{"id":2367874,"date":"2024-11-12T15:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-breaks-with-party-over-support-for-rubio-cabinet-nomination-strong-choice-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T15:39:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:39:59","slug":"fetterman-breaks-with-party-over-support-for-rubio-cabinet-nomination-strong-choice-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-breaks-with-party-over-support-for-rubio-cabinet-nomination-strong-choice-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman breaks with party over support for Rubio Cabinet nomination: \u2018Strong choice\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-breaks-with-party-over-support-for-rubio-cabinet-nomination-strong-choice-washington-examiner%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=2367874&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>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA)\u200b has publicly \u200dsupported Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-working-class-gop-a-muddled-concept\/\" title=\"The Working-Class GOP: A Muddled Concept\">strong candidate<\/a> for Secretary \u2063of \u200cState in President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s administration, marking\u200d Fetterman as the first Democratic senator to do \u2064so. \u200bWhile many Democratic leaders have pledged to resist Trump&#8217;s agenda, Fetterman&#8217;s endorsement suggests he \u2062is open to \u200bcollaborating with Republican officials. He acknowledged the political differences with Rubio but expressed his anticipation of voting in favor of Rubio\u2019s confirmation. Fetterman, known for his willingness to diverge from party lines, previously \u2063shared admiration for Rubio during an interview. His support is significant given the Republican majority in the Senate, which could facilitate Rubio&#8217;s confirmation process. The context highlights Fetterman&#8217;s \u200brecent criticism of the Democratic Party&#8217;s messaging, particularly towards men, indicating a desire\u200d for the\u2062 party to address its outreach strategies following electoral setbacks.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fetterman breaks with party over support for Rubio Cabinet nomination: &lsquo;Strong choice&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1778042\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) became the first Democrat in the upper chamber to throw his weight behind Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marco Rubio<\/a> (R-FL) to be President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s secretary of state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While top Democrats across the country have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3223093\/rubio-puzzled-democrats-prepping-resistance-trump-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pledged<\/a> to buck Trump&rsquo;s White House agenda, Fetterman&rsquo;s support for the GOP chief&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3226705\/trump-name-marco-rubio-secretary-of-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">likely pick<\/a> to head the State Department signals that he could be one of the few Democrats in the upper chamber willing to work with the next Republican administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unsurprisingly, the other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-third-circuit-court-of-appeals-grants-expedited-review-for-team-trumps-appeal-in-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Expedited Review For Team Trump&#039;s Appeal in Pennsylvania\">team&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s pick will have political differences than my own,&rdquo; Fetterman said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/1856330619623494125\">post<\/a> to X on Tuesday morning. &ldquo;That being said, my colleague @SenMarcoRubio is a strong choice and I look forward to voting for his confirmation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unsurprisingly, the other team&rsquo;s pick will have political differences than my own. <\/p>\n<p>That being said, my colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMarcoRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenMarcoRubio<\/a> is a strong choice and I look forward to voting for his confirmation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OUIDx5KK4J\">pic.twitter.com\/OUIDx5KK4J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/1856330619623494125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Trump has not yet confirmed Rubio as his choice to head the State Department, though he has tapped a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3227117\/trump-ally-tom-cotton-head-senate-intelligence-committee-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">slew<\/a> of other candidates to lead other federal agencies. Should Rubio take the job, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3227201\/what-happens-mike-waltz-marco-rubio-seats-vacated-trump-cabinet-positions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">appoint<\/a> a temporary replacement to fill his vacant Senate seat until a special election is held.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3223892\/president-elect-donald-trump-cabinet-picks-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHO WILL SERVE IN PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP&rsquo;S CABINET? WHAT WE KNOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Republican Rep.&nbsp;Adam Kinzinger, a Trump critic, also recently announced support for Rubio. With Republicans holding a majority in the upper chamber, joined with Fetterman&rsquo;s support, the Florida lawmaker&rsquo;s path to senate confirmation appears smooth.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman&rsquo;s support for Rubio comes after he had previously said he was a &ldquo;fan&rdquo; of the Florida senator. He made the bipartisan gesture after Trump picked Vice President-elect J.D. Vance to be his running mate, instead of Rubio, another top contender for the position.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) gestures as he speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Gene Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a fan of my colleague from Florida,&rdquo; Fetterman said during a Fox News interview last month. &ldquo;I was actually shocked that Trump didn&rsquo;t pick him over Vance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Democrat, formerly the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">state&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s lieutenant governor, has proved to be a political maverick of sorts since he won his Senate election in 2022, often publicly breaking with leaders in the Democratic Party over policy issues such as the war in Gaza. Although he allied himself with Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s losing campaign for the White House, Fetterman repeatedly issued strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3161716\/fetterman-sounds-alarm-pennsylvania-trump-strong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">warnings<\/a> that she needed to take enthusiasm for Trump in his home state more seriously. Harris lost Pennsylvania, and with it, the election.<\/p>\n<p>After the Democratic Party&rsquo;s losses in the Senate, House, and White House last week, Fetterman continued to criticize the Left, saying he believed its rhetoric had alienated men, losing the party a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-hes-failed-students-who-voted-biden-unsatisfied-after-afghan-collapse-inflation\/\" title=\"WATCH: \u2018He\u2019s Failed\u2019: Students Who Voted Biden Unsatisfied After Afghan Collapse, Inflation\">key voting bloc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a challenge. We have our own kind of &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">childless cat ladies&#038;rsquo<\/a>; situation: &lsquo;Bros.&rsquo; People refer to these young guys as bros, and clearly that&rsquo;s not a positive term,&rdquo; the Pennsylvania senator said during an interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/11\/08\/2024\/was-it-even-a-winnable-cycle-john-fetterman-reckons-with-red-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Semafor<\/a><\/em>  defending his willingness to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_y-59phRHRM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">appear<\/a> on Joe Rogan&rsquo;s popular podcast, which boasts a large male audience.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First in what I expect will be a many-part series of talking to Dems about what happened. Here&#8217;s John Fetterman on why he went on Rogan and Dems have a problem w men <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sztMcRs8qr\">https:\/\/t.co\/sztMcRs8qr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RAPO4Vf0Zz\">pic.twitter.com\/RAPO4Vf0Zz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Weigel (@daveweigel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daveweigel\/status\/1854964962353098928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re described as dopes or gullible or brutes,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;That violates the basic, basic rule of politics. Don&rsquo;t subtract, do addition. I think that was part of the new coalition that really delivered a pretty crushing victory for Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1778042\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1778042\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetterman supports Rubio for Trump&#8217;s Cabinet, defying party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2367876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JF.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34695,44870,7921,32603,5438],"class_list":["post-2367874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bipartisan-support","tag-cabinet-nomination","tag-fetterman","tag-political-news","tag-rubio"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JF.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367874","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367874"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367878,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367874\/revisions\/2367878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}