PA's US Senate Seat Election 2022

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Sorry, but I haven*t read through all 134 pages of this thread. If I stepped on toes - it was unintentional, but I make no apologies for my sentiments.

I*ve had the same type of thoughts in many previous elections - to the point of not voting once or twice. Ultimately, one candidate will win, so you have to pick the one.

Haha, no toes stepped on, hence the smiley face. We have been through that discussion 6 ways from Sunday though, and it got ugly.

[STBear]

Haha, no toes stepped on, hence the smiley face. We have been through that discussion 6 ways from Sunday though, and it got ugly.

Convinced a guy not to vote for Fettershit but haven't convinced him to vote for Oz........

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Convinced a guy not to vote for Fettershit but haven't convinced him to vote for Oz........

Sounds like you did!

[ROCK-IT3]

Sounds like you did!

"Must spread rep...."

[Spaceballs]

Convinced a guy not to vote for Fettershit but haven't convinced him to vote for Oz........

Half a win is better than a total loss.

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John Fetterman wipes Black Lives Matter section from campaign site amid attacks over crime

Fetterman's website previously stated he has 'championed the idea that Black lives matter' before the phrase became a 'hashtag'

Senate candidate John Fetterman, D-Pa., has removed mentions of Black Lives Matter from his campaign website in the last month, a review of archived webpages showed.

The "issues" page on Fetterman's website currently includes sections on inflation ,criminal justice reform, legalizing cannabis, renewable energy, immigration and several other topics, but doesn't include any section devoted to Black Lives Matter. Archived copies of the page, though, show that as recently as Aug. 22, the same page highlighted Fetterman's commitment to Black Lives Matter.

"John served as mayor of a city that’s more than 80% Black, and has championed the idea that Black lives matter since long before it became a hashtag," the previous version of the campaign website stated under a section titled "Black Lives Matter."

The same line appears to have been on Fetterman's website since February 2021, the month he announced he would run for Senate. Fetterman secured the Democratic nomination for the seat in May, setting up a showdown against Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz in November.

FETTERMAN SAID IN 2016 HE HELD A BLACK LIVES MATTER 'WORLDVIEW,' CONSIDERED VIEWPOINTS TO BE 'COMMON SENSE'



Fetterman spokesperson Joe Calvello said it was "false" to suggest the campaign has removed all Black Lives Matter references.

He explained that Fetterman references Black Lives Matter in a "personalized video" on the site addressing gun violence. In the video, which was published in April, Fetterman states that, in the past, he never saw the media or general public caring about "Black lives mattering."

"The one section you seem to be referencing was removed when we updated and greatly expanded our issues page weeks ago," Calvello told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Voters deserve to know where we stand, and we're proud that we spell out our platform clearly on our website."

Meanwhile, Fetterman — who is Pennsylvania's current lieutenant governor and the former mayor of Braddock, an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh — has been criticized for a 2013 incident in which he pulled a gun on a Black jogger. He reportedly followed the man, who he suspected of committing a crime, in a pickup truck with a shotgun and detained him until police arrived. The jogger was eventually found innocent and released.

"He was a white man with a gun chasing a Black man," Fawn Walker-Montgomery, a former city council member of a jurisdiction near Braddock, told NBC News in April. "I used to be on the council in McKeesport, and if I chased after a person with a gun, I would still be in jail. He’s showing he’s not aware of his white privilege."


Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, a Democratic organizer in Philadelphia, added that anybody who thinks the incident won't have an impact on Black voters' decision is "living in fantasy land." Michael Nutter, the last Black mayor of Philadelphia, told NBC News that Fetterman should "just ‘fess up" and apologize.


He has also received criticism for his positions on crime and criminal justice reform. Fetterman's campaign recently walked back comments he made that appeared to advocate for the release of individuals convicted of second-degree murder.

Fetterman has previously signaled his support for the Black Lives Matter movement. In June, he expressed support for the movement in a tweet saying Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, should have been made a federal holiday a "long time ago."

"Today we celebrate emancipation + reflect on the long shadow of systemic racism in America," he tweeted. "PA always stands by the unshakeable truth that Black families matter + Black lives matter."

The post is his most recent tweet with the phrase "Black Lives Matter."



"I never positioned myself as anti-establishment. In fact, I was the only elected official in my race, I point out," he said at the time. "Katie McGinty never held elected office and [Joe] Sestak’s only elected office was a term, I believe, in Congress before he started running."

"So this idea that I was anti-establishment – I just ran on what I felt were important, common sense issues whether that was a living wage, marijuana legalization, a Black Lives Matter kind of worldview, but also a community policing."

JOHN FETTERMAN ONCE SIGNED PLEDGE TO BAN FRACKING, WHICH SUPPORTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PA JOBS

He added that it was "common sense" that cities that rejected the Black Lives Matter movement would have higher crime rates.



Fetterman also authored a blog post on Medium that year titled "Black. Lives. Matter."

"The Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the national conversation many of the inequalities I’ve worked to confront here in Braddock," he wrote. "I’m so grateful it has because we need to realize that as far as the way America treats African-Americans, black lives don’t matter in this country."

Fetterman concluded the post saying the nation needs to recognize how inequality is "deeply embedded" in the country.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joh...-attacks-crime

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Black Joggers Matter

[Spaceballs]

Black Joggers Matter

Well played.

[Irwin Inhabitant]

Oz put up a billboard in Braddock...😁
Just beyond the "Welcome to Braddock" sign.
https://triblive.com/local/oz-campai...soft-on-crime/

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For fucks sake. Could they find someone who isn't in grade school to do their advertising?