this is like the Twilight Zone. Why is he trying to Gaslight Dems!

So Weird!

Please get rid of this schmuck.

All California is saying is that they don't need the troops and they're turning the place into a police state.

Would you feel any better if someone set YOUR car on fire for a cause you believe in?

If you answered “Yes” then you might as well grab a flag of your choosing, start your car on fire and fight the good fight.

My understanding is that these are driverless cars.

n/t

get them whenever our sports teams win a championship. It’s an endemic problem.

This is a more complex, and possibly more nuanced, issue than you may think. They were not pulling citizens from cars and setting them on fire.

This is a long article, but it's interesting, and I thought was well worth the read. Here are a few excerpts, which are discussed in much more detail at the link below.

Why Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Became a Target of Protesters in Los Angeles

There are legal and effective ways to oppose the use of Waymo cars that don't involve criminal property destruction and providing an excuse for the Trumpies to militarize the place.

And this was certainly very bad timing. It just created a distraction and made the protests look more violent than they actually were. It sounds like perhaps someone(s) hijacked these protests for their own agenda.

I specifically said I did NOT condone destructive acts. So don't shoot the messenger here. I merely submitted what I still think is a very informative and in depth TIME magazine article. I thought it was very interesting reading the backstory on Waymo, and the point is, the protesters are not burning random citizens' cars, as the DU-er implied. Vandalizing Waymo cars appears not to be very far out of the ordinary.

But I agree ... this will be used by trump to characterize an insurrection, which is not good.

Once they get going, mobs are about as smart as their dumbest member.

But I support you expressing your opinion and sharing why you believe it. Your previous posts doesn't show you as a right wing troll. Some on this forum want to santion anyone who challenges the conventional wisdom.

You’ll just get blocked, like I just did to you.

His tweet/Xscretion makes it seem as though the entire protest is an act of destruction. That's no better than when his friends who support Trump call the protests a "riot." He makes no distinction between the vast majority of peaceful protesters and these few loons--many of which may be in the pay of the Republicans--destroying property and waving the Mexican flat.

In effect, this tweet/Xscretion is support for the Trump narrative.

It sucks... but no one condones it. Protest leaders, government leaders, neighborhood leaders, law enforcement and citizens always plead for no violence and they always condemn it when it happens.

It may have never escalated to this level without ICE ripping people out of their places of business and grabbing anyone with melanin. Mix in the National Guard and voila, you have a bigger protest with easier cover for agitators and fringe elements.

Fetterman should have said what countless others have already said before him and that it is wrong and illegal for Trump to intervene and peaceful protests should continue without violence.

Eff off is my response.

The one who ran for election, or the rwnj?

A lot of his communications shows concrete thinking rather than nuanced abstract thinking. Just speculation on my part for the apparent change in his opinions.

to speak out against violence? I haven’t heard one Democrat saying to burn it all down. This the kind of crap that Fetterman has been saying for too long,

Tell it like it really is. Our so-called president is singling out one race for persecution while 660,000 white European illegal immigrants are being ignored. And he’s bringing in troops to exacerbate an overwhelmingly non-violent situation that LA cops otherwise have under control. Tell it like it really is, John. Stop painting it with a republican brush.

Sen. Alex Padilla, (D) CA: "Protest peacefully but please keep protesting"

We would have to wait till he's up for reelection to primary him.

He needs not be near the levers of power any longer.

He has no clue what is going on. His silence on Trump illegally calling the National Guard is telling

The benefits are so great. Best healthcare in the world. Stopped caring about anyone else though. How convenient.

I see he’s also been denouncing NPR as “far left” propaganda and calling on Trump to “bomb the sh*t” out of Iran.

Unlike the Trumpers who turned repentant once their own faces got eaten, this is definitely not what we voted for.

Remember they always project. The repugs claimed that
Jan6 was started by antifa, total lie, but shows how they think.

and that's playing into tRump's hands. People look right past the peaceful protests and all they see are the very worst of the troublemakers.

We know he has become a DINO like Sinema and Manchin. Primary him, and be done.

I think what we are witnessing isn’t so much that he’s trying to suck up to Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent or triangulate his way to reelection, rather I think this is a result of personality changes that are related to his stroke. You’re probably used to seeing this kind of thing with dementia patients as the disease progresses, but it’s not uncommon in stroke patients, depending on where the lesions (damaged tissue) are located.

for him and his family but
he will never get my vote again

It is a sad situation.

Just resign already.

Weird. Bluesky post won't post!

It says from @contrails.bsky.social‬

99.9% of L.A. is just fine.
99.9% of Fetterman is not fine.

I wish Senator Fetterman would resign. But he probably won't. His reality has changed as his brain changed after his stroke.

release the MRI scans of your brain; release the PET scans of your brain; release the reports on the analysis of your spinal fluids. Let's see precisely what your existing "medical" problems are in your head.

...by failing to recognize the reason behind the protests is multiple violations of our Constitution by our so-called President.

Isn't what we voted for.....

He has gone completely off the rail. Making Manchin look like a left wing radical. So disgusted.

To stress himself like this - he's going to have another stroke.

Harry Potter Mountain Trolls shouldnt be in the Senate...

condemned this behavior in case you missed it. Get help Senator you aren't right.

so sad. the best way to handle him is to ignore him at this juncture, hopefully someone close to him will fill him in on his rapid mental decline and break it to him gently, or not.

It sure isn't me.

That is all.

. . . or at least that's his excuse.

Let the rest of the Democrats get on with things, Fetterman. Your moment is (obviously) over.

Has exactly zero chance of winning in PA.

Does he ever plan on running again? I hope if he does it is not with Dems. This idiot is a hot mess, and I'm being kind.

ever since his stroke, he hasn't been too clear

He needs to stop kissing Trump's ass.

until everyone of our freedoms are taken away?

just like the repugs.... he is being threatened or probably family/future for them etc are being threatened....

Fetterman can resign for health reasons and probably escape tRumps threats... Judt my guess...

... a wise man gets his facts straight before he attacks his own people.

What a dreadful disappointment he has become.

Fetterman is a severely damaged man.

He has severe mental problems

Running to social media and press the norm for stroke victims to accuse own party of bad behavior?

Got $um?

poster child now. I saw the person that set fire to one of the cars. Is there any kind of leadership that can control the bad actors? I watched
the first car that they showed burning for at least a half hour, then they started setting 4 more on fire one after another over at least another
half hour period seems there could have been someone that could have tried to stop it if there is any leadership to the protests. Like the WH said this couldn't have come out any better if it was scripted.