Republican candidates included TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. He was nominated days after suffering a stroke. This isnt populism. And we have John Fetterman, who's a trust fund baby," Campbell said. Pennsylvania is the only state that owned and maintained a residence for its lieutenant governor, according to the Inquirer. Its just a crying shame that they still havent woken up from the fever dream yet because the MAGA circus has only been assimilated back into the Washington hivemind and if this years crazed midterm election over the Senate seat of swing state Republican douchebag Pat Toomey has proven anything its that its just the same damn show under a different fucking tent. Fetterman has dedicated his life to public service and helping others, Calvello said. John Fetterman is a self-described democratic socialist. He is not.". John Fetterman (right) attends a campaign event on March 4, 2022. Oz called Fetterman a "pretend populist.". "John Fetterman's look is nothing more than a gimmick. In July of 2016, Mark Cuban called Trump a jagoff during a rally for Hillary Clinton in Pittsburgh. The letter referred to the NPR story and the correction. He later joined AmeriCorps in Pittsburgh, went to Harvard to get a masters in public policy, and then moved to Braddock to run a GED and life-skills program for high school dropouts, a job paying $33,000, according to his campaign. Baby Bean HCM _ International standard Photography Hes from Turkey, he lives in New Jersey, he taped [a syndicated TV show] in New York and hes running in Pennsylvania Its a smart move. It's a curious if not . That included $5 million from conservative billionaire donor Ken Griffin of Chicago-based Citadel LLC, a multinational hedge fund and financial services company that handles an estimated 25 percent of all U.S. stock trading. The shirt takes issue with new Democratic Lieutenant Governor nominee John Fetterman calling then, Presidential candidate Donald Trump a jagoff during Fettermans run. Its quite the opposite.. Thats a portfolio most people would envy but still dwarfed by Ozs own. Arkoosh is nice and may be able to win the general against the right Rep candidate. So, it is beyond absurd for Oz to try to paint his opponent, Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman, as some sort of out-of-touch trust-fund baby. Fetterman would be wise to ditch the 2018 version of the Fonzi look by occasionally dressing the part with a coat and tie. "Fetterman has never described himself as a democratic socialist," their letter said. READ MORE: Mehmet Oz is a top Senate candidate in Pennsylvania. He works for the ppl. A hulking, tough-talking, blue collar, antihero in his ever-present Dickies work shirt and basketball shorts. His financial disclosure form lists assets between $717,000 and $1.58 million, but up to $1 million is in bank accounts for his three children. Republicans say that undermines his image as a Pennsylvania everyman. Fetterman has even gone so far as to publicly seek council from Zionist warmongering hate groups like AIPAC so as to ensure that hes properly educated on what position he should take on the Middle East now that hes suddenly decided to have one after years of absolute silence on foreign policy issues. If this happens pigs will fly and if that happens ice cream cones will fall from the sky! On Thursday's 'Wake Up America', Pennsylvania Congressman Guy Reschenthaler reacts to the competitive senate race between Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman. According to this, Yea, it's the Gateway Pundit. The organization transports surplus food from retailers to non-profit partners to prevent extra food from going to waste and to help people struggling with food insecurity. ad, April 5, 2022, Twitter, Holly Otterbein tweet, April 5, 2022, Forbes, "John Fetterman Launches Campaign For U.S. Senate In Pennsylvania," Feb. 8, 2021, Bloomberg Government, "Super PAC Lobs First Attack in Pennsylvania Democratic Primary," April 5, 2022, Politico, "Super PAC signals Pennsylvania primary could get rough," March 21, 2022, Public Opinion, "Mayor John Fetterman to speak to local Democrats," Sept. 16, 2016, Daily Kos, "Fetterman campaign demands takedown of ads calling him a 'democratic socialist," April 5, 2022, Politico, "Manchin and Sinema get star billing in Pa. Senate race," Dec. 7, 2021, YouTube, Rebel HQ post of John Fetterman interview, Oct. 4, 2016, Washington Post, "The Trailer: 'Socialism.' On Thursday's 'Wake Up America', Pennsylvania Congressman Guy Reschenthaler reacts to the competitive senate race between Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman. + & MANG C TH GII DNG DA & SC KHO N. When it comes down to actual policy positions, the man has few that arent paper thin and a closer look at the mans unedited biography shows a very political animal whos not much more authentic than Donald Trump or Dr. Oz. Fetterman will compete in