John Fetterman says he refuses to engage in ‘sexist garbage’
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said he will not engage in sexist insults such as the label “ICE Barbie” used by some in the media to refer to Homeland Security Secretary kristi Noem. He made the remark during a Senate Homeland security commitee hearing on Minnesota’s immigration enforcement, stressing that he respects Noem after meeting with her, though he has criticized her in the past. The piece notes Fetterman’s pattern of bucking his party, including voting with Republicans to fund the government during the latest shutdown and opposing some Democrats on Israel and foreign policy. After the January shootings of Renee good and Alex Pretti during ICE’s Minnesota operation, he joined Democrats in calling for Noem to be fired. He also supported the Safeguard american Voter Eligibility Act, arguing that voter ID is a reasonable requirement, not Jim Crow. He was the only Senate Democrat to vote for Department of Homeland Security funding. The article concludes by noting Pennsylvania’s purple political landscape, with one Democratic and one Republican senator.
John Fetterman says he refuses to engage in ‘sexist garbage’
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who has frequently bucked his party, said he refuses “to engage in the kind of sexist garbage like ‘ICE Barbie’ that the left-wing media loves to throw around,” referring to a nickname some have used for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Fetterman’s comments came during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Minnesota’s immigration enforcement operations. Despite asserting his respect for Noem and saying, “I met with Secretary Noem. I’ve always treated her with respect,” Fetterman has been critical of her in the past.
In January, after the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Minnesota Metro Surge Operation, Fetterman joined Democrats in calling for Noem to be fired.
Fetterman has built a reputation for not toeing the Democratic Party line.
He voted with Republicans to fund the government in November, rather than support his party’s shutdown strategy during what became the longest shutdown in U.S. history. He has also publicly disagreed with some Democrats on matters related to Israel and U.S. foreign policy, opposing efforts such as the No War Against Iran Act.
Recently, Fetterman backed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which would require voter ID, saying, “It’s not a radical idea for regular Americans to show your ID to vote, and absolutely those things are not Jim Crow or anything.”
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He was the sole Senate Democrat to vote in support of Department of Homeland Security funding.
Pennsylvania has long been a politically purple state, with a Democratic governor, one Democratic senator, and one Republican senator.
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