Sen. John Fetterman said Wednesday that America “is not sending their best and brightest” to represent them in Congress. “Sometimes you literally just can’t believe like, these people are mak…

Sen. John Fetterman said Wednesday that America “is not sending their best and brightest” to represent them in Congress. “Sometimes you literally just can’t believe like, these people are mak…

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    583·
    1 year ago

    The Tea Party movement really started this. It was like uneducated voters got together and went “Here’s a candy-date that doesn’t know nothing! They’re just like me! VOTED!”

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      45·
      1 year ago

      They didn’t start it at all, they just modernized it. Reagan was clearly not bright and yet kept getting higher and higher into office.

      • VikingHippie
        32·
        1 year ago

        Nah, it was the mother of all AstroTurf movements, funded mainly by the Koch brothers

    • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I really hate to break it. But people have been fucking dumb in governments since before Chieftains were the common official. Source: four good roman emperors.