Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
By Jonathan D. Salant, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
WASHINGTON — Indicted U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s worst nightmare in Congress is a fellow Democrat from a neighboring state: John Fetterman.
The freshman Pennsylvania Democrat was the first senator in either party to call for Mr. Menendez’s resignation after his indictment last month.
And he hasn’t stopped. Since then, Mr. Fetterman:
• Likened Mr. Menendez to Tony Soprano, the fictional New Jersey mob boss.
More. Pa. Democrats are calling on New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez to resign
• Refused to attend a Senate Democratic caucus meeting to hear Mr. Menendez’s side of the story.
• Suggested Mr. Menendez learn about former Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, who maintained his innocence after being convicted of trading city contracts for campaign donations.
“It’s on brand for his style of politics,” Democratic political consultant Modia “Mo” Butler said.
Mr. Fetterman, the hoodie-and-shorts-wearing senator whose sartorial style caused a furor on Capitol Hill last month, hasn’t minced words since returning to the Senate in April following treatment for depression.
He described the far-right House Freedom Caucus as “losers” and “peckerheads” during the recent fight over shutting down the government.
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And he sent a case of Bud Light to House Oversight Committee chair James Comer, R-Ky., who launched impeachment hearings against President Joe Biden even as House Republicans admit there is no evidence yet of wrongdoing on his part.
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