Sen. John Fetterman Gets The Media Going With 'Appointment' He Wants From Trump

Posted • January 9, 2025: I have to admit when I wrote about John Fetterman when he was running for Senate, I was pretty brutal. He certainly has exceeded any possible expectations I could have had for him as a Democrat in the position. I feared a deep progressive. Instead, he has operated at least in his remarks as more of a moderate, pushing for coming together on issues with Republicans, a rare thing it seems these days with most of the Democrats just out of their minds with far-left craziness. Fetterman even indicated he's going to be supporting some of President Donald Trump's nominees for his administration. As we reported earlier, he cosponsored the Laken Riley Act and he indicated he would be voting in favor of Sean Duffy, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Transportation. Duffy's confirmation hearing will be January 15.

John Fetterman says if Democrats can’t get 7 votes in the Senate to pass the Laken Riley Act, then “that’s the reason why we lost." - “If you're here illegally and you're committing crimes, I don't know why anybody thinks that it's controversial, that they all need to go." https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1876797470144856066/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/oY9vCWtfUWruEgDa.mp4 -- Fetterman made it clear he was going to be his own man and "no one is my gatekeeper." He said he would be even visiting Trump in Mar-a-Lago to have a conversation. But that wasn't enough for the media. They pursued him to his office in the Senate and pressed him on the news about visiting Mar-a-Lago. Fetterman was a bit exasperated with their pressure, "What are we talking about here?" and so he shot back with a joke.

Joe Khalil was able to catch up with John Fetterman after NewsNation confirmed he is going to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Trump. ​Fetterman joked he wants to be appointed the “Pope of Greenland”. -- NewsNation's Joe Khalil rolled with it, asking if Fetterman had the resume to be Pope. Fetterman said he was just going to talk to Trump. Translation? There's no big mystery, it's just a conversation. He said he wasn't just the "Senator for Democrats" but senator for "everyone in Pennsylvania." Now that's a great response but it seems few Democrats think like that, particularly when they insult Trump supporters. Fetterman's attitude is the way it's supposed to be. (…)

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