Neeerk [he/him]
Trotskyists are people who hate the Hamilton musical because it’s too mean to the guy who famously raped a 14 year old that he enslaved.
Pittsburgher here: Fetterman absolutely needs to apologize for this and answer for the other shitty stuff he’s done (gentrification, and pro-cop shit) in Braddock.
That said, I support him 100% unless like Summer Lee jumps into the race. The alternatives in the race right now are Bidenite shit-libs. Fetterman is the most left guy in statewide politics in my lifetime.
I help run a mutual aid org. The most radical thing to people when they encounter us is that we don’t means test. That alone is a crazy idea for people to find in a neolib hellscape.
We’re trying to start some political education stuff, I’m not sure how that will go, but we’ll see. Even if it’s not going to bring about socialism over night, organizing feels good and gets me involved in real ways offline.
Oh absolutely. Despite the really fair critiques of his record in Braddock, I’m supporting him 100%. He’s the most left wing person in state-wide politics for as long as I can remember and he amazingly isn’t tied to either the Philly or Pittsburgh democratic machines.
Anyone using skepticism of his record to vote for Shapiro (or Houlahan, or Lamb, or whoever) is obviously working on bad faith.
I live in Pittsburgh. People like him here but some on the left are skeptical of his history with gentrification and police in Braddock. Libs are already starting to bitch about how he’s a “white man who doesn’t follow the rules.” The PMC libs are probably going to line up behind AG Josh Shapiro if he runs. I think Fetterman has a good chance though because people hate Toomey, Josh Shapiro is a wet blanket, and the PA GOP is having a civil war.