Politicians by nature are duplicitous, so it takes a great deal to stand out as a fraud when almost every other single person in your chosen profession is a charlatan. But John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Pennsylvania, has taken fraud to the next level.
Fetterman has pitched himself to Pennsylvania as a “blue-collar tough guy,” amazingly enough – he is neither of these things.
For decades, John Fetterman has played a role, pretending to be someone he isn’t. Call it blue-collar cultural appropriation or blue-collar drag, Fetterman has meticulously created an image of himself that’s a complete fraud.
Fetterman’s image made him an immediate star in the progressive media. The Democratic Party, which was once the party of the working class, has watched its share of the working-class vote plummet as the party became a vehicle for academics and the elites. The almost extinction of working-class Democrats left an opening for any Democratic politician who came from a working-class background, or in the case of Fetterman, could at least pretend that they did.
Few failed small-town mayors get glitzy bio pieces in national publications, but Fetterman did. A 2005 Rolling Stone piece on Fetterman opens with:
“JOHN FETTERMAN LOOKS a lot like a convict. For starters, he’s 6-feet-8, weighs 320 pounds, and has a shaved head and a bushy chin beard. He dresses most of the time in modified prison garb: Dickies work shirt, baggy jeans, black steel-toe Dr. Martens. His arms are the size of small trees. He also sports some impressively large tattoos.”
The carefully crafted blue-collar, working-class image of Fetterman, turned out to be nothing more than an act. The fraud was easy to pass off as reality, when he was the Mayor of a city of less than 2,000 and when the only press he received were fluff pieces that never bothered to dig beyond the hoodie to find out the truth.
It was less easy to get away with it when Fetterman’s prodigious appetite for political stardom led him to running for statewide office in Pennsylvania. A 2015 profile of Fetterman made it clear just how little the image of Fetterman matched the reality,
Fetterman’s appearance belies a privileged upbringing that the 46-year-old Democrat describes as “the random lottery of birth.” He grew up in an affluent suburb of York, where his father Karl owns an insurance company in an old Victorian mansion downtown. After a stint in AmeriCorps, working with low-income children in Pittsburgh, he earned a Harvard graduate degree….
Indeed, up until he was 49 years old his parents paid him an allowance that he lived on, and the condo that he lives in was sold to him for $1 by his sister.
So if Fetterman isn’t a “blue-collar tough guy,” maybe he’s at least a tough guy, right? Wrong.
Sure Fetterman likes to play the role of tough guy, especially when it involves him throwing virtual haymakers from his keyboard. But it’s not just that Fetterman is his toughest when attacking his opponents on Twitter, what’s worse is that the self-proclaimed “tough guy” can dish it out but he is entirely incapable of taking it.
While Fetterman gleefully attacked his opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz over a trip to the grocery store or how many houses Oz owns, the very first time that Oz punches back, Fetterman immediately goes from tough guy to whining 12-year-old girl.
Fetterman – who has so far refused to actually debate Oz (while saying maybe he will), who has largely attempted to hide from the media on the campaign trail, and who can barely finish a sentence when he does speak publicly – took to Twitter to whine about Oz questioning whether Fetterman was actually up to the job of being a United States Senator:
“How many of you have had a major health challenge? I sincerely hope that you didn’t have a doctor in your life making fun of you for it. Laughing at you. Telling you you’re not able to do your job. I have a doctor like that in my life.”
This isn’t the first time that faux tough guy Fetterman has complained about Oz punching back saying a little over a month ago that:
“I know politics can be nasty, but even then, I could never imagine ridiculing someone for their health challenges.”
Here is the truth Mr. Fetterman, it appears you are unable or unwilling to debate your opponent, and it is clear you can’t even string together a coherent sentence when you bother to speak publicly. Questions about your health and your ability to do the job isn’t Dr. Oz being “mean” or “nasty” – it means Oz is raising legitimate questions.
What is left of the Fetterman campaign? He’s not the blue-collar warrior he pretended to be and he’s not the tough guy he claimed to be. At the end of the day Fetterman is a complete and total fraud – the people of Pennsylvania can and should do better.
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Dr. Oz as a senatorial candidate may have a celebrity presence but he is also a competent, accomplished, smart Conservative who is committed to returning our nation to its once greatness. As a concerned voter and Conservative advocate there is no other acceptable choice but to vote Oz as our new senator. Coming from the ultra liberal state of Oregon less than a year ago, it excites me to have the opportunity to actually vote for someone who shares my ideals and common sense approach to governance.
Let’s hope he’s not just another rino in disguise..
Sure, but we know from Fetterman’s public statements that he is totally a Modern Democrat communist. Worst case, Oz is a RINO. A RINO is supremely preferable to a commie. The situation is like a Michael Ramirez cartoon from the 2016 presidential race. That cartoon showed revolver cylinders for Russian roulette, back before we knew what President Trump really would be. Hillary’s cylinder had all 6 chambers loaded while Trump’s had 3 chambers loaded.
Well, when you look at some of the crud we have BECAUSE OF rinos, i am not so certain i’d say “i would rather them than the alternative”..
Better a RINO in the Senate than a far left Demwit. Someone is going to be elected and it would be better for us to have OZ.
The lies, hypocrisy and treachery of the treasonous, socialist Democrat Party know no bounds.
To Democrats – their truth is just a matter of their opinion, what they fabricate what they want to be true.
“For decades, John Fetterman has played a role, pretending to be someone he isn’t.”….sounds like the Pennsylvanian version of Joe Biden, both with about the same deteriorating I.Q. of under 90 and still falling. When his 6-feet-8, and 320 pounds, and shaved head in modified prison garb bends over to reveal the crack in his plumber’s butt, it begs to have a quarter dropped in the crack to see if the music actually plays. His leadership in Pennsylvania made the state look more like a Transylvania with blood sucking liberals bleeding THE PEOPLE dry. There is a ring about his blue collar credentials not even Tide and a good scrubbing can remove.
Legalize all drugs! Let most of the criminals out of prison and jail! We’ve had enough as Lieutenant Governor, we don’t need his as a Senator!
The hoodie may be Fetterman’s attempt to appear blue collar. It may be also to hide the growth on the back of his neck. Because the growth is on the right side of the back of his neck, most of his camera angles favor the left side of his face. He needs to be more honest about his health issues.
I don’t trust either one. Both are suspicious in my opinion. Fetterman more than Oz, but still both lacking in integrity.
I heard an interview with Fetterman. He agrees 100% with the orthodox modern Democrat Party communist position on every issue. Fetterman is literally the worst possible candidate for any lover of America and America’s founding principles. Oz could theoretically be as bad but cannot be worse than Fetterman.
In another forum I posted that I can’t understand how this race can be even close. Someone responded saying it is because Oz is really a New Jerseyite. I responded to that saying essentially, “Oh, PA voters would rather have a communist than an intelligent New Jerseyite. Really?” Heaven help us if that is true.
But if you don’t vote for Oz you are voting for Fetterman. Hold your nose and vote Oz. Better he gets in than Fetterman.
Studi, ITS MENTALITY like that, which has saddled us with folks like Mitch Mcconnell for a good decade, Mitt romney, and every OTHER RINO that is ruining this nation RIGHT ALONGSIDE the dems..
It is always amazing to see Fetterman speak without seeing someone else’s lips moving! Maybe cranial radiology will reveal the mouse.
He would fit right in with his idol, Bumbling Joe!
Fetterman is a short arm with ears and an echo chamber for a head, worthless waste of air
Created by Dr. Frankenstein.
You can say that again, fetterman gives me the willys