Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said Saturday that his party needs to “win more elections” rather than try to “change the rules.”
Former President Bill Clinton strategist James Carville predicted Democrats will seek to add more justices to the Supreme Court soon after Democrats won high-profile elections in Virginia, New JerseyAnd New Yorkand also passed the high-party Congress card to California November 5th. Fetterman told “Saturday in America” host Kayleigh McEnany that he “rejects” such moves. (RELATED: Mamdani Says It's 'Important' That He Still Considers Trump a 'Fascist' and a 'Threat to Democracy' After White House Meeting)
“Yeah, well, when I ran for Senate back in '21, '22, I rejected those things,” Fetterman said. “I strongly rejected efforts to pack the Supreme Court or change these things. You know, we were – Democrats – it's like, you know, you don't change the rules unless you win.”
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“It's like, win more elections and then you can change this dynamic the way it was intended in the Constitution right now,” Fetterman continued. “So I categorically reject it.”
Fetterman voted with Senate Republicans several times to overturn the democratic system. filibuster a continuing resolution that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
“This isn't some bullshit game show about who's going to win or anything like that. It's just… like, we've got to be better than this and just open it up,” Fetterman told CNN's chief congressional correspondent Manu Raj during an Oct. 31 appearance. interview.
Fetterman also has criticized Democrats are for comparing President Donald Trump and Republicans to “fascists,” saying he would prefer to talk to people on the other side of the political aisle rather than denigrate them.
Then-Vice President Kamala Harris worsened attacks on Trump in the final weeks of the 2024 presidential campaign, dedicating a major speech attacking former president as a threat to democracy and portraying him as “unstable” days after calling him a “fascist” for Town Hall on October 23rd on CNN.
Trump survived two assassination attempts during his last presidential campaign, including sniper attack during a campaign rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, and an attempt on September 15, 2024 ambush him on a golf course in Florida.
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