Senate Democrats Try to Make Nice With Fetterman

Senate Democrats struggle to placate volatile 'iconoclast' Fetterman

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) has become one of the most talked-about Democrats in the U.S. Senate. While many progressives are expressing frustration with Fetterman's more centrist positions, the Pennsylvania senator has a vocal defender in "Real Time" host Bill Maher — who is attacking progressives for what he views as purity tests and emphasizing that Fetterman represents a swing state, not a deep blue state. If Democrats are going to …

Senate Democrats Try to Make Nice With Fetterman

“Senate Democrats heaped praise on their colleague John Fetterman this week amid fresh speculation he might leave the party,” NOTUS reports. “The iconoclastic Pennsylvania Democrat has often seemed like a senator without a party in recent years. He has broken with his party over Israel, immigration funding and government shutdowns, while defending some of Trump’s projects, including building a grand ballroom at the White House and his revamp of …