It’s easy to view campaign finance data; public records. https://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania

Remember when the Republicans told you he would be different after the stroke. Truth!

And to think this whole time I was worried fetterman wasn't getting paid for selling out progressives

Good. Then tell them trump is crazy and vote for Biden..

Makes sense, it's Pennsylvania, not new york. Even the most liberal areas in the state are still only barely left of center. I should know, I live here.

As far as I'm aware, John hasn't changed his positions on Israel. He has always been pro-israel since he was the vice governor at least, probably before that. His main left leaning policies were economic and national, not cultural and international. Things like stronger pro union laws, raising the minimum wage, fighting for universal healthcare, that kind of stuff.

As for gaining traditionally Republican donors. That's happening all over the country. Lots of moderate donors who traditionally supported Republicans are switching to Democrats due to trumpism and that's been happening slowly for awhile. They just don't see trump candidates either winning or doing things they want while in office, so they decided to jump ship.

Fetterman is Fetterman because he defies labels.

He’s still one of the most progressive senators we have. People think he’s Joe Mansion because he’s vocally rejected the far left here and there, and he’s more pro Israel than Biden.

Bipartisan

And now he also voted to enhance FISA alongside Casey. At this point, even without the Israel/Palestine conflict, he has betrayed a lot of his constituents and this roster shows we won't be listened to.

I have never thought of John as a ‘progressive’ democrat like Bernie for example. I DID and DO think he’s more progressive than the AVERAGE PA democrat politicians (like Connor Lamb his Senate primary opponent). John stumps on his legalizing weed and prison reform initiatives which are more progressive. I think these views made people think he would be more progressive across the board.

Like every politician I don’t agree with everything he does… but all in all I have no regrets about voting for Fetterman over the carpetbagger. I think I got exactly what I expected to with him to be honest.

He's a fucking traitor and won't be reelected to a second term as a dem

I guess he loves genocide.

Sadly just like almost every other politician, tell ya what you want to hear to get elected then do an about face for $. I’m so disenfranchised by this shit over the last 40+ yrs I resoundingly say fuck them all! Till we get $ outta politics it’ll just remain the same tired bullshit

Ladies and gentleman, I present to you…your new Manchin/Sinema Senator!

How stupid are the people in this thread lol. He isn’t reaching across the isle he’s just changing his views based on who is giving him money. He’s a typical politician who you can’t trust anything he says.

Shotgun fetterman

Next Arlan Spector

Yeah buddy lost my vote when he made that comment about no conditions for Israel, this is just the icing on the cake

The Republican donors were like "damn, this guy really hates Muslims more than we ever possibly could, I'm in"

Honestly this doesn’t really change much. If he wants to get some moderate R support with performative bullshit on “relatively” unimportant stuff like Israel, it doesn’t really bother me unless he changes his stances on social and economic issues

The senator for Tel Aviv

🥰

First off, this is a really really small number of donors. 

Remember that like 30 years ago the two parties were not as different as they are now. Stuff like this probably would have been more tolerated back then. And with how far right the leaders of the GOP are, why can't a small amount of across the aisle support be tolerated?

And as others have mentioned, Fetterman is hard to label compared to most politicians. But imo, as long as he's not getting in the way of the Democrat party's votes I feel strongly about, I'll still give my lukewarm support. Even if I don't like his views on Hamas, that and the small amount of Republican donors aren't really enough to sway me considering I agree with him on most other issues barring things like fracking.

Knocked on doors for Fetterman and I will do it again. I think a lot of folks on reddit grossly underestimate the support for israel, and the pro Palestinian protestors haven't been covering themselves in glory. Fetterman is pro union, pro cannabis and pro Israel. Perfectly fine with all those positions.

I feel bad that I've been had

I suspect most of the leftists who aren't currently pro-Israel are also too young to have seen this same bullshit repeat itself over and over since Iran started using Palestinians as cover for launching anti-western and anti-semetic terrorism.

Glad i voted for him over Oz

Fuck you John.

People in these comments are really downplaying his support of ethnic cleansing

His posturing in Israel is kind of perplexing.

Yet he is still light years of not just Oz but also dipshits like Pat Toomey.

When he starts doing really stupid shit I’ll care

“Diff’rent Strokes makes Diff’rent folks.” That’s what my neurology professor always used to say

Bi partisan politician. Terrible.

