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Top staffers for Democrat John Fetterman are leaving his office for more progressive jobs as the Pennsylvania senator moves more to the center on key issues. The everyman Democrat, who loves Carhartt hoodies and dawning a disheveled goatee, has staunchly supported Israel's war on Hamas and denounced calls for a ceasefire. He's also expressed support for increased U.S. border security, another position that puts him at odds with his party. The freshman Democrat was elected after securing support from some of the most liberal members of Congress in 2022. The towering 6 foot 8 inch senator, previously supported Democrat Socialist...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman’s campaign on Monday called for Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz to fire two campaign staffers who were at the rally that preceded the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. “Dr. Oz and his disgustingly radical campaign must fire these insurrectionist staffers immediately,” Fetterman campaign spokesman Joe Calvello said in a statement. “These people are a direct threat to our American democracy, and they embody Republican extremism at it worst.” A report by Rolling Stone revealed that two of Oz’s staffers, Northampton County campaign coordinator Lee Snover and paid political adviser Josh Bashline of Clarion...

After Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s campaign tried to blame its candidate’s humiliating debate performance on a closed captioning system “filled with errors,” Nexstar Media Groups, who hosted the debate, said that was a lie.Here’s the statement from the Fetterman campaign [emphasis mine throughout]:We are thrilled with John’s performance. He did remarkably well tonight — especially when you consider that he’s still recovering from a stroke and was working off of delayed captions filled with errors. John won countless exchanges, counter-punched aggressively, and pushed back on Oz’s cruelty and attacks. Gary Weitman, Nexstar’s Chief Communications Officer, responded with this statement:Both...