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Senator John Fetterman was reportedly spotted at a MAGA hangout in Washington, D.C. with ultra-conservative strategist Steve Bannon.
The Pennsylvania lawmaker was seen on Monday dining at the D.C. establishment Butterworth'swhich has become MAGA's favorite restaurant-with Matthew Boyle, Washington bureau chief of the right-wing Breitbart News Network, according to Politico.
Fetterman was later joined by Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, "for a good 20 minutes or so," Politico reported.
A spokesperson for Fetterman told the Daily Beast that the senator's run-in with Bannon was unplanned.
The Democratic senator stirred speculations about a party switch earlier this year after he met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and repeatedly broke from his colleagues to side with Republicans on issues including a Trump-backed spending bill and the Laken Riley Act.
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Henry203
(958 posts)I knew he was a phony. I had the same thoughts about Greg Greenwald. Both struck me as phonies.
Lovie777
(23,720 posts)JBTaurus83
(1,675 posts)He will likely remain a Dem for now, so he can continue poisoning the well. If the senate comes down to 51-49 Dem (if we have elections), I believe thats when he would switch and allow Vance as tie breaker. I only speculate this based on our never ending train of Dem senator sellouts that we have had over the past two decades.
AllaN01Bear
(29,798 posts)BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)to say the most...
Irish_Dem
(82,312 posts)Like Sinema and Manchin.
JBTaurus83
(1,675 posts)and Zell Miller also come to mind.
Irish_Dem
(82,312 posts)Old KGB trick.
3catwoman3
(29,790 posts)If an elected politician wants to switch parties, I think they should be required to resign first. Their obligation is to the voters who put them in, not to any change of beliefs they may have developed (or duplicitously concealed).
Flatrat
(180 posts)I'm sure he has a few skels in his closet.
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