- Elizabeth Warren advised The Washington Submit, “There is not any one like” John Fetterman within the higher chamber.
- Fetterman, who was elected final yr, ran a populist marketing campaign centered on working-class voters.
- He has ceaselessly referred to as on Bob Menendez to resign after the NJ senator was indicted in September.
Sen. John Fetterman might have had a while to search out his method round Capitol Hill, however he is nonetheless not enamored with the trimmings of Washington.
The Pennsylvania Democrat — who flipped a key Senate seat in final yr’s midterms and whose stroke and battle with despair have been part of his journey to the higher chamber — has not strayed a lot from the populist message that was a key a part of his attraction to voters within the Keystone State. He hasn’t abruptly began hobnobbing with Washington’s elite on the cocktail circuit, typically consuming a takeout salad or Ethiopian meals in solitude at his residence.
He is usually seen strolling across the Capitol in hoodies and shorts. However Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer’s try to institute a extra relaxed gown code on the ground elicited disapproval from most of his GOP colleagues, main senators to reverse course on the transfer. (Fetterman later poked enjoyable at Republicans over the problem.)
For an establishment just like the Senate, drastic modifications might be tough for many members to swallow.
Nevertheless, Sen. Elizabeth Warren advised The Washington Submit that Fetterman’s power is simply what the physique wants.
“John Fetterman brings his personal vibe to the Senate,” the Massachusetts Democrat mentioned. “There is not any one like him and it is a good factor to shake this stuffy place up somewhat bit.”
Fetterman has been particularly vocal in calling for the resignation of Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey. He was the primary Senate Democrat to take action. (In September, Menendez and his spouse, Nadine Menendez, have been indicted on bribery prices, with federal prosecutors accusing them of serving to a trio of Egyptian businessmen in change for bribes. The senator has since pleaded not responsible and has rejected calls to step down from workplace.)
“He has his alternative to defend these decisions however he mustn’t have the correct to stay in [the Senate],” Fetterman advised The Submit relating to Menendez.
When Warren was requested if Fetterman’s continued needling of Menendez has created any friction towards the senator from different Democratic members, she pointed to her personal relationship with the Pennsylvanian.
“I am nonetheless pleasant with him, that is all I do know,” she mentioned.
