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[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 62 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nice to see him back on the right side of an issue since his sharp pivot to being a neocon.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait what? How'd I miss that happen?

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

He had a stroke and now he's really off. His staff quit, he's been saying random crazy shit. Basically the stuff people do after suffering a stroke. So he's a different person now. A lot Less liberal.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don’t give a fuck what Fetterhead thinks about anything anymore. He’s a prick.

[–] dragna@midwest.social 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I have to since I’m in PA. I mostly care because I want to see more of this….but not just a threads post, but like actual political action. Still better than Oz, but man does it sting being fooled so thoroughly.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Not fooled. He had a stroke and it turned off parts of his brain. It's extremely common in stroke patients. He's a different person now. Mentally.

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

It’s sad. Regular brain + stroke = GOP conservative thinking. Makes perfect sense.

[–] dragna@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago

You might be right, it’s impossible to know for sure not being in his personal circle, but if that’s the case he should have stepped down. And if he’d built a circle of staff around him that was in alignment with his previous vision, then they might have asked him to step down. Either way it’s sad and frustrating.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Hopefully y'all can primary him on the next go around. He's a huge disappointment. Practically another sinema

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I've been out of the loop. What did he do?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 10 points 7 months ago

Got a personality change from the stroke.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

As someone else mentioned, he considers Israel blameless for genocide.

[–] mvilain@fedia.io 13 points 7 months ago

I hope the insurance carrier that covers this school district sends them a letter saying that their anti-litigation insurance will be cancelled in the coming year. And because they failed to "take steps to decrease bullying", all litigation claims until then will have a $10,000 coverage cap.

This should make enterprising attorneys quite enthusiastic to find students who've been buillied. I'm sure there's at least 1 trans kid out there.