Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman is the worst kind of politician imaginable: a man who thinks he is entitled to do whatever he likes, simply because he has a political title.
The latest resurfaced news broadcast about Fetterman’s time as mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, reinforces this. The broadcast shows video of Fetterman, in the middle of the night, “vandalizing” a sign at a local business. “Vandalizing” is used lightly here, as he only rearranged the letters on the sign, but his response to the bizarre action was far more damning.
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“I know that they have cameras out front, and it was my way of putting them on notice — it was a very public way that I chose to, you know, put them on notice that ‘hey, we’re going to shut you down,’” Fetterman told a reporter.
When John Fetterman (D) was Mayor of Braddock he vandalized a local black owned business. Fetterman wanted to send a message that the government was going to shut down the black nightclub. This was a TV news story about Fetterman’s vandalism at the time:pic.twitter.com/cqUeUNTjNE
— RRH Elections (@RRHElections) October 3, 2022
Regardless of what the nightclub did to warrant being shut down, what gave Fetterman the right to “put them on notice” as if he were some kind of mafia thug?
Just because Fetterman was a mayor, he felt that he owned the town — that he could do whatever he liked to businesses while threatening them with permanent closures.
Fetterman believed he was above the law — and he continues to believe this. This is the underreported part of his Senate race. After all, he decided to hop into his pickup truck and chase down an unarmed black jogger because he thought he heard a sound that might have been gunshots. Fetterman then held that man at gunpoint until police — you know, the people with the actual authority to pursue criminals — arrived.
Democrat Malcolm Kenyatta slams John Fetterman: “You’re the only Democrat who used a shotgun to chase down an unarmed Black jogger.” pic.twitter.com/mU8TFkJlsn
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 30, 2022
What gives a mayor the right to tell a random civilian, “We are going to wait here and get this all sorted out” while brandishing a shotgun? Braddock didn’t elect Fetterman to be Batman, and yet Fetterman thought that a political title meant that in Braddock, he could do whatever he liked to whomever he wanted.
It took astonishingly little political power to corrupt Fetterman’s judgment absolutely. This should be disqualifying for any public office. Fetterman went on to become lieutenant governor, vowing to release as many convicted murderers as possible. From his position on the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, he voted to release several specific convicted murderers and whined frequently that it wasn’t easy enough to release convicted murderers.
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Fetterman’s judgment is completely broken, and yet he is now seeking more power in the U.S. Senate.
Fetterman’s campaign is flailing down the stretch. This is a welcome sign, given that he views political power not as a duty to the public but a privilege that allows him to be above the law. Fetterman deserves to lose this race and never hold a political office again. Perhaps he can even find a real job for once in his life.
