{"id":2382842,"date":"2024-12-22T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T21:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-believes-fascist-label-of-trump-did-not-connect-with-people-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T16:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T21:30:49","slug":"fetterman-believes-fascist-label-of-trump-did-not-connect-with-people-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-believes-fascist-label-of-trump-did-not-connect-with-people-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman believes \u2018fascist\u2019 label of Trump did not connect with people &#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\">28<\/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-believes-fascist-label-of-trump-did-not-connect-with-people-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=2382842&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 \u2062statement,\u2064 Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) addressed the reasons behind the\u200c Democratic Party&#8217;s notable losses in the previous elections. He specifically criticized the labeling of \u200bPresident-elect Donald Trump as a &#8220;fascist,&#8221; suggesting that this\u200d rhetoric\u2062 may not \u200bhave\u2064 resonated well with \u200bvoters.\u200c Fetterman pointed out that despite \u200cVice President Kamala Harris and \u2063her campaign \u2062team using this term heavily \u2062in their strategy, they \u2063ultimately lost the election, particularly in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-set-to-host-a-frenzy-of-2024-republican-presidential-campaign-activity\/\" title=\"Iowa to host 2024 GOP campaign frenzy.\">key swing\u200d states<\/a>, including Fetterman&#8217;s own. His comments were made during\u2064 an interview on \u2062ABC News&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; where he \u2064reflected on the \u2062shortcomings of the campaign&#8217;s messaging.  <\/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 believes &lsquo;fascist&rsquo; label of Trump did not connect with people<\/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_1918800\" 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\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) has had several blunt assessments of what went wrong with last month&rsquo;s decisive Democratic losses, and said Sunday he believes labeling President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"John Fetterman\">Donald Trump<\/a> a &ldquo;fascist&rdquo; was one of them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris and many of her campaign allies decried Trump as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3201278\/harris-trump-fascist-takeaways-cnn-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"fascist\">fascist<\/a>&rdquo; in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, but ultimately, Trump defeated her in the ensuing election, sweeping all seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">swing states<\/a>. Fetterman, who represents one of those swing states in the Senate, told ABC News&rsquo;s <em>This Week<\/em> that he thinks the pitch that Trump was a &ldquo;fascist&rdquo; was part of what did not work for Harris&rsquo;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3231308\/what-biden-planned-last-days-white-house-before-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT BIDEN HAS PLANNED FOR HIS LAST DAYS IN THE WHITE HOUSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democratic Sen. John Fetterman says he never believed the 2024 election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris &ldquo;was about fascism.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fascism, that&#8217;s not a word that regular people use.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PnqXqsUODv\">https:\/\/t.co\/PnqXqsUODv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/seeERMEvTj\">pic.twitter.com\/seeERMEvTj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1870876738802024826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 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>&ldquo;Well, it&rsquo;s like, that&rsquo;s her prerogative, I mean, but, but it&rsquo;s not a word that I would use. Because you put a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a>, especially in my state, that I know, and I happen to love people that are going to vote for Trump, and they are not fascist,&rdquo; Fetterman said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3224184\/harris-faces-political-wilderness-historic-loss-party-tatters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HARRIS FACES POLITICAL WILDERNESS AFTER HISTORIC LOSS LEAVES HER PARTY &lsquo;IN TATTERS&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And also fascism, that&rsquo;s not a word that regular people, you know, use, you know? I think people are going to decide who is the candidate that&rsquo;s going to protect and project, you know, my version of the American way of life, and that&rsquo;s what happened,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Democrat believed that one of the other factors to Democratic losses last month was Trump being a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">singular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-malpractice-nbc-guest-blames-biden-for-not-taking-manchin-at-his-word\/\" title=\"\u2018Political Malpractice\u2019: NBC Guest Blames Biden For Not Taking Manchin At His Word\">political talent<\/a><\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, he had the energy and almost the sense of fearlessness to just say all those kinds of things. And people, it&rsquo;s, it&rsquo;s undeniable that it has an entertaining aspect for that too, and just if you&rsquo;re not afraid to say all of those things, or, and after you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3251152\/pat-fallon-spars-secret-service-head-trump-assassination-attempt-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">survived an assassination<\/a>, you literally were shot in your head and had the presence of mind to respond, you know, &lsquo;fight, fight, fight,&#8217;&rdquo; Fetterman said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, that&rsquo;s a political talent, it&rsquo;s undeniable,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has not been shy in his assessment over what went wrong last month for Democrats, commenting on how Trump is able to connect with Pennsylvania voters and warning that Democrats should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3232247\/fetterman-warns-deep-blue-democrats-messages-hurt-purple-state-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rethink\">rethink<\/a> their messaging in swing districts.<\/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_1918800\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1918800\"}});<\/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 thinks calling Trump a &#8216;fascist&#8217; failed to resonate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2382843,"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\/12\/trump-facsist-fetterman.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18344,7921,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2382842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fascism","tag-fetterman","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/trump-facsist-fetterman.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382842","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382846,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382842\/revisions\/2382846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}