John Fetterman

June 5, 2026 — John Hinderaker

On Platner, Fetterman Breaks Ranks

Featured image As one scandal after another befalls Graham Platner, national Democrats have closed ranks behind him. No doubt they are privately calculating whether they need to dump him, and if so, whether it can realistically be done. But in public, they are with Platner 100%. With one exception: as in so many other instances, John Fetterman dissents: “Every Democrat knows P-Hustle has Nazi ink, was Captain D–k-Pic on Kik, abusive towards »
May 13, 2025 — Scott Johnson

Quote of the day

Featured image Jamie Kirchick takes a look at “The smearing of John Fetterman” in a column that appears to be behind the Wall Street paywall. He writes: Adam Jentleson sent an email to the medical director of the traumatic-brain-injury and neuropsychiatry unit at Walter Reed hospital in May 2024. Sen. John Fetterman, for whom Mr. Jentleson was chief of staff, had been released from the facility in May 2023 following six weeks »
January 27, 2024 — Scott Johnson

Is Fetterman a better man?, cont’d

Featured image I thought Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman was an unfettered leftist. With his vocal support of Israel, however, I have had to reassess. Fetterman is a better man — a better man than I previously judged. He seems more in tune with old-school Democrats than with the throbbing heart of the current Democratic Party. Last month Annie Karni collected quotes from Fetterman and Bernie bro progressives expressing their disapproval of him »
December 2, 2023 — Steven Hayward

In Re: Fetterman

Featured image I’m starting to think that maybe we should wish for more Democratic politicians to have strokes like John Fetterman, because it seems it might make them better. It looks to be so in the case of John Fetterman. He’s clearly on the mend, not just physically, but mentally. First, in the aftermath of October 7, he has been unequivocally on the side of Israel, even seen parading outside the Capitol, »
September 20, 2023 — John Hinderaker

Clothes Make the Man

Featured image More accurately, clothes reflect the man. John Fetterman dresses in a manner that is deliberately slovenly and inappropriate, and that appears intended to mock the institution of which he is a member. But it’s not just that: the rest of his conduct is similarly inappropriate and demeaning to the office he holds. When Fetterman speaks, his brain damage is evident, and he can be an object of sympathy. But when »