[Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has some advice for his party: Don’t “freak out” every time President-elect Trump causes controversy.
“If you really, really want to freak out, that’s your prerogative…. For me, personally, I’m going to be picking my battles,” Fetterman told CNN’s Manu Raju on Thursday.
“Sometimes we want to push back against core values or other things, but if everything’s a freak-out, then people can just tune you out,” he continued.
The Pennsylvania Democrat also said that he is holding back on taking positions on Trump’s picks for top roles, at least until Senate Republicans unite around backing them.
“I don’t have a concern on any of them, certainly not until the Republicans get all the votes lined up. We all know that, that until they have at least 50 votes, you know they’re not going to bring them to the floor,” he said.
He continued, “There’s plenty of other people that want to just, you know, clutch the pearls on other things, but that’s the rules. Like, you win, you get to pick your nominees.”
Asked why he believes Trump was able to perform well in Pennsylvania this cycle, Fetterman cited Trump’s “very special connection” with voters there, noting the assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“They literally tried to kill this man, and he responded, and he yelled, ‘Fight, fight, fight.’ And that created… a lot of momentum.”
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