the general election against either Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician backed by former President Donald Trump, or former hedge fund manager Dave McCormick. He doesnt exactly hide this, but he claims that he had an epiphany that he should devote his privilege to the little people after a friend died in a tragic car crash. Quote: A viral tweet from John Cardillo, a former NYPD officer turned conservative radio host and social-media influencer, called for an investigation into whether Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., may be clinically brain dead as Democrats engage in a cover-up to avoid a special election before August. A post shared by Gisele Barreto Fetterman (@gfett). He no longer receives that assistance, his campaign said. The winner will fill the seat of exiting Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who will resign at the end of his term. I imagine like oz they dont live in PA. Wonder if theyre getting paid. Oz may have a difficult time lobbing attacks on Fettermans image. Yes, he attended grad school at Harvard, but those of us in York know that he is certainly not a trust fund baby. spoiled trust fund, baby brat . This story was updated at 6:26 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4. Fetterman says hes not a typical politician. This will gain the GOP exactly 0 votes. She was able to film a piece of the encounter even though she was still shaking. The altercation continued after she got into her car in the parking lot. Get a grip Jasper: Fetterman is simply not the good person you think he is. Although Fetterman runs ads that purport him to be a blue collar tough guy, his parents reportedly financially supported him while he served as mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, for 13 years. His children don't go to public schools. The confrontation continued into the parking lot where I was able to finally capture it after the crying winded down. He is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022. The phrase blue collar tough guy flashes across one of his TV ads as a grim-faced Fetterman poses before billowing smokestacks. John Fetterman primarily focuses on his own priorities, like keeping jobs in the state, raising wages, and fighting the opioid epidemic. "The position of trust-fund baby turned socialist John Fetterman is that dead-beat dads should not have to relinquish stimulus checks to meet unpaid child support obligations. The challenge, I think, for Oz, is to really go after policy, Chen said. The fundraising numbers for the fourth quarter of 2021 (Q4) in the U.S. Senate race are out and a pair of candidates had the million-dollar touch. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor turned Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, owns mansions in Palm Beach, Fla., and North Jersey, along with a $1 million cattle farm in Florida and a $3.2 million estate he recently purchased in Montgomery County. The Oxford English Dictionary takes a different view of jagoff. The Fetterman family has three children and two rescue dogs. No one wants you here. He appeals to a particular segment of the left, DeMarco said. The shirt blurs out jagoff and a tweet describes Fettermans quote as a profanity-laced attacks against Trump. Because Fettermans parents supported him financially, he could spend time in the trenches, providing an up-close understanding of the challenges Pennsylvania residents face. Yes, he attended grad school at Harvard, but those of us in York know that he is certainly not a trust fund baby. Our newsletter reaches nearly 7,000 oil and gas professionals with the latest news and rumors each week. He commanded the room with an authority while Fettermans casual look with his meandering presentation fell flat. The first GOP ad of the general election is funded by the National Republican Senatorial Committee for $1.5 million, and features shadowy actors greeting a van bearing Fettermans campaign logo and Bernie Sanders stickers and then pulling out signs that say things like Government Health Care and END FRACKING NO MORE OIL. Fetterman supports health care for all, but opposes a fracking moratorium. ", On Dec. 6, 2021, NPR attached a correction: "This story wrongly states that Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Wolf made is very clear that he didnt want Stack, and he seemed to give the nod to Fetterman. Last Friday, John Fetterman stepped on a stage in Erie, Pa., to hold his first public rally since he suffered a stroke on May 13. I ran to the local grocery store and was met by and verbally assaulted by this woman who repeatedly told me I do not belong here. Hes far from a snake oil salesman. When yinz became the Party of Trump, yinz lost the right to clutch them pearls nat. We reached out to Penn Progress but did not hear back. He reminds of our Governor. 