Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has finally responded to growing rumors in DC and online that he plans to switch his party affiliation to the GOP.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s \u201cnot going to happen,\u201d he told Semafor on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s amateur hour s**t,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they think, \u2018oh, it\u2019s going to be like a Manchin or a Sinema play,\u2019 that\u2019s just not true, and that\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was referencing now former Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (W.V.), who famously left the Democratic Party to become Independents \u2014 though they still caucused with Dems.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not gonna happen,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd even if I wanted to do that, that is a rocket sled to Palookaville to try to switch. I would make a pretty bad Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Democratic senator has sparked significant interest with his recent visit to Mar-a-Lago to meet President Donald Trump, his collaboration with Republicans on the Laken Riley Act, and his vocal support for the Israeli government.<\/p>\n
He is actively working to reshape his party\u2019s approach to Trump, encouraging Democrats to remain calm about the president\u2019s controversial actions and to remain open to confirming his nominees.<\/p>\n
And while he appears to have a moderate streak, that won\u2019t translate into a party switch, he\u2019s made abundantly clear \u2014 especially to Democratic Party leaders in Congress, Semafor added.<\/p>\n
Fetterman turned more heads within his party when he met with Trump at the president\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate ahead of his inauguration, subsequently revealing details of their meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a totally fascinating meeting,\u201d Trump told the Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview following the meeting. \u201cHe\u2019s a fascinating man, and his wife is lovely. \u2026 I couldn\u2019t be more impressed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the topics: Protecting the U.S. steel industry, which is vital for Fetterman\u2019s home state of Pennsylvania, and supporting Israel in its war against Hamas.<\/p>\n
According to The Examiner, Trump and Fetterman also discussed the president-elect\u2019s proposal for the United States to pursue a strategic acquisition of Greenland.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a common sense person. He\u2019s not liberal or conservative,\u201d Trump said of the Democrat.<\/p>\n
Fetterman discussed his decision to accept Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago invite last week. \u201cWe are going to have a conversation,\u201d the senator said of their planned meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that one, he\u2019s the president, or he will be officially,\u201d the maverick senator told CBS News. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s pretty reasonable that if the president would like to have a conversation \u2014 or invite someone to have a conversation \u2014 to have it. And no one is my gatekeeper.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been very clear that I have ongoing conversations with people that are going to have an impact on Pennsylvania and for the nation,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I am a senator for Pennsylvania, not just for Democrats. I am a senator for everyone in Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n
As most Democrats scoffed at Trump\u2019s plans to gain control of Greenland, Fetterman did not dismiss the idea.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no idea what\u2019s going to exactly come up. So, I mean, regardless of whatever comes up, that\u2019s going to be part of the conversation,\u201d he said to CBS News.<\/p>\n
He later joked with reporters who asked him why he was going to meet with the president-elect, saying, \u201cI\u2019m angling to be named the pope of Greenland.\u201d<\/p>\n
In December Fetterman placed blame for the Democrat defeat on former House Speaker and Democrat California Rep. Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n
During an interview with Politico, Fetterman went after Pelosi when asked if he thought President Joe Biden should have dropped out of the race after the terrible debate with Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople like [Nancy] Pelosi, she really tried to \u2014 what\u2019s the word I\u2019m looking for? \u2014 she embraced this \u2018she\u2019s the godmother, she\u2019s the enforcer.\u2019 And now she\u2019s blaming Biden,\u201d Fetterman said, holding nothing back while blaming Pelosi for trying to pull power moves.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, you can\u2019t have it both ways. You got what you wanted,\u201d he added, referring to Biden\u2019s ouster and the installment of Kamala Harris, \u201cand now you\u2019re still blaming Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has finally responded to growing rumors in DC and online that he plans to switch his party affiliation to the GOP. That\u2019s \u201cnot going to happen,\u201d he told Semafor on Monday. \u201cThat\u2019s amateur hour s**t,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they think, \u2018oh, it\u2019s going to be like a Manchin or a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1466,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions\/1466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}