Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) said he plans to meet with President-elect Trump at his Florida resort, perhaps the first House Democrat to meet with the commander-in-chief since his general election victory. will be the person of In November of last year.
“President Trump invited me to meet with him, and I accepted. I am a senator for not just Pennsylvania Democrats, but all Pennsylvanians,” Fetterman said in an emailed statement to The Hill. mentioned in. “It's clear that no one is my gatekeeper. I'm willing to meet and talk with anyone who can help serve Pennsylvania and the nation.”
A Trump official familiar with the matter told The Hill that the meeting will take place.
In late December, Trump met with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, also a Democrat. She later described it as a “great encounter.”
The Pennsylvania senator, who has at times openly criticized some factions of his party, has previously been appointed to President Trump's cabinet after the 2024 election, including nominating Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) to lead the party. He said he supported some personnel changes. of the state.
He did not rule out supporting some of the more controversial presidential candidates, including Pete Hegseth for defense secretary and Kash Patel for FBI director.
Fetterman is co-sponsoring the Laken-Reilly Act, an immigration bill passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday with support from all House Republicans and 48 Democrats, with Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.). He is one of the top Senate Democrats. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill Thursday afternoon.
In recent days, President Trump has been discussing the purchase of Greenland, Earth's largest island. Fetterman likened the debate to the Louisiana Purchase.
“There's a lot of talk about Greenland, for example, and… there's a lot of unusual things going on. Of course, I would never support taking it by force,” Fetterman said on Tuesday, adding that this is not the case regarding acquisitions. It added that it was a “responsible conversation,” including “just buying up.”
“If anyone thinks this is ridiculous, it's like, remember the Louisiana Purchase?” Fetterman said on Fox News.
When Fetterman ran against Trump-backed candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz in the 2022 Senate, Trump chased The lieutenant governor at the time said Fetterman was abusing drugs.
In September 2022, President Trump said, “Mr. Fetterman supports the complete decriminalization of taxpayer-funded drug dens and illegal drugs such as heroin, cocaine, meth, and the highly lethal fentanyl.” “By the way, he takes drugs himself,” he said.
Fetterman's campaign countered that this was “just more lies from Trump and Dr. Oz, but the same bullshit from two desperate, sad people.”
CBS News First reported At a meeting.
