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Dave says

(5,007 posts)
5. What a large disappointment Fetterman ...
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:50 PM
Tuesday

… turned out to be.

He’s helping Pam Bondi? Maybe Fetterman is too young to know about her. Pam Bondi was Florida Secretary of State in the famous 2000 election that installed GWB. I think her campaign was given $25k “gift”; then followed Jeb Bush’s “assignments”, which coincidentally helped GWB “steal” the 2000 election. Think of all the great things we got as a result.

Bread and Circuses

(455 posts)
2. Pam Bondi ...
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:13 PM
Tuesday

What a surprise!

I’ll make sure to call up Sen Hoodie’s office and ask what payoff he expects or

Is He Just an Orange-arse kisser.

Full respect for Orange 🍊.

Abolishinist

(2,179 posts)
4. So unfortunate that Fetterman wasn't given the top-secret documents that
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:30 PM
Tuesday

I have access to. Had he known, I have NO doubt he would have voted against her. There are many, one example being...

"And then, of course, there’s the Trump University story.

As regular readers might recall, the New York attorney general’s office went after Trump’s scam operation in 2013. Around the same time, Bondi took a similar interest in the fake “school” — Florida was a popular market for the future president’s fraudulent operation — though as The New York Times reported, the then-Florida attorney general followed a very different course.

Bondi publicly acknowledged that her office was examining complaints about Trump University, but it decided against a formal investigation. The decision came soon after Mr. Trump, through his family foundation, sent a check for $25,000 to a political action committee associated with Ms. Bondi, who was running for a second term.

It’s worth emphasizing for context that the campaign contribution was not legal: Charitable foundations are not permitted under federal tax law to make such donations to political candidates or PACs."

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pam-bondi-tapped-trump-ag-still-haunted-controversies-rcna181609

Silent Type

(8,140 posts)
6. I'm sure Fetterman would have voted against if there were any chance she would not be confirmed.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:00 AM
Wednesday

Not gonna crucify him for that in this environment.

LeftInTX

(32,122 posts)
7. She would have been confirmed without his vote. I knew all of the Rs would likely vote for her.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:46 AM
Wednesday

There are creepier ones out there such as Gabbard, Kennedy, Patel and Vought. Those are the really bad ones that I'm afraid will get confirmed.

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