Uncommitted movement leader reminds senile Democrats why they lost.
During negotiations with the DNC and the Harris campaign, we were repeatedly told by interlocutors that Harris couldn’t meet any of our basic requests (a policy shift from Biden, a Palestinian speaker at the DNC, a statement distinguishing herself from Trump on Israel, or even a meeting with Michigan families who lost loved ones to Israeli bombs) because of AIPAC-aligned politicians like Fetterman, who might take to TV, rile up suburban white and Jewish voters, and fracture the party’s coalition in a swing state.
That political calculus alienated a key voting bloc, although likely not large enough to have shifted the ultimate election outcomes, that should be part of a durable Democratic majority. But few will ever be held accountable for that choice.
A Fetterman staffer condemning Uncommitted for not advocating for Palestinians 'the right way' is like an arsonist scolding the fire department for using the wrong hose.
It really wasn't, he was doing just fine until he went on tv and looked like a bumbling old man.
A report had come out just prior stating that he was a old man with old man brain and it was pretty roundly shouted down in the media and here on lemmy. Once everyone saw him in the debate stammering and looking confused as his handlers tried to play it off as "a cold," it was undeniable he just wouldn't be able to keep up.