{"id":2371324,"date":"2024-11-20T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-fetterman-may-vote-to-confirm-trump-pick-who-is-his-former-rival-liberals-are-furious\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T19:56:35","slug":"john-fetterman-may-vote-to-confirm-trump-pick-who-is-his-former-rival-liberals-are-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-fetterman-may-vote-to-confirm-trump-pick-who-is-his-former-rival-liberals-are-furious\/","title":{"rendered":"John Fetterman May Vote to Confirm Trump Pick, Who Is His Former Rival: Liberals Are Furious"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fjohn-fetterman-may-vote-to-confirm-trump-pick-who-is-his-former-rival-liberals-are-furious%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=2371324&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>In a recent statement,\u2063 Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has indicated a willingness\u200b to support his former opponent,\u200b Dr. Mehmet\u2064 Oz, for the role \u200dof administrator of the Centers \u2062for Medicare and \u2062Medicaid Services,\u200b as nominated\u200b by \u200bPresident-elect Donald Trump. Fetterman expressed that if Dr. Oz is committed\u200d to protecting and preserving Medicare \u2062and Medicaid, he would &#8220;vote for the dude.&#8221; This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">pragmatic \u200bstance<\/a>, \u2064however, \u2064has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominates-former-trump-official-elliott-abrams-to-public-diplomacy-commission\/\" title=\"Biden taps ex-Trump official Elliott Abrams for public diplomacy commission.\">drawn significant backlash<\/a> from liberal constituents who are\u200b frustrated by Fetterman&#8217;s apparent readiness to cooperate with a former rival known for his \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-group-rescinds-award-to-politician-who-said-israel-desecrates-the-holy-land\/\" title=\"Jewish Group Rescinds Award To Politician Who Said Israel \u2018Desecrates The Holy Land\u2019\">controversial political views<\/a>. Critics on \u200bsocial media have expressed their\u200d disappointment, questioning Fetterman&#8217;s credibility given past criticisms of Oz and expressing skepticism about his trustworthiness regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-millennials-and-gen-z-reject-biden-administrations-radical-abortion-views\/\" title=\"Poll: Millennials and Gen Z Reject Biden Administration\u2019s Radical Abortion Views\">healthcare issues<\/a>. Despite the criticism, Fetterman maintains that ensuring the integrity of Medicare and Medicaid takes precedence over\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-pledges-to-maintain-its-military-capacity-to-defend-taiwan\/\" title=\"U.S. Pledges to Maintain Its Military Capacity to Defend Taiwan\">political rivalry<\/a>.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The different drum to which Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania marches is beating out a tune that liberals hate to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman&rsquo;s reaction was sought after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-chooses-former-star-tv-host-lead-medicare-medicaid-agencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mehmet Oz<\/a>, whom Fetterman defeated in a bruising 2002 U.S. Senate race, to become administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.<\/p>\n<p>The post requires Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I&rsquo;m voting for the dude,&rdquo; Fetterman said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/senfettermanpa\/status\/1858997358346072159?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I&rsquo;m voting for the dude. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vededEgSuD\">https:\/\/t.co\/vededEgSuD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/1858997358346072159?\">November 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/john-fetterman-gets-embarrassed-trying-defend-dems-rogan-exactly-kamala-harris-refused-face-joe-rogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fetterman<\/a> said he was being a realist.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you think he&rsquo;s my first choice?&rdquo; he said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/fetterman-dr-oz-confirmation-b2650160.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent<\/a>. &ldquo;Do you think Trump is my first one? But it&rsquo;s like, yeah, here we are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A CNN reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkraju\/status\/1858997011791397197?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> Fetterman&rsquo;s elaboration on his post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to be very, very clear if Dr. Oz agrees to protect and preserve Medicaid and Medicare, I&rsquo;m absolutely going to vote for the dude,&rdquo; Fetterman was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the most important thing for me. Our politics are obviously different, and we do have a history, but I don&rsquo;t have any bitterness. I don&rsquo;t hold anything against him. As long as he&rsquo;s willing to protect and preserve Medicaid and Medicare, I&rsquo;m voting for the dude,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>But Fetterman&rsquo;s attitude earned him the disdain of many liberals who poured out their invective online.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re such a disappointment man,&rdquo; a poster called Merrick <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/punishedmother\/status\/1859021193665540524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>, including a 2022 post from Fetterman that was highly critical of Oz.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Let me get this straight. Your condition of voting in favor of his approval is he gives you his word? I&rsquo;m laughing. You are aware this is Dr. Oz, right?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; History Matters (@politicallatino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicallatino\/status\/1858998814654509298?\">November 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You do&hellip; remember this guy, right?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Isaac Willour (@IsaacWillour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsaacWillour\/status\/1859014268559257684?\">November 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You literally ran on him being a threat to Medicare. Why on earth would you believe he&rsquo;s there to protect it???<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tyler Black, MD (@tylerblack32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylerblack32\/status\/1859072752336109819?\">November 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-gives-firm-response-reporter-asks-reconsidering-nomination-matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> touted Oz as a man who could cut waste, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4999028-fetterman-opens-door-to-supporting-ex-rival-oz-as-cms-administrator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the World for every dollar we spend on Healthcare in our Great Country,&rdquo; Trump said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country&rsquo;s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation&rsquo;s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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His comments came after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz, whom Fetterman previously defeated in a tough 2002 Senate race, for the role of administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\u2014a position that requires Senate approval. Fetterman stated on X, &#8220;If Dr. Oz is committed to protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I will support him.&#8221; He acknowledged that while he may not prefer Oz or Trump, he feels compelled to be realistic about the situation. Despite facing backlash from some liberals who criticized his stance online, Fetterman emphasized that his primary concern is safeguarding Medicare and Medicaid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2371325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Fetterman.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7921,45397,36457,39855,45396],"class_list":["post-2371324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fetterman","tag-liberal-outrage","tag-political-rivalry","tag-senate-confirmation","tag-trump-nominee"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Fetterman.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371324","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371324"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371328,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371324\/revisions\/2371328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}