Marjorie Taylor Greene says Pennsylvania Republicans will struggle to elect a GOP senator because Fox News makes Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) seem like he’s “almost a Republican.”
“John Fetterman votes with the Democrats 91% of the time yet Fox News loves Fetterman more than actual real conservative Republicans, who they don’t invite on,” Greene wrote on X.
Fetterman has emerged as one of Fox News’s most frequent Democratic guests, appearing on the network 56 times this year as his relationship with the Democratic Party appears increasingly strained.
Greene argued that Fox News’s extensive coverage of Fetterman has shaped how many Republican Voters perceive him.
“Pennsylvania Republican voters will never be able to elect a Republican Senator because Fox News makes it seem like he’s almost a Republican,” she said.
Fetterman has been a registered Democrat throughout his political career, beginning with his election as mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, in 2005, before later serving as lieutenant governor and winning a United States Senate seat in 2022.
While Fetterman has not left the Democratic Party, he has increasingly broken with fellow Democrats on several high-profile issues, including border security, Israel, Iran, and government spending.
FOX NEWS’S FAVORITE DEMOCRAT? FETTERMAN HAS APPEARED ON THE NETWORK 56 TIMES THIS YEAR
Fetterman has argued that he has not changed politically, instead contending that the Democratic Party has moved away from what he considers its traditional positions.
Despite speculation from Republicans and some Democrats that he could eventually switch parties, Fetterman has repeatedly insisted he remains a Democrat because his voting record reflects that, even as he criticizes the party’s increasingly progressive wing.
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