Sen. John Fetterman has no time for the “unhinged petulance” of his Democratic colleagues.
During Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Wednesday, Democrats held up signs, wore pink, heckled and even walked out early.
“A sad cavalcade of self owns and unhinged petulance,” Fetterman wrote in response to a story at Politico that described how the protest had failed.
“It only makes Trump look more presidential and restrained.”
“We’re becoming the metaphorical car alarms that nobody pays attention to—and it may not be the winning message.”
A sad cavalcade of self owns and unhinged petulance.
It only makes Trump look more presidential and restrained.
We’re becoming the metaphorical car alarms that nobody pays attention to—and it may not be the winning message. pic.twitter.com/hNgX7ouLjX
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) March 5, 2025
The Politico article in question made the following argument:
President Donald Trump mocked Democrats who sat in front of him Tuesday night, needling them with a grin, “nothing I can say or do to make them happy.” Democrats mostly responded with silent protest — wearing pink, waving placards emblazoned with “FALSE” and “Save Medicaid.”
More than a dozen walked out of his speech early, some revealing shirts that said “No Kings Live Here.”
The shambolic scene was emblematic of Democrats’ larger problem after facing a brutal election cycle that locked them out of power as they struggled to communicate in a vastly fragmented media environment.
Though the official Democratic response, delivered by Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, got carried on major networks, much of what Democrats had to say didn’t play out on voters’ TVs.
Fetterman’s comments underscore his desire to be seen as a moderate, despite the fact that he voted against most of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and recently voted against a bill that would have prevented biological men from competing in women’s sports.
John Fetterman is no moderate. https://t.co/46TKMY6IvY
— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) March 4, 2025
Nevertheless, Fetterman did make an outreach to President Donald Trump following his landslide election victory, even traveling down to Mar-a-Lago to meet with him.
“I am not the senator for just Democrats in Pennsylvania. I’m everyone’s senator in Pennsylvania,” he said ahead of the meeting.
“It’s just having a conversation.”
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