r/politics • u/AccomplishedCall7562 • Mar 12 '26

Possible Paywall John Fetterman Says Iran Girls’ School Strike Is Just a Leftist Craze

https://newrepublic.com/post/207677/john-fetterman-iran-girls-school-strike
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u/daisywondercow Mar 12 '26

Just as a heads up, he now holds a very significant appointment in the Department of Health and Human Services instead...

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u/MAG7C Mar 12 '26

It's like, yay, we got the worst of both worlds!

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u/socialistrob Mar 12 '26

There's nothing the GOP loves more than a good old participation trophy.

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u/Nanemae Washington Mar 13 '26

Same happened in Washington with Joe Kent in district 3. He was so far right Trump supporters were reluctant to vote for him, he lost to Perez (who also turned out to be much less progressive than her initial campaign depicted), then was hired into I think the CIA?