Democrats took advantage of the nation’s newest federal holiday to remind black people that they’re down with the struggle, but none have a history quite like Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) who once pulled a shotgun on an unarmed jogger of color and who was reminded of his bit of racial profiling by Twitter users.
Fetterman joined his fellow white leftists in giving a Juneteenth shout-out to the voting bloc that is absolutely critical to the party’s electoral hopes, reminding them that they really care on the day that President Joe Biden formally set aside in commemoration of slaves in Texas belatedly being informed of their freedom two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
“Happy Juneteenth! Today we celebrate emancipation + reflect on the long shadow of systemic racism in America,” Fetterman said. “PA always stands by the unshakeable truth that Black families matter + Black lives matter.”
Happy Juneteenth! Today we celebrate emancipation + reflect on the long shadow of systemic racism in America.
PA always stands by the unshakeable truth that Black families matter + Black lives matter. pic.twitter.com/sD4gaziCJZ
— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) June 19, 2023
In 2013, back when he was the mayor of the Pittsburgh suburb city of Braddock, Pa., the hulking, tattooed, hoodie-clad man of the people engaged in a bit of the racial profiling that leftists regularly accuse white police officers of by chasing down a black jogger in his truck and menacing him with a shotgun, an incident that if he was a Republican, would have ended his political career but has been ignored by the media in another example of the preferential treatment given to Democrats.
“I believe I did the right thing but I may have broken the law in the course of it,” a healthier, more lucid Fetterman told a local reporter at the time after he chased down the black man whom he wrongly suspected was guilty of a crime.
(Video: YouTube/WTAE)
At the time, Fetterman denied that he had pointed the 20-gauge shotgun at Christopher Miyares who told a different story about the encounter, saying that he was stalked by the mayor who pulled the weapon and aimed it at his chest.
“He’s trying to make it like it’s ok,” the victim told local news outlet WTAE. “He’s trying to justify what he did. I mean you’re the mayor of Braddock, in North Braddock with a shotgun.”
The Pennsylvania Democrat was dragged down memory lane by Twitter users over the hypocritical nature of his Juneteenth salute.
REMINDER: pic.twitter.com/hGjS6zo6oL
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 19, 2023
You pull weapons on black people, homie.
— JWF (@JammieWF) June 19, 2023
Did you ever publicly apologize to the black jogger you held at gunpoint?
— T. Lee (@RfLcopter3) June 19, 2023
You chased down a black jogger and pointed a shotgun at him. It’s not your fault you don’t remember it, but your wife and staff do, and they should delete this tweet.
— Mark Ashworth (@marklarflash) June 19, 2023
Except for the one you chased down the street with a gun for the crime of jogging while black
— commonsense (@commonsense258) June 19, 2023
Didn’t you pull a shotgun on an unarmed black jogger once? Maybe sit this one out, racist.
— Johnny Silverhand (@WyrmStar) June 19, 2023
Fetterman when he sees a black man jogging. pic.twitter.com/zXwVCpXHwS
— Until Valhalla Calls (@Til_Valholl) June 19, 2023
Pennsylvania Democrats who can’t be accused of practicing what they preach can’t plead ignorance of Fetterman’s racist past because his Republican opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, confronted him with the shotgun incident during last year’s debate between the candidates.
Dr. Oz to John Fetterman: “Why haven’t you apologized to that innocent, unarmed Black man who you put a shotgun to his chest?” pic.twitter.com/b4pE2glIMZ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 26, 2022
“I made a split-second decision to intervene for the safety and protection of my community, and intercepted the person to stop them from going any further until the first responders could arrive. I stayed in my truck and never came in physical contact with the individual. I had my shotgun, but it was never pointed at the individual, and there wasn’t even a round chambered,” Fetterman told the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2021 after he kicked off his Senate campaign.
“Between the ski mask and the way this person was dressed, bundled head to toe in the dead of winter, I didn’t know what race that individual was, or even their gender,” he said.
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