{"id":1951488,"date":"2023-06-19T21:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-mocked-on-twitter-for-juneteenth-post-after-2013-incident-with-jogger\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T21:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:45:08","slug":"fetterman-mocked-on-twitter-for-juneteenth-post-after-2013-incident-with-jogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-mocked-on-twitter-for-juneteenth-post-after-2013-incident-with-jogger\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman ridiculed on Twitter over Juneteenth post after 2013 jogger incident."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffetterman-mocked-on-twitter-for-juneteenth-post-after-2013-incident-with-jogger%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951488&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A bevy of Twitter users mocked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/john-fetterman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) for his Juneteenth post, recalling a 2013 incident in which Fetterman pursued a black jogger with a shotgun.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Democrat was criticized by some for his post about the \u201clong shadow of systemic racism\u201d in light of an incident from 10 years ago in which Fetterman chased an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. National Security are U.S. Cops\u2019\">unarmed black man<\/a> and pointed a gun at him.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place when Fetterman was still mayor of Braddock, and Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fetterman-defends-pulling-shotgun-black-jogger-2013-explains-why-he-would-would-not-do-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">claimed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on WTAE television station that he had heard \u201cassault rifle gunshots\u201d and only used the gun to detain the individual, who was running from the scene, until police arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u201cHappy Juneteenth! Today we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-fetterman-scrubs-black-lives-matter-section-from-campaign-site\/\" title=\"John Fetterman Scrubs \"Black Lives Matter\" Section From Campaign Site\">celebrate emancipation + reflect<\/a> on the long shadow of systemic racism in America,\u201d<\/h2>\n<p> Fetterman wrote. \u201c<\/p>\n<h3>PA always stands by the unshakeable truth that Black families matter + Black lives matter.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fetterman once pulled a shotgun on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-newest-political-crush-is-privileged-harvard-grad-who-pointed-gun-at-unarmed-black-man\/\" title=\"Democrats\u2019 Newest Political Crush Is \u2018Privileged\u2019 Harvard Grad Who Pointed Gun at Unarmed Black Man\">unarmed black jogger<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xoImij3Xf1\">https:\/\/t.co\/xoImij3Xf1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckRossDC\/status\/1670795910106824704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Washington Free Beacon reporter Chuck Ross called Fetterman out, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckRossDC\/status\/1670795910106824704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tweeting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cFetterman once pulled a shotgun on an unarmed black jogger,\u201d while Townhall managing editor Spencer Brown <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsSpencerBrown\/status\/1670888741445988374?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tweeted out<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a quote from The New York Times that Fetterman \u201cchased down an innocent unarmed Black man.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former Trump communications director Tim Murtaugh <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimMurtaugh\/status\/1670803350709755910?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cSenator, why don\u2019t you tell that story about that time you chased a black jogger and held a shotgun on him because you thought he was a criminal?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Steve Guest, former special advisor for communications for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1670944460601958404?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">replied<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with a screenshot from a Philadelphia Inquirer article entitled \u201cEverything to know about the 2013 John Fetterman jogger incident.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Other users flooded Fetterman\u2019s post with similar comments referencing the event, such as: \u201cDid you ever publicly apologize to the black jogger you held at gunpoint?\u201d and \u201cIsn\u2019t that you?\u201d with a link to an article on the event.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-election\/fettermans-gun-incident-rattles-black-democrats-pa-senate-race-rcna25649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was questioned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about the incident during his primary campaign and answered, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI attacked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrat-and-top-gun-control-advocate-thought-plastic-bb-gun-packaging-held-semi-automatic-pistol\/\" title=\"California Democrat And Top Gun Control Advocate Thought Plastic BB Gun Packaging Held Semi-Automatic Pistol\">gun violence problem<\/a> in Braddock, and we succeeded,\u201d adding that his reaction was merely a \u201csplit-second decision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter had criticized Fetterman for his response during his senate campaign, saying, \u201cHe\u2019s not shooting straight on this, no pun intended. Just \u2018fess up. Apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fetterman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/politics\/election\/john-fetterman-black-jogger-2013-shotgun-20220425.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">acknowledged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in an earlier TV interview that he \u201cmay have broken the law\u201d and is \u201ccertainly not above the law,\u201d but maintained in a statement to The Inquirer that he did not know the jogger was black, since the jogger wore a ski mask and was covered in the winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21746151-pa-law-enforcement-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">police report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> found that the sound Fetterman thought was gunfire was actually fireworks, though two other witnesses said they also thought they had heard shots.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>which he was involved. Twitter users criticized Sen. Fetterman for his Juneteenth post, reminding him of a 2013 incident where he chased a black jogger with a shotgun. 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