The Pennsylvania senator dismissed the demand for further investigation as “moot.”

Senator John Fetterman appeared not to understand why Democrats want to investigate the deadly strike that killed dozens of Iranian children.

During an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Wednesday night, Fetterman was asked to explain why he hadn’t signed onto a letter from Senate Democrats that questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the February 28 strike on Shajarah Tayyebeh, a girls’ primary school miles from Tehran. The strike killed 175 people, many of them young girls.

“Well, because we all agree that it’s a tragedy having the school hit, and we all agree now for an investigation,” Fetterman said. “What I don’t agree with the rest of my colleagues in the House is that it’s a war of choice, or it’s dumb, or all the things my colleagues have described, you know, this operation. I think it’s a good thing, and I support that.”

Fetterman was referring to a line in the letter describing Donald Trump’s military campaign as “a war of choice without Congressional authorization.” The letter did not describe the war as “dumb.”

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    Does anyone on any side think this brain-damaged flip-flopper has anything important to say?

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      Looking back, it’s like what the fuck, it was this guy or Dr Oz? Like did Pennsylvania even actually have a choice?

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    When it comes to Fetterman, I wonder how many people get brain damage and suddenly become more progressive instead of regressive?

    I know some people say this is who they suspect he always was, but…

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      I once had an idea that it would be funny if Trump got hit on the head and turned woke: We’re gonna add so many genders your head’s gonna spin. You’ll say, “Donald, there’s too many genders, we can’t keep track of them all!” Too bad, we just added 10 more genders

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      He had a helluva PR campaign to reform his image. I believed it at first until i finally found a video of someone giving a rundown of his background and his actions began making a lot more sense. Suffice to say i’ve found him to be an extreme disappointment but because i wasn’t in his district and therefore voting for him I never dug into his history or background.

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        That same video is what revealed what a shithead he is.

        I should keep it saved to share.

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    What a fuckin 180 this douche canoe did. Must have been that cameo in the Christian bale movie.

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    Had a friend get a bottle cracked across his head, then robbed. Suffered brain damage but survived.

    He was a totally different person after. Left his wife and kids he loved for asian femboys to marry. Started substance abuse and total lost all his drive. Dude was highly respected in his field, graduated from Michigan and made damn good money.

    All erased after the injury. So I can believe Fettermen changing his whole mindset after the damage. Can’t wait till he is out of government