Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Thursday published a Washington Post column defending his bipartisan record while declaring himself a Democrat with no plans to leave the party.
Titled “Become a Republican? I’d be terrible,” the column lands days after a Politico Magazine report that detailed an alleged quiet effort by President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans to court the first-term Pennsylvania Democrat. Fetterman has increasingly broken with his party on Israel, border policy, and the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
In a March appearance on the “Hang Out With Sean Hannity” podcast, Hannity said Trump told him the day before having Fetterman on his show that the Democratic senator should run as a Republican and would have “full support.” …
Fetterman Rejects Party-Switch Talk: ‘I’d Be a Terrible Republican’
