Thune says GOP would welcome Fetterman if he leaves the Democratic Party
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said on Tuesday that Republicans would welcome Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) into their caucus if the maverick lawmaker opted to leave the Democratic Party.“We would welcome him,” Thune said when asked if he’d talked to Fetterman about jumping ship. I have had conversations with him in the past, as have many of my colleagues, about the challenges he faces in his caucus.
- ▪Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said on Tuesday that Republicans would welcome Sen.
- ▪John Fetterman (D-PA) into their caucus if the maverick lawmaker opted to leave the Democratic Party.“We would welcome him,” Thune said when asked if he’d talked to Fetterman about jumping ship.
- ▪I have had conversations with him in the past, as have many of my colleagues, about the challenges he faces in his caucus.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said on Tuesday that Republicans would welcome Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) into their caucus if the maverick lawmaker opted to leave the Democratic Party.“We would welcome him,” Thune said when asked if he’d talked to Fetterman about jumping ship. “I haven’t talked to him recently. I have had conversations with him in the past, as have many of my colleagues, about the challenges he faces in his caucus. There are many of us who I think would welcome the opportunity to have him in the Republican conference.
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