> “I’m not sure why it’d be controversial to anybody if he’s the individual who could potentially be the next secretary of defense. **I’m not just a senator for Pennsylvania, for my voters or Democrats, it’s for all of us**,” he said, adding that he has received “a lot” of supportive calls into his office, asking him to have the conversation with Trump nominees.
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> “That’s why I have decided to engage with people who are going to be incredibly important parts of the new administration,” he said. As for Democrats who complain that Fetterman’s decision to meet with Hegseth is giving Trump a bipartisan win, Fetterman said: “Those individuals can vent or rant on Twitter but I’m here to have conversations, and I think I’m just doing my job.”
nothing about this is unreasonable
Creative_Hope_4690 on
Hot take this makes sense. He is coming from a purple state and you should always say you are open to hearing out a president nominee full well knowing you will vote them down. So when you say you will vote no it gives your statement much more weight.
GovernorSonGoku on
He’s definitely running in 28 right
j4kefr0mstat3farm on
Odds on what year he switches to the GOP?
geoguy78 on
His state just flipped back to Trump, and kicked out their senior Senator for a GOP candidate. I don’t think Fetterman is being unreasonable here. He needs to make sure he’s in alignment with his constituents, which means he needs to be contrarian purple. His overarching populist tendencies should allow him to thread that needle pretty successfully
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Getting pretty fucking tired of this guy
> “I’m not sure why it’d be controversial to anybody if he’s the individual who could potentially be the next secretary of defense. **I’m not just a senator for Pennsylvania, for my voters or Democrats, it’s for all of us**,” he said, adding that he has received “a lot” of supportive calls into his office, asking him to have the conversation with Trump nominees.
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> “That’s why I have decided to engage with people who are going to be incredibly important parts of the new administration,” he said. As for Democrats who complain that Fetterman’s decision to meet with Hegseth is giving Trump a bipartisan win, Fetterman said: “Those individuals can vent or rant on Twitter but I’m here to have conversations, and I think I’m just doing my job.”
nothing about this is unreasonable
Hot take this makes sense. He is coming from a purple state and you should always say you are open to hearing out a president nominee full well knowing you will vote them down. So when you say you will vote no it gives your statement much more weight.
He’s definitely running in 28 right
Odds on what year he switches to the GOP?
His state just flipped back to Trump, and kicked out their senior Senator for a GOP candidate. I don’t think Fetterman is being unreasonable here. He needs to make sure he’s in alignment with his constituents, which means he needs to be contrarian purple. His overarching populist tendencies should allow him to thread that needle pretty successfully