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Showing Original Post only (View all)WTF: Fetterman Vows to Wear Suit Every Day If Graham Platner Can Prove He Never Sent 'Dick Pics' to Underage Girls [View all]
Last edited Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:12 AM - Edit history (1)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fetterman-vows-wear-suit-every-152556387.html
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is vowing to ditch his hoodie and wear a suit every day if Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner can prove he never sent "dick pics" to minors. Fetterman joined Kayleigh McEnany on Fox News' Saturday in America where he declared himself "the one honest Democrat" about Platner amid the candidate's growing list of controversies.
Platner has faced a wave of controversies amid his campaign to flip Sen. Susan Collins's (R-ME) seat. On top of a Nazi image tattoo he's since had covered (and he said he didn't know what it was when he got it), Platner has also faced backlash over past Reddit comments about fellow combat veterans. He's also now facing reports that his wife warned his campaign about early sexting incidents with other women early in his marriage.
Platner called the reports "gossip" and "journalistic malpractice." Fetterman raised issue with Platner's alleged use of Kik, a messaging app that has long had issues with pedophiles and child abuse. "That dude was on Kik for a decade. I mean, do you know what Kik is? Just anyone watching, Google what Kik is. You know, they have serious underage problems with people that are in there. And they go there because it can be anonymous and they can do all kinds of deprave things," Fetterman said.
There is no evidence Platner ever had inappropriate exchanges with minors, but Fetterman argued this can't be proven unless all of these alleged messages are actually released.
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Fetterman Secret Israel Handler Exposed - How a little-known writer became one of the senator's closest confidants.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/john-fetterman-israel-palestine-david-safier-aipac.html
https://archive.ph/cXJwN

David Dovi Safier shared this selfie with John Fetterman on social media, expressing his gratitude for the senator. Photo: X/Safier
Over the last three years, Democratic Party support for Israel has undergone a dramatic reversal. In 2024, 18 Democratic senators backed a measure to block arms sales to the country. In April of this year, it was 40. Polls show about two-thirds of Democratic voters sympathize with Palestinians more than Israelis. And even former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel who grew up spending his summers in the country and whose middle name is Israel has recently begun calling for an end to carte blanche U.S. military aid. More and more Democrats, Senator Bernie Sanders told NOTUS last month, are seeing the light.
And then theres Senator John Fetterman. While the rest of his party reluctantly retreats from an ironclad allyship, the Pennsylvania senator has promised to be the last Democrat standing with Israel. His political identity is increasingly defined by a blanket defense of the country. Online, Fetterman frequently mocks critics of Israel. In interviews, he has pushed back on claims that Israels actions in Gaza constitute genocide. When pro-Palestine protesters came to his home, Fetterman waved an Israeli flag from his roof; asked on Meet the Press about Israels pagers attack in Lebanon, which wounded more than 3,000 people and killed 12, the senator said, I love it. On May 19, Fetterman was the only Democratic senator to vote against a War Powers Resolution intended to stymie the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. President Trump has been willing to do whats right and necessary to produce real peace in the region, he said when the war began. God bless the United States, our great military, and Israel, Fetterman added, as if these elements constitute some kind of geopolitical holy trinity.
By Democratic Party standards, Fettermans position on Israel is extreme. There are a multitude of theories as to why: The senator is a contrarian; he enjoys the attention; he has convinced himself that he is indisputably in the right. But people close to Fetterman cite a previously unreported factor too: Behind the scenes, Fetterman is being encouraged and counseled by a little-known man in his late 30s named David Dovi Safier.
Safier, a writer of Jewish history and fundraiser for Orthodox causes, has no public background in government or counseling politicians on Capitol Hill. He is not an official staffer or paid outside adviser. A few years ago, he just kind of appeared in the senators orbit, one former Fetterman staffer remembers. And then, suddenly, he seemed to be everywhere. Staffers would walk into Fettermans office, only to find Safier sitting in the room. When the senator went to Israel in 2025, Safier joined him on the trip; when Fetterman filmed Real Time With Bill Maher, Safier met up with him in Los Angeles. The two are constantly texting and talking, according to multiple former Fetterman staffers, and Safier has unofficially operated as a top campaign fundraiser and senior adviser. He has even set up and attended sensitive meetings with foreign officials; in some cases, he is the only person staffing those meetings, Ive been told.
