Fetterman: Trump Is Not an Autocrat, He’s ‘a Product of a Democratic Election’

Fetterman: “When I represent a state like Pennsylvania, that keeps you honest. And you always can’t forget that a lot of Americans happen to disagree with you. That does not mean that they are fascists or now they want to shred the Constitution.”
RAJU: “When you hear of some Democrats saying Trump is acting like an autocrat — “
Fetterman: “Yeah, no, that’s the thing. I — if you actually compare him to an actual autocrat, that is not — that is not just that. Now, last night, for example, people were were complaining, you know, they’re protesting about, ‘Oh, that’s Hitler, Hitler.’ I think you just don’t ever, ever compare anyone to Hitler and those kinds of extreme things. Now look what happened to Charlie Kirk. I mean, the man was shot. Now, we have to turn the temperature down. It’s like, we can’t compare people to these kinds of figures in history. And this is not an autocrat. This is a product of a democratic election. It’s like, I participated in that. It was safe and it was secure. We lost and the America, people put us in the minority, and now that’s — that’s democracy. And I revere democracy. I may not like the outcome, but I have to respect that and I have to find and work through this. And I do believe that’s what’s appropriate.”
RAJU: “So you don’t think that Trump is at all shattering any of the norms of democracy in any way?”
Fetterman: “I’m saying he’s definitely different, but that’s what America voted for. Again. I don’t agree with many of these things, but that does not make him an autocrat. That does not make someone or, you know, compare him to people like Hitler and these other outlandish things.”