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Fetterman Comments On Congresswoman's Statement During Interview

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In a moment that surprised both sides of the political aisle, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) took to Fox News this week to publicly rebuke former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for her inflammatory rhetoric about former President Donald Trump. While Pelosi escalated her war of words, calling Trump “the worst thing on the face of the Earth,” Fetterman offered a very different tone — one that set him apart not just from Pelosi, but from much of his party’s leadership.


Pelosi’s comments, made during a CNN interview with Elex Michaelson, were stark even by her standards. In response to a question about Trump, she doubled down, calling him “a vile creature” and blaming him for a host of institutional breakdowns — from “turning the Supreme Court into a rogue court” to “abolishing the House of Representatives” and “scaring people who are in our country legally.” It was a laundry list of accusations, delivered without nuance and laced with venom.

But Fetterman wasn’t buying it.

Appearing on The Story with Martha MacCallum the following day, the Pennsylvania senator responded with something almost unheard of in today’s political climate: restraint. “The worst creatures on the face of the Earth are Hamas or like the leadership of Iran,” Fetterman said, noting that while he often disagrees with Trump, he would “never use those kinds of terms.”


He went even further, declaring, “That’s just a different kind of Democrat than me.”

Fetterman’s rebuke didn’t come out of nowhere. He’s been carving out a reputation as a plainspoken maverick within the Democratic Party — someone unafraid to call out his own side for what he sees as rhetorical excess. Just a day earlier, on Jesse Watters Primetime, he condemned Democrats who casually label their opponents “fascist” or “Nazi,” stating plainly: “If you resort to that, you’ve lost.”

And in a statement that is likely to stick with voters across the political spectrum, Fetterman said, “If you call Trump a fascist, then you’re also saying the people who voted for him are fascists — and that’s not true.”


It’s a sharp contrast to the usual partisan escalation, and perhaps a preview of what a more grounded Democratic narrative could look like — one that challenges Trump’s policies without dehumanizing half the country.

Fetterman may not be aligned with Trump politically, but his insistence on basic decency in political discourse is a rare — and increasingly valuable — commodity in Washington.

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