{"id":2209414,"date":"2024-03-29T18:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-faces-wave-of-staff-departures-following-centrist-rebrand\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T18:56:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:56:26","slug":"fetterman-faces-wave-of-staff-departures-following-centrist-rebrand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-faces-wave-of-staff-departures-following-centrist-rebrand\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman experiences surge in staff exits after moving towards centrist rebrand"},"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-faces-wave-of-staff-departures-following-centrist-rebrand%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=2209414&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 summary of the provided text: Several key communications\u2062 staffers of Senator John\u2063 Fetterman (D-PA) have recently resigned as \u200che distances himself\u200c from the hard\u2062 Left of his party on controversial issues. The departures include deputy communications director Nick\u2062 Gavio, with Joe Calvello and\u200b Emma Mustion resigning earlier. Fetterman faces criticism for his stances on Israel and immigration, diverging from the progressive views he previously embraced.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Three of freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. John Fetterman\u2019s (D-PA)\">Sen. John Fetterman\u2019s (D-PA)<\/a> top communications staffers have recently resigned as the Pennsylvania senator continues to break with his party\u2019s hard Left over hot-button issues.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>According to reporting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/politics\/clout\/john-fetterman-staffers-joe-cavello-20240329.html\">the<em> Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em><\/a>, deputy communications director Nick Gavio\u2019s last day in the office is Friday. His departure follows the resignations of Fetterman\u2019s former communications director Joe Calvello and press aide Emma Mustion earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Calvello now works for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, while Gavio is jumping over to join the Working Families Party, both far more progressive workplaces. Mustion left Fetterman\u2019s office to work on the reelection campaign of the other Pennsylvania senator,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bob-casey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" Bob Casey (D-PA)\"> Bob Casey (D-PA)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fetterman has faced growing criticism over his staunch support for Israel and calls for Democrats to engage in tougher immigration laws, putting him at odds with members of his party. During his 2022 campaign, the Pennsylvania senator campaigned as a progressive outsider. He was endorsed by progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and had previously supported Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019s (I-VT) 2016 presidential run.<\/p>\n<p>However, during a December <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/-not-progressive-fetterman-breaks-left-israel-immigration-rcna129747\">interview<\/a> with NBC News, the first-term senator proudly declared he was not a progressive. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think I\u2019m a Democrat that is very committed to choice and other things. But with Israel, I\u2019m going to be on the right side of that. And immigration is something near and dear to me, and I think we do have to effectively address it as well,\u201d he said during the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s former staff members have not said publicly why they are leaving the senator\u2019s office, but their new employment choices suggest a deep contrast with the freshman senator. The two had previously worked on Sanders\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>While Gavio said he was \u201cdeeply honored\u201d to have worked with Fetterman, he\u2019s now working for the Working Families Party, a left-wing minor political party. When Calvello\u2019s new employment opportunity was announced in early March, he praised Chicago\u2019s Johnson as a \u201ctrue progressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Johnson is a true progressive who is committed to fighting for the working people and families of the City of Chicago, and I am deeply honored to join his administration,\u201d Calvello said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2024\/march\/comms-director-chief-strategy-officer.html\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>However, former and current staff members have been outspoken about Fetterman\u2019s support for Israel\u2019s war on Gaza. In October, 16 former campaign staffers anonymously signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24074058\/fetterman-for-senate-open-letter.pdf\">letter<\/a> calling on the Pennsylvania senator to change his stance on the war and call for a ceasefire. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWatching the United States military apparatus beat the drum for war \u2014 promising the Israeli government unconditional weapons support, a blank check for more destruction that will lead to the killing of more innocent Israelis and Palestinians including children \u2014 has been heart wrenching,\u201d the staffers, who called themselves \u201cFetterman Alumni for Peace,\u201d wrote in the letter.\u00a0\u201cWatching you lead that charge has felt like a gutting betrayal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The<em> Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to Fetterman\u2019s office, but it did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three key communications staffers of freshman Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) have resigned amid his departure from the party&#8217;s hard Left stance on contentious topics. Deputy communications director Nick Gavio&#8217;s exit, confirmed by the Philadelphia Inquirer, is set for Friday, adding to the recent string of departures from Fetterman&#8217;s team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2209415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24080634687434-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24080634687434-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}