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WTF: Fetterman Vows to Wear Suit Every Day If Graham Platner Can Prove He Never Sent 'Dick Pics' to Underage Girls [View all]
Celerity
22 hrs ago
OP
De rec. What a load of RW broadbrush bollocks attacking our Party. And it's your very first post, too.
Celerity
22 hrs ago
#3
Hmm... it's darned near impossible to prove you did NOT do something. And
allegorical oracle
9 hrs ago
#109
Classic "when did you stop beating your wife?" tactic. Who is paying this guy?
Scrivener7
16 hrs ago
#14
Fetterman is the worthless one - a worthless progressive. He is now known as Trump's favorite Democrat.
Nixie
13 hrs ago
#37
Fetterman is Trump adjacent. He votes for Trump nominees when no other Democrat will.
Nixie
13 hrs ago
#45
Fetterman is a worthless progressive. You don't know what he is because he was dishonest.
Nixie
12 hrs ago
#61
It doesn't work like that, and you know it. Money was sent to Fetterman's victory fund as it was to all the primary
Nixie
10 hrs ago
#91
The facts of Fetterman's campaign are all over the internet, though. Here is he is running his "Bernie inspired"
Nixie
10 hrs ago
#96
Here is the centrist Conor Lamb wondering who Fetterman really is, as we all wonder.
Nixie
9 hrs ago
#112
Are you saying progessives in general are worthless or Fetterman is worthless as a progressive?
AloeVera
11 hrs ago
#77
If you followed along, you wouldn't need to trouble yourself. "worthless centrist" is what my response was about.
Nixie
8 hrs ago
#135
That's funny that you think you know what I saw 4 hours ago. I won't waste my time
Nixie
7 hrs ago
#143
Yes, and it's nice to see him still out there and AOC realizing she was wrong about him.
Nixie
12 hrs ago
#62
AIPAC is truly working hard, Fetterman is a sick POS. But his crazy is only going to help Platner
Nanjeanne
15 hrs ago
#16
Have just read a bit about him, he's focused on constituents, local issues, practical, knowledgable.
betsuni
10 hrs ago
#105
Thank you, it is an obvious rabbit hole that poster is focused on to smear anyone not a Berniecrat as a
Nixie
8 hrs ago
#137
Trying to make "centrist" mean scary radical right-wing extremist cabal conspiring to destroy nice progressives.
betsuni
1 hr ago
#160
That poster is embarrassed by their former support for Fetterman and is busy retconning him as a centrist in 2022.
BannonsLiver
9 hrs ago
#121
As if it's physically impossible to be nutty all by yourself, it HAS to be a conspiracy (esp.AIPAC).
betsuni
11 hrs ago
#76
As Fetterman inanely attempts to straddle two parties, I'm reminded of something former AG John Ashcroft once said:
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
13 hrs ago
#41
I'm no Platner fan but Fetterman is stooping to ugly levels with this one. Unacceptable. nt
Blasphemer
13 hrs ago
#47
Yep, I understand answering if asked that he doesn't approve, but Fetterman seems to be going out of his way
LisaL
13 hrs ago
#52
Since Such a Negative Is Impossible to Prove, This Is Just a Publicity Stunt.
MineralMan
13 hrs ago
#51
If you want to talk someone, Fetterman, how about the "dickless" Republicans that are afraid of Trump?
walkingman
13 hrs ago
#58
It's pretty weird that the same group of political consultants gave us both Fetterman and Platner. N/T
lapucelle
12 hrs ago
#66
In case no one mentioned it, isn't "can prove he never sent..." asking him to prove a negative?
FullySupportDems
8 hrs ago
#130
Dear Sen. Fetterman, how in the FUCK does one prove they DIDN'T do something?
11 Bravo
7 hrs ago
#140