{"id":2643895,"date":"2026-08-12T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enough-feting-of-fetterman\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:23:46","slug":"enough-feting-of-fetterman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enough-feting-of-fetterman\/","title":{"rendered":"Enough Feting of Fetterman"},"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\">8<\/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%2Fenough-feting-of-fetterman%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=2643895&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-held-hostage-by-hamas\/\" title=\"Americans Held Hostage by Hamas\">provided content appears<\/a> to be a web page segment containing a mix of HTML, scripts, and an opinion article. The article discusses a hypothetical or actual U.S. senator, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, highlighting his voting record, political stance, and the selective praise he has received from conservative media.It criticizes this praise as potentially misguided, comparing it to past political figures like Joe Lieberman, and warns that fetterman&#8217;s apparent bipartisan appeal might lead to him being re-elected as an autonomous aligned with Democrats, despite conservative disapproval. The piece emphasizes that Fetterman&#8217;s voting history and behavior are consistent with a liberal record, and it advocates against excessive admiration from other political factions. The surrounding HTML includes functionality for a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button, advertisements, and a form for submitting corrections or feedback, along with scripts for analytics and interactivity.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><\/p>\n<p>Imagine a purely theoretical U.S. senator who just voted against a limited voter ID bill, even with the proof of citizenship provisions of the SAVE Act stripped out.<\/p>\n<p>Without any exceptions, he voted to confirm the entire rogue\u2019s gallery of Biden judicial nominees (close to 140) who have consistently thwarted the Trump agenda. By contrast, he voted to confirm fewer than 10 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clarence-thomas-clerks-dominate-trumps-judicial-appointments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump\u2019s judicial nominees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not satisfied to just vote \u201cNo\u201d on the Big Beautiful Bill, he thundered \u201cHell No!\u201d in the roll call. Most recently, he voted against the nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General.<\/p>\n<p>Further imagine that this theoretical U.S. senator has an approval rating of 77 percent from Republican voters in his home state. I know, it strains credulity.<\/p>\n<p>OK, forget about the \u201cimagine\u201d and the \u201ctheoretical.\u201d The senator is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sean-hannity-apologizes-john-fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Fetterman<\/a> of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>From the halls of the National Review to the shores of Commentary, the plaudits and praises of Fetterman come showering down, but has the purportedly conservative media gotten carried away?<\/p>\n<p>The conservative punditry\u2019s rapprochement, followed by an outright lovefest with Fetterman, is a product of his opposition to invocations of the War Powers Act against Trump and his support for Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple GOP senators, including Majority Leader John Thune, have said they would welcome him into their party, even with an ideology whose face only a childless cat lady could love.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason that the besotted amour for Fetterman is so galling is that we have been through this before, specifically with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-lieberman-defends-mccains-vote-obamacare-repeal-funeral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Lieberman<\/a>, the Connecticut senator who was liberal enough to get nominated as Al Gore\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>While never doing anything to stain his liberal bona fides, Lieberman later supported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-catches-ilhan-omar-giggling-us-iraq-war-deaths-discussed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iraq War<\/a>, which earned him the enmity of many in his party and resulted in a particularly gooey bromance with John McCain, who came close to choosing as his running mate a man with a lifetime <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/American_Conservative_Union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Conservative Union<\/a> rating of 15 percent.<\/p>\n<p>After Lieberman lost the Connecticut Senate Democratic primary in 2006, he ran for re-election as an independent. Republicans foolishly bought into it, flocking to Lieberman and awarding their own nominee with less than 10 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Lieberman rewarded them by caucusing and voting with the Democrats, including an outcome-determinative vote on Obamacare.<\/p>\n<p>The Fetterman situation is starting to track the Lieberman precedent to an uncanny degree, and it is too easy to envision that 77 percent approval among Pennsylvania Republicans translating into votes that will re-elect Fetterman as an independent who caucuses and votes with the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Loyal Republicans will be subjected to a choice between Fetterman and a Democrat, with the GOP nominee left in the dust.<\/p>\n<p>When sentient, Fetterman has proven irascible and impulsive, and when not sentient, he has proven \u2026 insentient. He should not be as welcome in the Republican cloakroom as he is in the Fox News green room.<\/p>\n<p>His voting record says it all. Leopards do not change their stripes, or change out of their hoodies.<\/p>\n<p>Enough feting of Fetterman.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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