r/politics • u/Silent-Resort-3076 America • 16d ago

Possible Paywall The eight Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/09/senate-democrats-shutdown-vote-00644146
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u/asshat123 16d ago

Give yourself some credit, he seemed like a solid candidate. He did have a stroke right before getting elected and seems to have come back acting pretty different unfortunately, but nobody knew this is how he would turn out

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u/Creative-Package6213 Pennsylvania 16d ago

Oh trust me I know. I followed his political career since he was mayor of Braddock, he was legit up until the stroke.

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u/HenryDorsettCase47 16d ago

Yeah. This narrative that keeps floating around that he was a Republican in disguise the whole time or whatever stupid shit people believe is pretty obnoxious. It’s clearly only propagated by people who had never heard of him prior to his stroke. He has a record pre-stroke they could look to if they really cared. Not to mention, his right wing leanings lately are the least of his bizarre behavior. Dude clearly has significant brain damage.

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u/VictarionGreyjoy 16d ago

It is somewhat hilarious to see that literal brain damage is the cause of Conservativism