2022. We found no evidence that Fetterman described himself that way. His parents married at age 19 and his dad became a successful insurance executive. Lamb is not former Lt Gov Stack as he is much more dynamic. Theyre not going to be fooled by a carpetbagger coming in from California, kissing a star on the ground.. On April 6, the Forbes article was updated: "Correction: This story had incorrectly identified Fetterman as a democratic socialist he is not.". Had Wolf liked Stack, there wouldnt even have been a Lt Gov primary. We got two solid guys running for the 9th now through Denny Wolff seems brighter and more independent. Have a tip for the WESA newsroom? Fetterman could have lived in a mansion set aside for him and his family. 1,018 talking about this. Ive never been to Alabama, but I live in a small town that is roughly halfway between my states two biggest cities and the comparison rings a bit hollow. If my children were welcome to swim here, every child must be. Getty Says he has been to Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas twice as president. Dont Trump and Wagner appeal to those that like brashness and straight talk.. But whats most disturbing to a local antiwar prison abolitionist like myself is John Fettermans very public love affair with cops and the Israel Lobby. Although Fetterman runs ads that purport him to be a "blue collar tough guy," his parents reportedly financially supported . In the 2-second video, the woman briefly pulls down her mask and says, Youre a n*****.. That's the problem . Every magazine and newspaper article tells the same damn story, after going on and on about his Hells Angels appearance they go into Big Johns meteoric rise as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, a town hit so hard by globalism that it makes Detroit look like Pride Month at Dollywood. Generally described as a progressive and a populist, Fetterman advocates healthcare . The race for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat: A guide, "John Fetterman Launches Campaign For U.S. Senate In Pennsylvania,", "Super PAC Lobs First Attack in Pennsylvania Democratic Primary,", "Super PAC signals Pennsylvania primary could get rough,", "Mayor John Fetterman to speak to local Democrats,", "Fetterman campaign demands takedown of ads calling him a 'democratic socialist,", "Manchin and Sinema get star billing in Pa. Senate race,", Rebel HQ post of John Fetterman interview, "The Trailer: 'Socialism.' This is a silly conversation that you cant even have with somebody, and with a party, that doesnt know a damn thing about the working class, said State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, a Philadelphia Democrat who ran against Fetterman in the Senate primary but is now campaigning for him. Why are you making these posts if you have zero intention of voting? For Good believes that we all have the desire to do good for each other, and works to facilitate these connections. Therefore, Trump is a JAGOFF. Sean Hannity discussed how John Fetterman, who is running for Senate in Pennsylvania as a Democrat, is trying to "raise money" off of Hannity's name on "Hannity." SEAN HANNITY DEBUNKS INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, DUBBING IT . Those increments were just below the $14,000 threshold for taxable gifts at the time. He later implored his followers to donate to an abortion fund. Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. That Beltway mutant James Carville once derisively described this place as being Alabama between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Fetterman spent the better part of 2015 as Bernie Sanders official Rust Belt liaison for his presidential run before spending 2016 trying to sell himself as a Bernie-style candidate in the Democratic primaries for the Senate seat that hes still hustling for. But he also hammers one point against his GOP opponent: celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz is not from Pennsylvania. Thank you *so* much for making me your Democratic nominee. The organizations staff and board page lists her as an emeritus member and co-founder. Once you get past the vanity and bluster, there really isnt a whole lot there. Nobodys ever laid a glove on him., Added Bill Bretz, chairman of the Westmoreland County GOP in Southwestern Pennsylvania: We need to debunk the mythos that hes created about himself and talk about the platform that he has.. 20006, Florida Levi is vocal on issues that matter to him and to fellow Pennsylvanians. Reply. Typical left-wing tactic throw something out like its factual and walk away. He mentored an 8-year-old in New Haven, Nicky Santana, who had lost one parent to AIDS and would soon lose the other to the same disease. A super PAC supporting him has raised more than $5 million from the world of finance, according to the Associated Press. The Democrat running for US Senate in Pennsylvania received a hero . Connor Lamb's a former prosecutor and Marine," the narrator says in Penn Progress 30-second TV