Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman defended his assembly with President Donald Trump throughout an look on “The View” on Monday, saying that working with the president was a part of his job.
Fetterman was requested by “The View” hosts about his extremely publicized go to to Mar-a-Lago to satisfy with Trump forward of the inauguration, which drew some backlash from members of his get together.
The Democratic senator, who has expressed a willingness to succeed in throughout the aisle, praised Trump as “type” and “cordial.”
“I believe general it was a optimistic expertise. I imply, he was — he was type. He was cordial. It wasn’t in a — in any type of theater, it wasn’t attempting to get your image taken to place one thing out on social media. It was actually only a dialog,” Fetterman recalled.
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., advised “The View” why he agreed to satisfy with President Trump. (Getty Photographs)
Fetterman mentioned that he and his spouse, Gisele, spoke to Trump for over an hour, seeking to discover widespread floor about defending “Dreamers” and meals stamp advantages, amongst different subjects.
“Total, it was only a straight-up dialog,” Fetterman mentioned.
Trump additionally praised the assembly afterward, telling The Washington Examiner he was impressed with Fetterman, whom he known as a “commonsense particular person.”
Fetterman advised “The View” that he wasn’t considering “freaking out” over Trump however was “within the enterprise of discovering wins” for his state and the nation.
“I’m not that man. I’m not going to be that Democrat. For me, you realize, there’s issues I’m going to agree with, I’m going to disagree with, however I’m within the enterprise of discovering wins for Pennsylvania and for the nation, and fascinating the president — I see that as doing my job,” he mentioned.
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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to reporters as he goes to vote on the Laken Riley Act on the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2025 (ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP through Getty Photographs)
Co-host Ana Navarro introduced up the criticism Fetterman obtained from the left, claiming the lawmaker was serving to to bolster the false notion that Trump was open to working with Democrats.
“I perceive the necessity for bipartisanship. I didn’t love the optics of you going to Mar-a-Lago,” she admitted – referring to it as Trump’s “palace” – earlier than asking the lawmaker if he thought the assembly was successful.
“I believe it is fairly cheap to have a dialog,” Fetterman addressed his critics.
He defined how he had been invited by Trump to satisfy, and he took the chance as a result of he felt that working with the president was a part of the job of any elected official.
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Sen. John Fetterman and Rep. Elise Stefanik. (@EliseStefanik on X)
Chatting with “The View”‘s viewers, Fetterman mentioned, “I hope, possibly you [who] are watching, you’re uninterested in simply the venom and the hate, and it is like, I would need extra bipartisan sorts of issues.”
Fetterman mentioned he was selecting his battles and he did not discover that including to the “low-cost hate on-line” was helpful.
“[A]nd if these sorts of issues have been useful, you realize, we’d be in a special state of affairs. We might be those making these sorts of selections with the brand new administration with then-Vice President Harris,” he continued.
Fetterman additionally gave his preliminary impression of Trump’s first week in workplace.
“Actually, I haven’t been stunned by something now. I imply, he’s been doing primarily what he truly campaigned on,” he advised “The View.”
“He introduced he’s going to pardon the January 6 people. He’s completely going to go after the border. So there’s a whole lot of issues that he’s already ran on. I criticize a whole lot of it, and I don’t agree with the whole lot both, but it surely’s plain he truly ran on that and been actually upfront. He’s like, ‘I’m your retribution,’ and, you realize, he’s type of making these strikes,” Fetterman mentioned.
