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MagaSmash

(8,166 posts)
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 11:22 AM Sep 2023

Why John Fetterman's unprofessional dress is a gift for Donald Trump & MAGA Republicans- The Warning



Steve Schmidt thinks Schumer's decision to relax dress codes is bad optics at the wrong time.

I personally don't care how they dress; I care about what they do; but he has a point

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Why John Fetterman's unprofessional dress is a gift for Donald Trump & MAGA Republicans- The Warning (Original Post) MagaSmash Sep 2023 OP
steve is still a republican at heart. mopinko Sep 2023 #1
Love ya, Steve, but REALLY? Fresh Water Falling Sep 2023 #2
+1 appalachiablue Sep 2023 #11
Right, but that guy isn't a U.S. Senator n/t markpkessinger Sep 2023 #13
Noem is an Christian adulteress, liar, and Boebert is in essence a trashy call girl .... LenaBaby61 Sep 2023 #3
Steve Schmidt should lighten up... agingdem Sep 2023 #4
I kinda agree with Schmidt..... TheRealNorth Sep 2023 #5
Susan Collins had the nerve to say that Fetterman's wrong for his clothing choices .... LenaBaby61 Sep 2023 #10
Staffers still need to comply with it MichMan Sep 2023 #12
I do too. I like Fetterman enough but this whole debacle is ridiculous. Put on a suit then remove SheilaAnn Sep 2023 #15
Oh stfu and find something less trivial to spend your time on. bullimiami Sep 2023 #6
Fetterman reflects real voters Wibly Sep 2023 #7
Yup. Consider Fetterman's constituency. Besides the cities, wnylib Sep 2023 #14
Didn't watch the video, but I don't understand Schumer's reasoning. Raven123 Sep 2023 #8
I really don't Snoopy 7 Sep 2023 #9
Mountain - molehill. Ado - nothing. wnylib Sep 2023 #16
I like Steve but I wonder rickford66 Sep 2023 #17

mopinko

(71,836 posts)
1. steve is still a republican at heart.
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 11:34 AM
Sep 2023

every once in a while, it rly shows. imma pass on this 1, as i assume this is 1 of those times.

LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
3. Noem is an Christian adulteress, liar, and Boebert is in essence a trashy call girl ....
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 11:43 AM
Sep 2023

And self-proclaimed Christian and has the nerve to try to raise money off of saying that Dems are horrible people and shaming her et al. NO Dem told her to show how much of a prostitute she is. I didn't have shit to do with her playing with her boyfriend's pecker in public, nor have shit to do with him playing with her boob , and Schmidt said that Fetterman's relaxed clothing is a gift to treasonous, deranged rapist and the GQP US Taliban Putin-loving, traitor Party? I'd do just like Swalwell did against GYMsock Jordan the other day. SHAME the hell out of them. John Fetterman's relaxed clothing is worse than what Santos is doing? Santos belongs in prison and the GQP is ready to shut the government down, and Fetterman's clothing is going to sink Dems and give the rapist a talking points gift. tRump's a whole ass rapist Fetterman better KEEP his relaxed clothing on, and tell the GQP to go fuck themselves.

Schmidt can miss me with this.


Masterclass .....Swalwell Kicking GYMsock Jordan's ASS

agingdem

(8,541 posts)
4. Steve Schmidt should lighten up...
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 11:56 AM
Sep 2023

if optics are THE BIG OMG then the MAGA shit show/looming government shutdown is what...comic relief?..Fetterman, in shorts and hoodie, is doing his job, the people's job, while the appropriately dressed (Jordan/Greene/Boebert??) Trump ass-kissing House traitor baboons are tossing their poop...if the government shuts down and people are furloughed, I sincerely doubt career government employees with no paychecks, will demand Chuck Schumer's head for relaxing the Senate dress code...

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)
5. I kinda agree with Schmidt.....
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 12:00 PM
Sep 2023

It's not like I really care what the Senators where, but for some people they still take professionalism seriously. I feel like this also opens a pandora's box about the dress code and what is/isn't acceptable.

LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
10. Susan Collins had the nerve to say that Fetterman's wrong for his clothing choices ....
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 12:31 PM
Sep 2023

or some shit like that. Earth to that old bag, who famously said tRump learned his lesson, he'll be a good boy during acquittal trial and look at what he's done since she said "He's learned his lesson, and became a good boy." Stole sensitive docs out of the White House and gave them to the Saudis and God knows who else he sold this nations secrets to, he's a convicted rapist, will be charged and then found guilty of the espionage act and this old battle axe is worried about Fetterman's clothing choices? She's still supporting tRump for Potus last I heard. Plus, you don't remember the row over Pres. Obama's tan suit and Michelle's arm less dresses? When you google Malaria, tRump's mail order bride, there are numerous pics of her ass hanging out. Pics of her grabbing her own p***y in naked pics. DEMS have to be perfect, or else. What about the GQP's and their lack off professionalism? Those MAGGOTS in the congress, amongst other heinous things, want to shut down the government, cut social security, get rid of SNAP, get rid of free lunch programs, saying that poor children don't need free lunches and breakfasts, and Dems need to worry about Fetterman's clothing lacking professionalism?

MichMan

(13,239 posts)
12. Staffers still need to comply with it
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 12:41 PM
Sep 2023

Wonder why they still have to look professional, but Senators don't?

SheilaAnn

(10,147 posts)
15. I do too. I like Fetterman enough but this whole debacle is ridiculous. Put on a suit then remove
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 01:29 PM
Sep 2023

it when you leave the Senate. Is he looking for attention? He got it and not all good I'm afraid. TBH he's starting to get on my last nerve.

Wibly

(613 posts)
7. Fetterman reflects real voters
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 12:13 PM
Sep 2023

There are a lot of everyday people who wish they could dress like Fetterman, and just as many who do.
Those people, mostly adults, will see themselves in Fetterman.
As for attire, the thing that really makes a mockery of the halls of government is the constant lying, misinformation, cronyism, fakery, and dishonesty that goes on. In Fetterman the people are more likely to see themselves, and to see a man who is not afraid to say what he really thinks, than a laggard in a hoodie and shorts.
Both the Senate and Congress would be far better focusing on their morals and behavior than on the dress code.
Fetterman's attire can be best described as 21st century reality in rural and suburban America. The people see themselves in him in ways they do not see themselves in men in suits and woman in pant suits, with phony smiles on their faces.

wnylib

(24,449 posts)
14. Yup. Consider Fetterman's constituency. Besides the cities,
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 01:28 PM
Sep 2023

he represents the large areas of rural PA who feel like they can identify with him.

Raven123

(6,071 posts)
8. Didn't watch the video, but I don't understand Schumer's reasoning.
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 12:17 PM
Sep 2023

The GOP is all about optics. The dress code is about optics. Elections are a lot about optics. Next year is an election year. Why make this change now? I realize the Senate is dysfunctional and stymied by their own filibuster rules and they can’t get a lot done because GOP controlled House can’t pass a bill, but is there really nothing more important they can do?

Snoopy 7

(585 posts)
9. I really don't
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 12:18 PM
Sep 2023

give a sh!t about his work attire. How many people in their thousand dollar dress ware have screwed us over already. So he's dressed like the average guy on the streets at least he's not trying to jack us up. I have always thought that should be the rule after all the more you spend on your clothes the more you have to make. Or as the supreme courts allowance to be able to bribe their favorite government officials. Make them all dress down and get their a$$es to work...

wnylib

(24,449 posts)
16. Mountain - molehill. Ado - nothing.
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 01:48 PM
Sep 2023

Fetterman dresses for his constituency. Besides the main urban centers, which are already to the left, his constituency includes the vast rural areas of PA and the "down home folks" who live there. They identify with him.

I don't recall Smith doing a video about Jordan's rolled up sleeves and lack of a jacket on the House floor, so what's his problem with Fetterman?

Smith sounds like a pompous old guy who can't pronounce Schumer's name very well.

rickford66

(5,667 posts)
17. I like Steve but I wonder
Sat Sep 23, 2023, 08:15 AM
Sep 2023

Does he always speak in short phrases? A bit robotic. Maybe not in the sack. That would be strange.

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