https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/john-fetterman-tells-maher-that-near-death-experience-freed-him-to-speak-out-says-progressivism-left-me/ar-BB1nS49V

From the article:

The liberal comedian then asked Fetterman whether his shift in various policies had anything to do with his recovery from his 2022 stroke, asking if his near-death experience had given him a “freedom.”

“Absolutely,” Fetterman responded. “There’s a line from the first ‘Batman,’ Joker’s like ‘I’ve been dead once already. It’s very liberating.'”

“It’s freeing in a way. And I just think after beating all of that, I just really [want to] be able to say the things that I have to really believe in and not be afraid of if there’s any kind of blowback.”

So basically yes, the stroke made him a Republican. Pathetic and disappointing, but all too predictable.

  • EmpricornEnglish
    801·
    17 days ago

    He’s literally not representing the people who elected him anymore. It’s practically political malpractice.

    • jpreston2005@lemmy.worldEnglish
      59·
      17 days ago

      shit, this bitch from NC ran as a democrat, got elected, and then immediately switched parties to be a republican.

      It’s OK, because Nicole Sidman is going to take back the seat in November.

      Cotham rose to prominence with a speech on the statehouse floor about her own abortion that drew national attention in 2015.

      She ran for her seat, which was heavily Democratic and included east Charlotte before redistricting, as a Democrat and strong supporter of abortion rights. But she switched parties in April 2023, giving the Republican-led General Assembly a supermajority in both houses. That allowed Republicans to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes at will and pass laws they had long sought, such as a stricter abortion limit that lowered the cutoff in most cases to 12 weeks of pregnancy.

      Cotham ran on protecting Roe V. Wade, then switched parties to help dismantle it. She’s a true bottom feeder.

      • CptEnder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        17 days ago

        Yeah same with that rep from Hawaii. Like how tf we just let these people get past vetting?

    • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      17 days ago

      I don’t know if I’d go quite that far. There’s an old saying about Pennsylvania. It’s basically Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Alabama in between.