ad, released April 5. District of Columbia RELATED: The race for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat: A guide, AdImpact.com, Penn Progress "Who Can Dems Trust?" Definitely hope Casey wrecks Barletta.. and am coming around to Bartos. In September 2016, Street Endorses Rhynhart For Philly Mayor. He is a total fraud. Fetterman has never shied away from his affluent upbringing in York County. Fetterman endorsed Sanders in Sanders 2016 presidential run. He frequently talks about the random lottery of birth that gave him an easy path and left Santana with so many obstacles. The nation is closely watching Pennsylvanias election. Braddock Mayor and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman is taking heat for not having filed a financial disclosure statement that was due two months ago. In September 2016 they added jagoff to their dictionary defining it as a noun. What a bunch of snowflakes the modern GOP are. She reported the incident to state police, who investigated the incident, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported at the time. As Oz emerged as the winner last week in a razor thin primary battle against former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick, Democratic strategists were already eager to try out the attack. Built in the 1920s, their industrial home was originally a Chevy dealership, and historically, one of the very first indoor car dealerships in America! for the U.S. Senate. Sean Hannity discussed John Fetterman running as a Democrat in Pennsylvania and how he slammed Hannity's interview with his opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz on "Hannity." . Otterbein wrote that the PAC referred her to a 2016 article in Public Opinion, a Pennsylvania newspaper, and a 2021 article in Forbes that called Fetterman a self-described democratic socialist, but no articles in which hes quoted calling himself one. Gov. But it didnt work, so this election season he has conveniently changed his tune on virtually everything but dope. We found no other evidence that Fetterman has described himself that way. Fetterman is not a liability and that is obvious. St. Petersburg, FL John Fetterman campaigns at the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 Headquarters in Plymouth Meeting on April 16. You know the guy who flagged non union Pennsylvania manufactured beer from his Inauguration Parties but owns and ran a non union cabinet manufacturing company in York County. The 2022 GOP Primaries over this partisan prize have essentially amounted to a hate-fuck menage a trois between three vapid carpetbaggers. To make informed decisions, the public must receive unbiased truth. To make the docs predicament even more precarious, this year the Democrats have their own populist firebrand, and he appears to be a ringer. 33701 On Monday night's Hannity, the Fox News host blasted Fetterman as a "very lazy Bernie Sanders -loving socialist trust fund, baby brat" and it was all over a fundraising message in which . He was a chain dog and was rescued thanks to the great people at The Foster Farm. A woman recognized her as she waited in line and began hurling insults at her, which included racial slurs, Barreto Fetterman told The Washington Post. Lieutenant Gov. Fetterman has questioned how someone with such immense wealth can relate to an average Pennsylvanian facing rising prices. Is that enough in a brutal climate for Democrats? Republican Mehmet Oz (left) will face off against Democratic Lt. Gov. Many of the Donalds tarnished brass were in on the grift from the drop. I love love love this country but we are so deeply divided. Fetterman has also backed his boss, fellow trust-fund baby Governor Tom Wolfe, in his plot to install the sinkhole factory known as the Mariner East Pipeline, even after it led to an FBI ethics . I dont think that Fetterman is a negative and, in fact, Stack would easily have been more of an issue. Frankly, your dreamy 45% would only have relevance should Stack have won otherwise its silly season on the board here. . 1800 I Street NW So, it is beyond absurd for Oz to try to paint his opponent, Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman, as some sort of out-of-touch trust-fund baby. The GOP runs much stronger in Western PA but with this they are going to alienate more people in that area by being sensitive crybabies and trying to make a profanity out of a colloquialism. Press J to jump to the feed. Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. They bought it, moved in and set to work. Republicans say that undercuts his blue-collar image. John Fetterman's well-crafted image is that of a hardworking, blue collar everyman. When you read the definition, Trump is pretty damned close to one with his intolerance and nationalism at the expense of individuals! I'm sorry to sound like a broken record, but it's never been more true. 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