Fetterman Rocks the Boat with Support for President Trump’s Controversial Pick

Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania continues to march to his own beat.

He’s striking a chord liberals aren’t loving.

When President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Fetterman made a shocking statement.

You see, Dr. Oz was a former Fetterman rival.

And so Fetterman took to X to post: “If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude.”

And that was it for so many liberals, voicing this disappointment in the comments.

Fetterman is once again proving his views doesn’t stick to party lines.

He’s more of an old school Democrat, not the far-left version we so much of these days.

John Fetterman May Vote to Confirm Trump Pick, Who Is His Former Rival: Liberals Are Furious https://t.co/pU94zofrws pic.twitter.com/1Io8GJSsdw

— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) November 21, 2024

The Gateway Pundit reports:

The different drum to which Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania marches is beating out a tune that liberals hate to hear.

Fetterman’s reaction was sought after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz, whom Fetterman defeated in a bruising 2002 U.S. Senate race, to become administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The post requires Senate confirmation.

“If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude,” Fetterman said in a post on X.

Fetterman said he was being a realist.

“Do you think he’s my first choice?” he said, according to the Independent. “Do you think Trump is my first one? But it’s like, yeah, here we are.”

A CNN reporter posted Fetterman’s elaboration on his post.

“I’m going to be very, very clear if Dr. Oz agrees to protect and preserve Medicaid and Medicare, I’m absolutely going to vote for the dude,” Fetterman was quoted as saying.

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“That’s the most important thing for me. Our politics are obviously different, and we do have a history, but I don’t have any bitterness. I don’t hold anything against him. As long as he’s willing to protect and preserve Medicaid and Medicare, I’m voting for the dude,” he said.

But Fetterman’s attitude earned him the disdain of many liberals who poured out their invective online.

“You’re such a disappointment man,” a poster called Merrick wrote on X, including a 2022 post from Fetterman that was highly critical of Oz.

If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude. https://t.co/vededEgSuD

— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) November 19, 2024

He is quite the character.

John Fetterman is not a Democrat of this age. He says he is not a progressive Democrat he is a normal one. He is more like a Pre-Obama Democrat. pic.twitter.com/3EbKqOgBDv

— DogFacePonia (@DogFacePonia) November 16, 2024