Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman, who supports President Joe Biden, said that he does not know what former President Donald Trump’s trials are about.
The senator has been a thorn in the side of his own Party in recent times and indicated, during an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier that he has not been following the details of the court cases.
But he had a warning for President Biden and Democrats that they should not dismiss the former president and his chances of becoming president again.
“So, in Pennsylvania, your state, if you look at our latest battleground polls on the economy former President Trump is really up big on President Biden, when it comes to the economy alone. Who do you trust on the economy? Why is that? How do you see that? And how do you see the election playing out in November?” the host said.
“Well, I don’t really actively follow the polls. But, you know, I have been having that kind of a conversation now since 2016. You know, I identified that there is a risk here that Trump can actually win and most people thought it was going to be a joke and I’m like no, no,” the senator said.
“I spent too much time across the state and I realized that something is happening. And then I had that conversation in 2020 that, you know, some of those polls had Biden up at 5 points. I’m like, you know, you can’t have 25,000 people show up at an event and that’s not a five-point race. And now ’24 is going to be competitive, it’s going to be close. Always has been and always will be. And I do believe Joe Biden is going to win but anyone who that does not Trump seriously do that at their own peril. And he has a connection in Pennsylvania and we have to make sure that we do whatever we can,” he said.
“So you see this trial up in New York today. He is saying it’s all falling apart. If you look at polls and I know you don’t look at polls, there are a lot of people who look at that trial and say it may not be fair to him. How do you see it and how do you see the former president positioned for the election?” the host said.
“Well, I mean, like I’m a sitting Senator, and I am truthly not even exactly sure what his trials are about. How many of them, whatever. I mean, I think it’s — you know, most voters in Pennsylvania agrees it’s a very stark choice as well. And so if I’m not following it that closely, I don’t think a lot of the voters there and they are going to, you know, in six months from now they’re going to have the chance to vote,” the senator said.
“I do believe Joe Biden is going to prevail in Pennsylvania. I do believe that Pennsylvania does pick the president. But it’s going to be very close. And it’s going to be incredibly competitive. I’m not really sure that most of people’s perceptions of Trump and all the things that are going on in the trial are already baked into that stock price,” he said.
