Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), speaking about Trump's nominee, said that everything can't be a freakout or people will tune out, which many Democrats have already done.
Fetterman told CNN's Manu Raju:
If you really, really want to freak out, that's your prerogative, but you'll have plenty of time to do those things. But personally, I will pick my battles. Do you think voters don't want to hear Democrats complain about everything Trump?
might? Well, I mean, of course sometimes we want to defend ourselves against core values or other things, but when things get out of hand, people can just turn you off.
So at some point, if you don't just pick your seats, at that point no one will pay any attention. Now he also told me that he does the same thing with the nominees himself.
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John Fetterman on how Democrats should deal with Trump: “When everything gets out of hand, people can just tune you out. … So at some point, if you don’t just pick your seats, no one else will.” Be careful at this point.
He said he'll wait and see if the GOP can… pic.twitter.com/gaZCOOcaHn
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 9, 2024
What Senator Fetterman was talking about was the fatigue that comes with attention to Trump. The mainstream media assumed that the Democrats would be scared and come running back to them. Instead, many Democrats don't want to hear it and have dropped out.
They may come back if something big happens, but they probably won't show interest again until the midterm elections.
As Fetterman said: It can't all be a freakout or people will stop paying attention.
Trump will run another four seasons of his stale and tired reality TV show masquerading as the president. That doesn't mean we all have to tune in and pay attention.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also White House press secretary and congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor's degree in political science. The focus of his thesis was public policy with an emphasis on social reform movements.
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