Fetterman has broken with his party on some policy matters and warmed to President-elect Donald Trump, a man he bashed on the 2024 campaign trail as a “felon” who is “obsessed with revenge.” Fetterman later became the first Senate Democrat to meet with Trump since the election.
Fetterman and Britt’s families hang out together. There’s a group text chain among John Fetterman, his wife Gisele, Katie Britt and her husband Wesley, a former football player whom Fetterman refers to as “The Big Unit.” In text messages, he even types a “™” next to it, to make sure people know he bestowed the nickname.
Fetterman was different. His ads asked people to think. There was no ethnically diverse group of voters nodding and smiling as the candidate gently touched the shoulder of a senior citizen. No hard hat-wearing candidate walking the factory floor promising “good jobs.”
In an interview, the Pennsylvania senator said his Democratic Party needs to be part of the conversation, not get “freaked out.”
John Fetterman (D-Pa.) told Fox News Tuesday that if Senate Democrats can’t muster enough votes to help pass the Laken Riley Act, it would illustrate why Democrats lost the 2024 election. (Watch the video below.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Democrats should follow the lead of Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has openly supported some of the GOP rhetoric on immigration. “Listen to
Pennsylvania's senators are emphasizing bipartisanship in what one political analyst described as a "shotgun marriage."
Senators will vote on final passage of the bill Monday evening, following President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony.
Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-Pa.) open-minded approach to President-elect Trump is fueling questions about his motives and vexing some of his fellow Democrats. In the wake of Trump’s victory in
U.S. Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) are on opposite sides of the aisle, but aren’t entirely falling in line or opposing Trump’s selections.
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman accepted President-elect Trump's invitation to visit him at his Mar-a-Lago club, the senator said in a statement provided to ABC News.
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman says he puts 'country first' and that he is not 'rooting against' President-elect Donald Trump.