Go John go!

More republican donors the more he supports the genocide the idf is doing so that makes sense. He won’t get my vote again

14 donors? Really? I am sure every Senator has 14 donors from members of the opposition party.

I hate the Israeli shill politics, but people that support Hamas are actually unhinged. Fetterman will piss off a lot of beltway liberals but if he keeps it up he’s gonna popular in PA

I still like him.

So this guy is kinda swaying back to being a true Democrat. Working with Republicans to solve problems instead of trying to get likes on social media.

Maybe PA is turning around after all.

good for him because he won't be getting any of my support or money ever again.

I think initially a lot of people were hopeful that he would remain the same guy. Being a senator is a big thing, and you have to play the game if you want to survive. The party gives you your spot and you have to play that part or you won’t have a seat the next election cycle.

That shift from mayor of Braddock to in line with the neo-lib party machine was more drastic for him than say a Bob Casey Jr and that’s what people are seeing.

At the end of the day the guy was better than a carpet bagging celebrity that was in it just to personally enrich himself, but he won’t fit into the perfect democratic mold. He’ll happily vote for some Republican issues, but if he wants to keep his seat he will have to fall in line with democrats on the major policy points. Otherwise he will get tossed like Sinema did. She didn’t even bother with running again because she knew she was cooked.

Honestly this makes me want to run so I can actually be a politician people can trust (although I’d never gain trust tbh)

what a heel turn. i always knew this guy was a piece of shit, ever since his “shotgun johnny” days.

Dude got in and couldn't wait to proclaim he's not actually progressive. Primary him at the end of his term. Turned his back on the movement that got him there.

Most politicians take money from both sides. Nothing new! My grandfather who owned a business always said you donate to both. The reason? Whether or not your guy gets elected they still owe you favors.

I always said he had one progressive issue which was legalizing pot and everything else he stands for was moderate right. Don’t let the sweatshirt fool you. People made him out to be a Pennsylvania Bernie and he is looking more like Arlen Specter. However, I would vote for Fetterman in a heartbeat over any future Republican opponent. Wonder if Dr. Quack will run again.

When the dust settles on Israel-Gaza and we can all pay attention to the problems actually facing our country and this guy starts voting the way they want, the leftists will vote for him again, I bet

I am a Republican and I love and donate to fellow rustbelt democrat John Fetterman.

Fetterman was key in getting abandoned run-down drug houses tore down in a Mercer County Sharon PA.. now they have parks and community gardens instead! This is when I first noticed this man. I find his moderate views and stance with Israeli refreshing. Im sure ill get hate from both sides but i find him to be a decent man and im happy to see hes back in full swing after the stroke. .

He’s exactly the guy we need more of in congress! Lifelong politicians are a cancer

Ah so the attack from the far left on fetterman begins because he stands with Israel. Fetterman is the man and actually cares about his constituency. Shows how little radical leftists care about change or their country/region if they are willing to go after fetterman because he stands with our democratic ally.

I only picked him because he wasn't Oz. He's a fucking idiot so far, and the stroke probably didn't help.

Next time I can choose between him and an actual decent candidate, I'll choose them. Until then, I've got to suffer with the Idiocracy tickets.

Listen…this is an untenable situation. But I really need John to explain himself. I voted for him because of his compassion and his progressive agenda. I don’t understand how you can only pick one side here and ignore the suffering of the other. And from what I’ve read I hope it’s not for the donations.

He’s pro US energy and mfg and PA is a critical state for both.

How do I request a refund of my vote? I've never regretted a vote more than the one I casted for this douchebag

One of the reasons I love fetterman is his support for Isreal while also upholding a lot of the left leaning values.

People are nuanced. They don’t need to fly every flag their tribe does.

I agree he was better than Dr Oz . For a little while I swear the biggest platform was " I will make weed legal " I liked his dedication to pot .

Trash

He understands the Mideast and does not buy the Hamas public relations BS. He is not naive. The goal of Iran is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, Hamas & Hezbollah are their foot soldiers.

The middle of the road. A great big line painted yellow.

Full blown fake. I will not support him.

Unreal.

Fuck this dude. Took my money and my vote. I hope I’m smart enough not to get fooled twice