The GOP’s once sure-fire odds to retain their Senate majority in the midterms are looking bleaker every day, but according to a new report from Politico, some in the party are plotting a “coup” that could save them from a complete wipeout: flipping John Fetterman, the increasingly ostracized Democratic senator. Fetterman was first elected to the Senate from Pennsylvania in 2022, besting the Trump-backed Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz and helping Democrats defy the odds and grow their majority in the chamber. Initially styling himself as a working-class progressive champion, he has since made a major shift away from his own party, voicing support for various initiatives and nominees from President Donald Trump and breaking the Democratic minority on several key votes.

  • Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Trumps dictatorship dream is predicated on people voting the same way they did last time

    I suspect the GOP are in for the shock of their lives

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      12 hours ago

      They’re not going to be shocked because they are rigging it in their favor. I think it’s the libs who are going to be shocked this November when there is blatant cheating and no one in power puts up a fuss. It’s not like the Republicans have never stolen an election with the permission of the Democrats before (2000 and 2024 to name two).