{"id":2388482,"date":"2025-01-09T17:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-to-be-first-democratic-senator-to-visit-trump-at-mar-a-lago-its-reasonable-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:16:30","slug":"fetterman-to-be-first-democratic-senator-to-visit-trump-at-mar-a-lago-its-reasonable-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-to-be-first-democratic-senator-to-visit-trump-at-mar-a-lago-its-reasonable-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman to be first Democratic senator to visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago: \u2018It\u2019s reasonable\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\">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%2Ffetterman-to-be-first-democratic-senator-to-visit-trump-at-mar-a-lago-its-reasonable-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=2388482&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) has \u2064accepted an invitation to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in\u200d Florida. This meeting marks \u200bFetterman\u200c as the first known Democratic senator to engage with the incoming\u200c president following Trump&#8217;s election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. Fetterman emphasized the \u2064importance of representing all Pennsylvanians, saying, &#8220;It\u2019s \u200dreasonable&#8230; I\u2019m the senator of Pennsylvania,not just for Democrats.&#8221; He highlighted the need for dialogue,\u2063 although the specific date for the meeting has \u2064not yet been set. Trump&#8217;s victory in Pennsylvania played a notable role in the election, as he secured the state&#8217;s 19 electoral votes, contrasting\u200d his previous loss to President Joe Biden in 2020.  <\/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 to become first Democratic senator to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago: &lsquo;It&rsquo;s reasonable&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_1931378\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)\">Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)<\/a> said he accepted an invitation to meet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"President-elect Donald Trump\">President-elect Donald Trump<\/a> at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mar-a-lago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Palm Beach residence\">Palm Beach, Florida, residence<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Fetterman will be the first known Democratic lawmaker from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"upper chamber\">upper chamber<\/a> to meet with the incoming president since his 2024 election win over Vice President Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I agreed to meet with the president. I mean, it&rsquo;s reasonable &mdash; I&rsquo;m the senator of Pennsylvania, not just for Democrats, it&rsquo;s for every Pennsylvanian, and that&rsquo;s going to be the president,&rdquo; Fetterman said, speaking with reporters on Thursday. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just about having a conversation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania senator said the date of the meeting has yet to be finalized. The incoming president won Pennsylvania&rsquo;s 19 electoral votes in November after losing the state to President Joe Biden in 2020. Fetterman won his seat in 2022 in a tight race in the battleground state.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has appeared to be open to some proposals floated by Trump. When the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">president-elect proposed<\/a> the idea that the United States should control Greenland, the Pennsylvania senator compared the discussion to the Louisiana Purchase.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks with reporters on Jan. 9, 2025, on Capitol Hill. (Graeme Jennings, Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m angling to be named the pope of Greenland,&rdquo; Fetterman quipped when asked by reporters about his goals for the meeting with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3232247\/fetterman-warns-deep-blue-democrats-messages-hurt-purple-state-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">openly criticized<\/a> the left flank of his party even before the 2024 election. The Pennsylvania senator sidestepped a question from the <em>Washington Examiner, <\/em>asking if other Senate Democrats should be willing to meet with the incoming president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t tell anyone what they should do,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The senator is one of two Senate Democrats who co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act, an immigration bill that senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3282054\/democrats-side-gop-senate-vote-advance-laken-riley-immigration-bill\/\">voted to advance<\/a> on Thursday afternoon.&nbsp;Fetterman has signaled he&rsquo;s willing to support some of Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet choices and says there are plenty of topics in which he and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal-could-leave-americans-vulnerable-to-terrorist-attack-in-next-12-to-18-months\/\" title=\"Report: Biden\u2019s Afghanistan Withdrawal Could Leave Americans Vulnerable To Terrorist Attack In \u2018Next 12 To 18 Months\u2019\">incoming commander<\/a> in chief can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/md-gov-hogan-urges-biden-lawmakers-to-work-together-on-covid-19-relief-legislation\/\" title=\"Md. Gov. Hogan urges Biden, lawmakers to work together on COVID-19 relief legislation\">find common ground<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, the border, Israel, China is a significant issue. I think there&rsquo;s going to be more and more &mdash; I&rsquo;d like to find more where we can work together,&rdquo; Fetterman said. &ldquo;And obviously we&rsquo;re going to disagree on some issues, but that&rsquo;s the way things work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump met with Muriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C., last month to talk about his second term and the inauguration, according to a statement from her office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has said he intends to support Sen. Marco Rubio&rsquo;s (R-FL) nomination to become secretary of state and has signaled an openness to support others.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I decided to vote for him the day it was announced. He is a solid choice &mdash;&nbsp;100%,&rdquo; Fetterman said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are hopeful that Fetterman could be willing to support some of Trump&rsquo;s more controversial nominees. The Pennsylvania Democrat met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week and called it a &ldquo;good conversation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think I&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-washington-blm-alliance-begins-lobbying-state-legislature-demands-gov-inslee-declare-racism-a-public-health-crisis\/\" title=\"New \u2018Washington BLM Alliance\u2019 Begins Lobbying State Legislature, Demands Gov. Inslee Declare Racism A Public Health Crisis\">ve met<\/a> everybody except Dr. Oz. But, I&rsquo;m familiar with Dr. Oz. I&rsquo;ve heard of him before,&rdquo; Fetterman said, making a joke about Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dr-oz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mehmet Oz<\/a>, the incoming Trump administration&rsquo;s nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and his former onetime rival in the 2022 Senate race.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Ramsey Touchberry contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1931378\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1931378\"}});<\/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 to be first Democratic senator meeting Trump at Mar-a-Lago<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2388483,"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\/2025\/01\/0A7A9386-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34593,7921,7075,39354,32076],"class_list":["post-2388482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic-senator","tag-fetterman","tag-mar-a-lago","tag-trump-visit","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0A7A9386-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388482","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=2388482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388486,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388482\/revisions\/2388486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}