Help us take this progressive momentum to the ballot box," he once wrote. While pitching a profile in The Atlantic, he posted that "progressive rhetoric is great but progressive results are 💯". In one tweet he described himself as a "progressive champion." "My dude, I'm a progressive democrat," he admonished Jeb Bush. "Progressive. Simple. Sacred," he said. "Progressive values have been the heart of my campaign." He promised to be "a solid progressive backstop for PA" and talked of his "progressive vision" for the state. In another: "we have started a progressive movement here in Pennsylvania. It's not going away."
That was before being elected.
And now:
Alas, it is going away. Today Fetterman declared "I'm not a progressive" in an interview with NBC News, explaining why he is turning right on immigration, Israel, and other matters in the news.
He did have a massive stroke tho, and it's not unheard of for those to drastically change a person's personality.
But regardless of if he was lying to get elected, or did have a personality change due to the stroke...
His recent statements on various policies make it clear he's not a progressive, and we should stop calling him one.