The Pennsylvania Democrat laid out a red line that would cause him to quit his party, although he didn’t say whether he would become an independent or a Republican.
I wouldnt be mean to him if he stepped down from power, but hes holding onto power despite his incapacity, despite his total change of priority and alliances from what he told his electors
He is harming and misrepresenting his state and constituents
Yes, the whole situation is quite sad. There have been whistleblowers from his office who have shared how bad he has gotten, and there have been multiple police incidents now from his dangerous driving. I think he finally alienated everyone who genuinely cared about him or believed in him before the stroke, the only people left around him are the ones exploiting his diminished capacity for their own ends. I expect him to kill himself in a car crash honestly, he is notorious for driving like a total maniac since the stroke. I guess he enjoys driving but now that he has poor impulse control and other issues from the brain damage he is a very dangerous driver yet refuses to stop even though he could be driven anywhere he wants.
there are a lot of ways that strokes can permanently change your life, including physical and mental deficits, but suddenly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars to aid and abet a genocide is simply not a stroke symptom.
also if we’re gonna get all misty eyed over this poor little politician who had a stroke, wheres the compassion for all the men women and children all over the middle east who have received permanent brain damage as a direct result of legislation that this man- who is alert and fucking oriented, knows exactly who and where he is and what he is doing- voted for?
the man you are expressing concern for has personally aided and abetted the killing of thousands of civilians. you aren’t acknowledging his vile misdeeds, only telling the people who understand this and are justifiably upset with him to give him a pass on all these murders because he had a stroke.
grievous loss of ability seems to matter a lot more for you when it happens to a rich white senator.
If i’m your driver, I have a stroke and immediatelly star driving erratically, in the opposite direction you are going, refuse to stop and reply to anything you say with “fuck off”, would you still hold the same opinion?
people voted for Dr. Jekyll but got Mr. Hyde, the stroke is not his fault but staying on and shitting on the people that voted for him is entirely his fault and deserves all the nasty stuff people surely put in his food
Yes. It’s a problem to deal with for sure. But hating on someone who’s disabled for their disability doesn’t make sense. It’s not his fault he can’t understand what he’s doing.
You’re asking for sympathy from the man who’s gone to be applied to the harmful man that’s here. Brain damage isn’t like a regular injury. It can change the core of your personality. That’s sad, but the person we should be sad for is his prior self and his loved ones.
This new guy is a few years old and a huge asshole to people who actually deserve sympathy. Basically everyone close to him other than his wife has left. And she has reportedly been fighting with him on his rightward turn.
Remind me.
He did have a TBI or something, after being elected, that completely changed his personality and views on things, right?
He had a stroke back in 2022.
That’s what I thought.
So what’s with all the vitriol towards someone who’s literally brain damaged? It seems really hard to blame him.
I wouldnt be mean to him if he stepped down from power, but hes holding onto power despite his incapacity, despite his total change of priority and alliances from what he told his electors
He is harming and misrepresenting his state and constituents
But isn’t his refusal to step down just another symptom?
Yes, the whole situation is quite sad. There have been whistleblowers from his office who have shared how bad he has gotten, and there have been multiple police incidents now from his dangerous driving. I think he finally alienated everyone who genuinely cared about him or believed in him before the stroke, the only people left around him are the ones exploiting his diminished capacity for their own ends. I expect him to kill himself in a car crash honestly, he is notorious for driving like a total maniac since the stroke. I guess he enjoys driving but now that he has poor impulse control and other issues from the brain damage he is a very dangerous driver yet refuses to stop even though he could be driven anywhere he wants.
there are a lot of ways that strokes can permanently change your life, including physical and mental deficits, but suddenly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars to aid and abet a genocide is simply not a stroke symptom.
also if we’re gonna get all misty eyed over this poor little politician who had a stroke, wheres the compassion for all the men women and children all over the middle east who have received permanent brain damage as a direct result of legislation that this man- who is alert and fucking oriented, knows exactly who and where he is and what he is doing- voted for?
Same place.
Are you saying I can’t have empathy for multiple people?
Or that you can’t?
the man you are expressing concern for has personally aided and abetted the killing of thousands of civilians. you aren’t acknowledging his vile misdeeds, only telling the people who understand this and are justifiably upset with him to give him a pass on all these murders because he had a stroke.
grievous loss of ability seems to matter a lot more for you when it happens to a rich white senator.
When I see people blaming the thousands of civilians he’s personally aided and abetted the killing of for what they are now, I’ll defend them also.
If i’m your driver, I have a stroke and immediatelly star driving erratically, in the opposite direction you are going, refuse to stop and reply to anything you say with “fuck off”, would you still hold the same opinion?
people voted for Dr. Jekyll but got Mr. Hyde, the stroke is not his fault but staying on and shitting on the people that voted for him is entirely his fault and deserves all the nasty stuff people surely put in his food
Yes. It’s a problem to deal with for sure. But hating on someone who’s disabled for their disability doesn’t make sense. It’s not his fault he can’t understand what he’s doing.
if he is disabled then he should not be in office, full stop
Agreed. As soon as the extent of his injury was known, he should have been removed as unfit, and a new special election should have begun.
Another piece of shit asshole apologist, it doesn’t make the world any better to give them a pass because you feel bad about it being a happenstance.
Old him is dead. New him sucks ass.
That’s not an unreasonable way look at it.
It would be nice if it were really that simple.
You’re asking for sympathy from the man who’s gone to be applied to the harmful man that’s here. Brain damage isn’t like a regular injury. It can change the core of your personality. That’s sad, but the person we should be sad for is his prior self and his loved ones.
This new guy is a few years old and a huge asshole to people who actually deserve sympathy. Basically everyone close to him other than his wife has left. And she has reportedly been fighting with him on his rightward turn.