President Trump Invites Unlikely Guest To Mar-a-Lago

Democrat Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has accepted an invitation from President Trump to meet at Mar-a-Lago.

When CBS asked about the meeting, Fetterman shared, “Yes, we are going to have a conversation.”

Fetterman added, “And I think it’s pretty reasonable that if the president would like to have a conversation — or invite someone to have a conversation — to have it. And no one is my gatekeeper.”

Fetterman’s visit to Mar-a-Lago will be the first time a sitting Democrat senator has met with Trump at his estate.

🚨 #BREAKING: John Fetterman will be visiting President Trump at Mar-a-Lago

He’ll be the first sitting Democrat Senator to do so.

“I think it's pretty reasonable that if the president would like to have a conversation, or invite someone to have a conversation, to have it. And… pic.twitter.com/GdedvvZxLv

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 9, 2025

Check out what CBS reported:

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has accepted an invitation from President-elect Donald Trump to meet with him at his Mar-a-Lago estate, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans.

“That is the plan. Yes, we are going to have a conversation,” Fetterman told CBS News about the upcoming meeting.

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The trip will mark the first known time a sitting Democratic U.S. senator is meeting with Trump at his Palm Beach residence since the election.

“I think that one, he’s the president, or he will be officially,” Fetterman said. “And I think it’s pretty reasonable that if the president would like to have a conversation — or invite someone to have a conversation — to have it. And no one is my gatekeeper.”

Trump met with the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C., Muriel Bowser, last month to talk about the inauguration and his second term, her office said in a statement.

🚨BREAKING: John Fetterman to visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the first sitting Democrat Senator to do so.

"I think it's pretty reasonable that if the president would like to have a conversation, or invite someone to have a conversation, to have it. And no one is my gatekeeper." pic.twitter.com/dDGHjpLgdP

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 9, 2025

Per The Hill:

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he plans to meet with President-elect Trump at his resort in Florida, likely the first Democratic lawmaker in the upper chamber to meet with the incoming commander-in-chief since his general election victory in November last year.

“President Trump invited me to meet, and I accepted. I’m the Senator for all Pennsylvanians— not just Democrats in Pennsylvania,” Fetterman said in an emailed statement to The Hill. “I’ve been clear that no one is my gatekeeper. I will meet with and have a conversation with anyone if it helps me deliver for Pennsylvania and the nation.”