Zam-Zam
Senator
...has something to tell you:
DANA BASH, CNN: You said, “I’ve drunk deeply of the venom of both the left and the right. As a connoisseur, I can confirm that the most poisonous, the bitterest, is from the far left.” That is pretty remarkable to hear you say that as an elected Democrat. Why?
SEN. JOHN FETTERMAN (D-PA): Yeah, you know, it’s just been my personal experience on this thing.
When I asked my digital team — we’re on all the platforms — I said, “What’s the harshest, what’s the most personal?”
The answer was immediate. They said, “Oh, Bluesky. It’s Bluesky.”
And the difference is, I mean, the right would say really rough things and call me names — some I won’t repeat on TV — but on the left, it was like they want me to die.
They were cheering for my next stroke, saying things like, “That’s terrible that depression didn’t win,” or, “I hope your kids find you.”
They even had a GIF of a stroke happening in someone’s head — cheering. And they said things like, “The doctor let us down. Why did they have to save his life?”
I mean, just really — I can’t imagine people saying that. Wishing death on you. Literally cheering for a stroke.
I don’t know what kind of place that comes from. That’s much different than just calling me a name, and it’s been really consistent in that community online.
Will that make an impact on members of Hater Nation?
Unlikely. They'll just hate him more.
To their detriment.
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington
DANA BASH, CNN: You said, “I’ve drunk deeply of the venom of both the left and the right. As a connoisseur, I can confirm that the most poisonous, the bitterest, is from the far left.” That is pretty remarkable to hear you say that as an elected Democrat. Why?
SEN. JOHN FETTERMAN (D-PA): Yeah, you know, it’s just been my personal experience on this thing.
When I asked my digital team — we’re on all the platforms — I said, “What’s the harshest, what’s the most personal?”
The answer was immediate. They said, “Oh, Bluesky. It’s Bluesky.”
And the difference is, I mean, the right would say really rough things and call me names — some I won’t repeat on TV — but on the left, it was like they want me to die.
They were cheering for my next stroke, saying things like, “That’s terrible that depression didn’t win,” or, “I hope your kids find you.”
They even had a GIF of a stroke happening in someone’s head — cheering. And they said things like, “The doctor let us down. Why did they have to save his life?”
I mean, just really — I can’t imagine people saying that. Wishing death on you. Literally cheering for a stroke.
I don’t know what kind of place that comes from. That’s much different than just calling me a name, and it’s been really consistent in that community online.
Will that make an impact on members of Hater Nation?
Unlikely. They'll just hate him more.
To their detriment.
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington
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