a primary challenge in '28. He has betrayed them, and he knows it.

[travelingthrulife]

23. I'm sure the GOP will take care of him and give him a lucrative gig.

[GiqueCee]

25. Rumor has it...

... that Trump offered him a substantial financial reward if he switched parties. It's possible that he has retained just enough common sense to know that Trump never rewards anyone; he dangles a carrot, and then stiffs 'em. Hagrid can also do more damage on the inside than he can on on the outside, but I seriously doubt he'll get a second term. That kind of betrayal is never forgotten... or forgiven.

[Raven123]

13. A competent POTUS should be able to address Iran AND think of the Americanpeople

Fetterman is wrong. Period. The quote was played repeatedly in context. For a president to claim he doesn’t think of the American people financially, means he does not care what impact his actions have on them. For him to have not addressed the nation immediately upon starting this illegitimate war demonstrates his callous disregard for the burden he expects us to bear.

It appears both Fetterman and Trump are living in a different reality from the majority of Americans. I sincerely hope their circumstances change soon

[City Lights]

14. That may literally be true, but he actually did say that he's not thinking

about the American people financially. So listen up, John Boy, he did say it. And he meant it. It wasn't a gaffe.

[nwduke]

15. Now sure what Republican Fetterman is talking about

Nor does he know what he’s talking about. Nothing got clipped! I watched the entire thing. It’s the same old “Bush Aluminum Tubes” 2 step BS! Trump’s just a Netanyahu clown, where Netanyahu has been warning about nuclear war for 30 years and he finally found someone dumb enough to believe his crap!

[twodogsbarking]

16. He would wear the red hat if they came in his size.

[GenThePerservering]

17. That would be size Knucklehead nt

[BigDemVoter]

18. That POS

should retire and go to an assisted living facility. Clearly he is not capable of taking care of himself. It looks like the stroke really affected his cognition.

[Initech]

19. Oh go shove that bullshit where it don't shine, Fettershit!

[chouchou]

20. You can ram your thoughts up your ass, Senator Fetterman

OH..I'm terribly sorry, I actually meant to have you ram your thoughts up your ass.

[Quanto Magnus]

21. He's clearly auditioning for a spot

in the Trump regime....

This is appearing more and more like a bait and switch from when Fetterman ran.

[Torchlight]

24. Enjoys dancing on the edge to see how far it can be pushed

I figure sooner or later, the gang-plank will quickly dissapear once plausible deniability and implication become too weak to hold him up. I s'pose a lot of people assert to be liberals and progressives... I happen to think he's trying tp pull a fast one. Again.

[MIButterfly]

26. Why is he always defending DJT?

[RockRaven]

27. That is functionally a lie.

Whilst the quote is often clipped for headlines and social media posts, the full quote with no missing preamable, words, or context does not change in meaning. Ergo "it was clipped" is an intentionally deceptive, misleading, false manner of defending the utterance... A LIE.

A lie for the benefit of The Dotard and for the benefit of MAGA Repukes.

Do better next time, PA.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

29. Can Punxsutawney Phil be brought out to see how many more weeks we have left of Fetterman?

[Borogove]

30. He's a pathetic performance artist. Take away his hoodie and his snark and he has nothing.

[Bengus81]

35. BS Fetterfuck. Go watch AGAIN for the reporter who down the line asked Fat Hitler

for again a clarification about not caring by Trump. It's right there......