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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who has broken with far-left Democrats numerous times, spoke out on Tuesday\u2019s episode of the “Impaulsive” podcast<\/a> about how his party needs to change its strategy.<\/p>\n

Fetterman lamented the modern state of politics as a polarized mess between two parties engaged in a “race to the bottom.” He, however, made the case that he is working to serve Americans as a Democratic Party senator in a state that ultimately voted for President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s reelection in 2024.<\/p>\n

“Some Democrats<\/a> now are actually running on the \u2018f— Trump’ – I mean literally, that’s in some of their commercials, you know, honestly,” he said.<\/p>\n

He went on to criticize the idea of tarring one\u2019s political opposition as “fascists,” warning, “And this idea \u2014 and if you call someone on their side as, like, \u2018they’re fascists,\u2019 then that means that people that I know, and I love that voted for him, you know, that must be \u2014 they are fascists. And they are not. These are good people. They love our country no less than they do. It’s just having different views and, you know, trying to find a way forward in a deeply divided country.”<\/p>\n

JOHN FETTERMAN\u2019S FALL FROM HERO TO HERETIC EXPOSES DEMOCRATS\u2019 HARD LEFT TURN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I refuse to do that,” he said of political tribalism and name-calling. “People forgot that we’re all Americans, and we actually need each other.”<\/p>\n

He went on to recall how he “took so much s—” for being invited to dinner with Trump in 2025.<\/p>\n

“I was excited. I was like, ‘Hey, great. We have an invitation. Sure. I can’t wait. This will be great.’ You know, I love to have conversations,” Fetterman said.<\/p>\n

This bipartisan outreach from Trump, he said, has no equivalent in the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

WHY TRUMP, GOP ARE COURTING JOHN FETTERMAN, WHO INSISTS HE\u2019LL REMAIN A DEMOCRAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“There’s no Democrats reaching across the aisle right now,” he said, summarizing the Democrats\u2019 messaging as: “You want to pay your bills, F— Trump, and burn it down.”<\/p>\n

The reality, he said, is more complicated, in that “I don’t just represent, you know, Democrats. I represent all 13 million Pennsylvanians.”<\/p>\n

Toward the end of the episode, he concluded by calling for a better level of political discourse.<\/p>\n

“The Democrats are angry<\/a> at me because, more and more, the Democratic Party, the base, really wants more ‘F— Trump’ kind of a thing,” he said. “So, my votes are \u2014 my values are reflected in the votes. But overall, I’ll be an example that can people say, ‘Well, at least they’ll do it in a respectful way’ and be a reasonable or a common-sense thing in the middle of the insanity here.”<\/p>\n

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