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“If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude.” —Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman

It’s been hard to put a finger on it, but there’s something different about John Fetterman of late. It started softly. His alliance with Republicans on restrictive immigration policies raised eyebrows and angered some activists, though Fetterman had said on the campaign trail that he was supportive of Title 42, one of the Trump-era immigration crackdowns. His total embrace of Netanyahu and the far-right Israeli government’s campaign in Gaza, which has included him draping himself in the Israeli flag and jeering at protesters, felt a little extreme, even if he had also said he was pro-Israel on the campaign trail.

Then, last December, he announced he was “not a progressive,” despite having identified as a progressive for years. His famous pugnacity became trained more and more on members of his own party, and his own constituents, than on Republicans.

So maybe Fetterman’s politics were always a little hazy, and maybe he was an equal-opportunity offender. But then, this week, when President-elect Donald Trump announced one Dr. Mehmet........

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