"Pennsylvania Democratic senator John Fetterman has notoriously been taking an unorthodox path since Donald Trump reentered the White House. It's a matter of some dispute as to whether Fetterman's growing estrangement from his own party has anything to do with his medical and mental-health struggles following a 2022 stroke. Regardless of these concerns, Fetterman's political situtation is becoming increasingly fraught, particularly for someone once firmly ensconced in the progressive, Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party."
"Fetterman has famously criticized other Democrats for saying mean things about the 47th president. He has split from them on certain confirmation votes (he was, for example, the only Democrat to vote to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general). He has defended ICE against Democratic criticism. And most conspicuously, he has become perhaps one of the Senate's most hardcore supporters of everything Israel has done in its war with Gaza. Public-opinion polls in Pennsylvania show he is now more popular with Republicans than with Democrats."
"Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) told reporters Tuesday that he would support Republicans using the so-called nuclear option to override the Senate filibuster to pass a bill to reopen the government. Fetterman said the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is running out of money and people "need to eat" as the government shut"
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman has adopted positions at odds with many Democrats and the party's progressive wing. Questions persist about whether his increasing estrangement relates to medical and mental-health struggles after a 2022 stroke. He has publicly criticized Democrats for attacking the 47th president, voted to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general, defended ICE, and strongly supported Israeli actions in Gaza. Polling in Pennsylvania shows higher favorability among Republicans than Democrats. Fetterman joined two Senate Democrats in voting for a Republican stopgap spending bill and signaled support for using the so-called nuclear option to override the filibuster, citing SNAP funding shortages.
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