Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman will change into the primary Democrat to affix the slew of politicians and billionaire businesspeople who’re making the trek to satisfy with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago dwelling in Palm Seashore, Florida.
Fetterman mentioned in an announcement Thursday that Trump invited him to satisfy and that he accepted.
“I am the senator for all Pennsylvanians — not simply Democrats in Pennsylvania,” he mentioned in an announcement, first reported by CBS Information. “I have been clear that nobody is my gatekeeper. I’ll meet with and have a dialog with anybody if it helps me ship for Pennsylvania and the nation.”
The assembly is anticipated to happen this weekend.
The journey marks Fetterman’s transition from a number one supporter of President Joe Biden right into a “Trump-friendly lawmaker,” as described by the Related Press, following Trump’s victory within the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
From Bitter Enemies To Nearly Mates
Fetterman was elected to the Senate in 2022 in a knockdown battle towards multimillionaire TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz, extensively seen as hand-picked by Trump. Issues bought nasty when Oz publicly mocked Fetterman on a number of events for refusing to debate him after the previous Lt. governor of Pennsylvania suffered a stroke that affected his speech.
Then, the battle intensified between Trump and Fetterman. On the time, Trump accused Fetterman of supporting “taxpayer-funded drug dens and the whole decriminalization of unlawful medication, together with heroin, cocaine, crystal meth, and ultra-lethal fentanyl, and by the best way, he takes them himself.” For the report, Fetterman does help the legalization of hashish.
Immigration And The Southern Border: Nearly A Bipartisan Challenge
Fetterman was the primary Democrat to sponsor the Laken Riley Act, which got here up typically throughout Trump’s 2024 presidential marketing campaign. The laws, named after a nursing scholar who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant, would compel the federal authorities to detain noncitizens convicted or charged with housebreaking, larceny, theft or shoplifting.
As of Thursday, with a vote of 84-9 with 32 Democrats and one impartial becoming a member of all 51 Republicans, reported NBC Information, the invoice cleared the edge to maneuver on to the GOP-controlled Senate.
“We completely have to have a safe border, and I’ve at all times additionally been extremely supportive and protecting for Dreamers,” Fetterman instructed the Washington Examiner on Tuesday, referring to younger individuals who have been born within the U.S. to undocumented mother and father and due to this fact might face deportation.
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