U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) are defending Democratic Senator John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) against anonymous attacks coming from within his own party. The duo of Republicans have specifically called out those who have taken cheap shots at Fetterman’s mental health.
Britt posted on social media recently, strongly backing the Pennsylvania politician.
“It’s a complete disgrace what agenda-driven members of the media and his own party are doing to attack him, all because he dares to be an independent thinker and voice,” said Britt. “Proud to stand with John.”
Cotton called the treatment of Fetterman by the Democrats ‘disgraceful.’
“John Fetterman and I have our differences, but he’s a decent and genuine guy,” he wrote. “The radical left is smearing him with dishonest, vicious attacks because he’s pro-Israel, and they only want reliable anti-Israel politicians.”
The predicament before Fetterman and the Democratic Party was discussed recently in-depth during a discussion on The Hill.
“There’s a lot of bullying of Fetterman on social media,” said Semafor journalist David Weigel. “There are also progressive groups saying he should resign, he should be replaced by a different Democrat. The Republican hope is that he gets so angry that he leaves the Democratic Party in some fashion.”
Weigel believes that Republicans will attempt to tie the attacks on the Senator to Mental Health Awareness Month to illustrate the callousness of the liberal onslaught.
“Republicans are talking about Fetterman’s example of how Democrats had low standards for their candidates and they back their candidates to the hilt, just like Joe Biden, no matter what their capacity to do the job. Their new argument with Fetterman is that he’s recovered, and they just hate him because he doesn’t have their politics anymore.”
The situation, according to Weigel, is a complete “mess” for Democrats.
“Lost in all this is the argument being made against Fetterman staying in the Senate, which is not just that he has depression, but that he has been an erratic member of the Senate who has put his staff occasionally in danger with his driving, who can’t keep his staff along,” the journalist said. “That’s not typically the sort of thing a Senator resigns for.”
“On his side is this long precedent, the Democrats are very well aware of. Very elderly senators staying in office without any questions about whether their staff can do their work.”
Austen Shipley is the News Director for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
