Ex-Fetterman Staff Threaten to Release Internal Messages After WSJ Report on 13 Million Constituents
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 4
Ex-Fetterman Staff Threaten to Release Internal Messages After WSJ Report on 13 Million Constituents
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 4
Summary
A new X account, @FettermanStaff, appeared Friday threatening to publish screenshots of Senator John Fetterman’s internal communications and other unflattering material.
The threat followed a Wall Street Journal report that described Fetterman’s deep disdain for routine Senate duties, including hearings, votes, meetings with Pennsylvania groups and a funeral for fallen police officers.
One text attributed to Fetterman in the Journal asked, “Why do I have to keep meeting with CHOP,” referring to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; after an aide cited vaccine and Medicaid concerns, he allegedly replied that the group wanted “free trips to DC.”
The New York Times said it had not independently verified the Journal’s text messages, but the episode points to widening fallout from complaints by disillusioned former aides about Fetterman’s conduct in office.