U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., has taken to social media to publicly defend a Democrat senator with whom she is associates.
Britt posted on X in help of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., denouncing what she referred to as “agenda driven members of the media.”
Fetterman, she mentioned, is “an amazing good friend and colleague.
“It’s a complete disgrace what agenda-driven members of the media and his own party are doing to attack him, all because he dares to be an independent thinker and voice. Proud to stand with John.”
Fetterman has been on the middle of headlines questioning his psychological well being and his tendencies to work with Republicans throughout President Donald Trump’s present tenure.
Fetterman and Britt have constructed a relationship over the past three years after each coming into Congress as freshmen in 2022.
In line with the Related Press, final week Fetterman went into an outburst throughout a gathering repeatedly query why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do.”
This got here a day earlier than a New York Journal article the place former employees and political advisers to Fetterman questioned how match he was mentally.
Fetterman has additionally been criticized by Democrats for cooperating with Republicans and going outdoors standard Democratic thought.
“He has separated himself from many of his fellow Democrats on Israel policy and argued at times that his party needs to work with, not against, Trump,” the Related Press mentioned. “He met with Trump and Trump’s nominees — and voted for some — when other Democrats wouldn’t.”
