Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is the voice of reason in the Democrat Party. Did you ever think that would happen?
The Pennsylvania senator has delivered some harsh truth for the Democrats, pressuring them to self-reflect and concentrate on actual issues.
Politico‘s article “Should the Democratic Party be listening to John Fetterman?” shows that he should lead the party.
Fetterman blasted Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for pushing aside President Joe Biden and installing VP Kamala Harris. Fetterman has never kept it a secret that he hated the move:
People like [Nancy] Pelosi, she really tried to — what’s the word I’m looking for? — she embraced this “she’s the godmother, she’s the enforcer.” And now she’s blaming Biden. Well, you can’t have it both ways. You got what you wanted, and now you’re still blaming Biden.I think it’s really ironic that you have a woman at age 84 and she is still hanging on. Why not give a younger generation an opportunity to occupy that seat?
Fetterman applauded people for voting for President-elect Donald Trump. He tried to warn his party that Pennsylvania would vote for Trump.
Fetterman reiterated his disgust for Harris and others, calling Trump and his voters fascists:
I love people that are absolutely going to vote for Trump. They’re not fascists. They’re not those things. I think if you go to the tickle switch, use those kinds of terms, then it’s kind of hard to walk back on those things.That’s kind of a word that really isn’t part of the vernacular for voters. Scolding harder or clutching the pearls harder, that’s never going to work for Democrats.
Fetterman also didn’t like the press and Democrats calling voters “bros” in a condescending way.
The senator also criticized Harris for not going on Joe Rogan. In fact, Fetterman encouraged people to go on shows with hosts who would challenge them.
Fetterman has no problem speaking to right-leaning networks:
I don’t understand why you wouldn’t go on Rogan. I’ve always been a long-term fan of his. I don’t agree with him on everything. But don’t we all have the responsibility to challenge our views and to be a part of those conversations with people?Forty-two million people witnessed the Trump interview [with Rogan]. The power that the platform that he created — to ignore that — I can’t imagine why anyone would do that.I show up on Fox News, and they’ve played it straight. I was even on Newsmax and they played it straight. I’ll have a conversation with anybody if we play it straight.
In an interview with NBC News, Fetterman told Democrats to stop freaking out over Trump and his appointments:
NBC NEWS: What is your biggest concern moving forward, and what’s kind of the biggest thing that you think Democrats need to address?FETTERMAN: It’s like he’s [Trump] the guy with the laser pointer, and we’re going to be the cat chasing around here or there. “He did that. Can you believe [it]? I can’t believe he appointed so and so.” And like, I’m not going to be that. I’m not that guy. I’m not that Democrat. Because we knew that’s what’s going to happen.And, like, Gaetz was the ultimate troll. That’s got to be candy for him to have and watch everybody get triggered. I’ve said this before, it’s like, clutch those pearls harder and scold louder, that’s not going to win. And that’s been demonstrated in this cycle.NBC NEWS: You brought up Gaetz and you said that there was kind of a “God-tier” trolling element to this. Do you think among Democrats —FETTERMAN: I mean, yes. 100%. It’s like, I know he has no respect on the Republican side as well, too. So it was just like an opportunity … and that’s the thing. If you’re already exhausted, freaking out, and it’s not even Thanksgiving, then you really ought to pace yourselves. Because he hasn’t even been inaugurated yet. So you really have to chill out, and you’re going to have to be more discerning or discriminate on what’s going to freak you out or what’s just trolling. Because it’s not the weather, it’s the climate now for the next four years.
Fetterman stressed that if the Democrats keep up the behavior then the party will not make any progess:
NBC NEWS: To put a finer point on this: Democrats now are viewing this as, look, we can’t be freaking out about every individual thing that happens, like we’ve got to be measured?FETTERMAN: That’s what I’m saying. Unless you don’t, you are going to be the cat, and he’ll be the guy with the laser pointer, and you’re going to be chasing it around the whole room. And again, I don’t understand why people just, they think freaking out [matters]. And I don’t understand. And if the sick burns really mattered, you know, here we wouldn’t be.
Fetterman told Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union that Trump is the strongest he’s been since 2016. He also said the assassination attempt and Elon Musk helped Trump win Pennsylvania:
TAPPER: Just before the election, you predicted on this show that the results would be close, but that Kamala Harris and the Democrats would ultimately carry Pennsylvania. They — that obviously did not happen.You won in Pennsylvania by appealing to not only people in the urban centers like Philly or Pittsburgh, but appealing to blue-collar workers in red counties who voted for Trump this time around. Is the Democratic Party still the party of the working class?FETTERMAN: Well, of course.But I described the situation, and now I have already claimed that it’s going to be incredibly close. And I have also claimed that Trump is the strongest that he’s been in the three cycles there. And now things that were really unique that happened, the assassination attempt, that was in Butler. That’s 45 minutes from where we’re sitting right now, and then Musk. Musk is not just a typical kind of a surrogate. We’re all in that situation. We’re all in that business. We have surrogates. We have endorsements. And many of them often don’t really matter much, but now Musk made himself really active, and he was described as moving to Pennsylvania.And I do believe that helped move the needle in that too. So Trump came in, in the strongest position, and he carried Pennsylvania and carried all of the swing states. So that’s what — that’s what’s reflected, that he came in a strong position, that — there’s going to be a lot of hot takes. There were a lot of hot takes before this election.But it’s undeniable here we are now because of a lot of the decisions that were made before the election.
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