Overview
- Fetterman’s vote to confirm GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security secretary drew fresh blowback, with critics in his party labeling him “Trump’s intern” and saying he “needs to go.”
- Pennsylvania Democrats ramped up pressure campaigns and urged constituents to call his office after he also supported a step to advance Homeland Security funding.
- Fetterman declined questions from a Capitol Hill reporter, and he has dismissed speculation about switching parties as “amateur hour s—t.”
- Semafor reported former Rep. Susan Wild is weighing a 2028 primary bid, with Rep. Brendan Boyle not ruling one out, Rep. Chris Deluzio discussed as a possibility, and former Rep. Conor Lamb touring the state in what many see as a campaign-in-waiting.
- A Quinnipiac poll found 62% of Pennsylvania Democrats disapprove of Fetterman’s job performance, yet he remains net positive among registered voters, a split that party operatives say could make a bruising primary risky in a swing state where some cite Lisa Murkowski’s rare write-in win as a cautionary example.