Summary
Donald Trump praised Democratic Senator John Fetterman after their meeting at Mar-a-Lago, calling him a “commonsense person.”
Fetterman, whose political stance has shifted rightward in recent years.
He has drawn criticism from Democrats, especially for co-sponsoring the Laken Riley Act, which allows detention of undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes.
His wife, Gisele, an advocate for immigrant rights and a former undocumented immigrant, was not mentioned in discussions on immigration.
The meeting marks an unexpected alignment between the two politicians.
We have some evidence for number 1 already. When he was campaigning, his messaging was progressive, and he actually referred to himself as a progressive plenty of times. Then, when Israel started the genocide, he became the hawkiest of hawks and claimed that he never said he was a progressive. The guy is a prime example of a career politician.
While I agree, to the best I can see, so far I don’t see his original claims as being anti-war. Yes he said he was progressive… but the specific examples I find of his old stances were healthcare etc… He does appear heavily neocon now, and he’s largely silent on the issues he appeared progressive on. Which isn’t super shocking as they are largely not the focus right now, as no one is talking about them.
IE you can’t directly call it a two faced flip until he takes the opposite side of a stance he formerly took. I mean it’s still fishy as hell and he’s clearly making no effort to bring the issues that he ran on into the spotlight… but it’s very hard to judge if he’s flipped a stance, or just put his best foot forward.