WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) revealed Tuesday that he received no outreach from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on the government shutdown and described a leadership vacuum in his party.
During an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Fetterman denied an Axios report that Schumer (D-NY) privately lobbied moderate Dems against caving in the shutdown fight.
“I was not in a conversation, or I never got any outreach,” he said, noting that he was “always a hard yes to keep our government open.”
Asked about who was running the show for Democrats in the House and Senate, the hoodie-wearing Keystone Stater admitted: “No one really knows.”
“My values are reflected in my vote and the things that I support here, and if that might put me at odds with parts of my party, I’m okay with that,” he stressed. “We need to be a … big tent party.”
