John Fetterman: ‘Twitter freakouts are not helpful’

John Fetterman, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, discusses the impact of an article published in late September by the Atlantic featuring Jake Corman, the state’s Senate majority leader.

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JON WARD: If the Atlantic had not published that article in late September talking to Majority Leader Korman and the GOP Chairman of the State party, basically, outlining the ways that this could work--

JOHN FETTERMAN: No, that was ridiculous. It couldn't work. It never was a thing. Like, these-- these daily Twitter--

JON WARD: So why--

JOHN FETTERMAN: These daily Twitter freak outs aren't helpful. It's just like-- like, everyone is addicted to this rush of like, oh, my God. What if they do this? The fact of the matter is November 30, it expires. We don't have a House and half the Senate. The bottom line is that, like, Jake Corman-- he and I disagree on issues politically, but Jake Corman is not a bad guy. Jake Corman believes and knows this. And there's a very real thing that you have he has to pander to a lot of these extremist, this side of the party. And you have to slow roll that the walk to the inevitable conclusion too. I don't hold that against somebody because it's real. The backlash-- I mean, Al Schmidt-- my friend Al Schmidt, a Republican commissioner in Philadelphia-- spoke his truth, and he's getting death threats. So it's real.