PA-SN 2022 megathread: Shrek vs. The Wizard of Oz

[Perlen vor den Schweinen]

Federalist just came out with a painfully silly attack on Fetterman.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/28/john-fettermans-trump-voting-republican-parents-are-card-carrying-democrats/

“We want to tell you something about John Fetterman. He was raised by two Trump-voting Republicans right here in this house in York,” Karl and Susan Fetterman claim in the 30-second video. “Us!”

The problem is that Fetterman’s parents are not Trump supporters or Republicans. According to voting records obtained by The Federalist, Susan and Karl Fetterman have been voting Democrat for at least six years—beginning when the couple registered as Democrats to vote in the 2016 primaries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania#Democratic_primary

They may have registered as Democrats to vote for their son in the US Senate primary (PA has closed primaries), but it is doubtful that they would have followed up a vote for their son with a vote for Trump.

Naturally, their claim is unverifiable, unless they explicitly supported Clinton in 2016 (and if there is public record of their support for Clinton, that would be a silly thing to miss when making an ad like this!).

[Perlen vor den Schweinen]

Federalist just came out with a painfully silly attack on Fetterman.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/28/john-fettermans-trump-voting-republican-parents-are-card-carrying-democrats/

“We want to tell you something about John Fetterman. He was raised by two Trump-voting Republicans right here in this house in York,” Karl and Susan Fetterman claim in the 30-second video. “Us!”

The problem is that Fetterman’s parents are not Trump supporters or Republicans. According to voting records obtained by The Federalist, Susan and Karl Fetterman have been voting Democrat for at least six years—beginning when the couple registered as Democrats to vote in the 2016 primaries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania#Democratic_primary

They may have registered as Democrats to vote for their son in the US Senate primary (PA has closed primaries), but it is doubtful that they would have followed up a vote for their son with a vote for Trump.

Naturally, their claim is unverifiable, unless they explicitly supported Clinton in 2016 (and if there is public record of their support for Clinton, that would be a silly thing to miss when making an ad like this!).

It's ridiculous that someone's own parents would cross the aisle to vote for them?

Not ridiculous or too hard to imagine - it's just that Trump runs against a lot of what their son is advocating for. American voters, of course, are a funny bunch and can vote for very different candidates on the same ballot.