Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview released Tuesday that he gets along with Dr. Mehmet Oz, the director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Fetterman defeated Oz for the United States Senate seat that was vacated by former Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in the November 2022 midterm election. Fetterman said during the episode of “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” that even though the campaign was “nasty,” he respected Oz for his “brilliance.” (RELATED: ‘Why Would You Wanna Punish All These Workers?’: Sen Fetterman Does Not Spare Fellow Dems Over Gov’t Shutdown’s Effects)
“You know that that campaign got nasty, but you know he’s undeniably, he’s a brilliant guy and I’ve had heart issues,” Fetterman told Hannity. “I would have no problem to have him operate on me, either.”
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“I’ve had a near death experience,” Fetterman added, referencing his May 2022 stroke. “I don’t, I don’t carry any of that stuff and you know, we’re in the business that there is, part of it is just professional wrestling and then the more it gets more and more personal, like, that’s really in the wrong direction and things get really, really kind of bitter… and when you are openly telling people to you know, fuck off, or call these kinds of names that’s become the new normal and that’s just the wrong direction.”
Fetterman criticized Democrats for blocking a spending bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and has broken with his party to support Operation Epic Fury, a combined American-Israeli military operation targeting the military capabilities of the theocratic regime running Iran. Fetterman has also defended the Trump administration’s strikes against suspected drug smugglers and has criticized his party’s opposition to voter ID laws.
“For me as a Democrat, just fundamentally at the end of the day showing basic, basic, ID to vote is a very reasonable idea,” Fetterman told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo during a Feb. 17 appearance on “Mornings with Maria.”
Some left-wing Democrats have floated the idea of challenging Fetterman in the 2028 primary, when he will be up for reelection.
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