John Fetterman Threatens To Leave The Democratic Party If Chris Van Hollen Becomes Majority Leader
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said that Sen. Chris Van Hollen being elected Senate Majority Leader would be a red line for him, and he suggested that he would leave the party.
Before the midterm election, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was a source of angst and concern for Democrats. Fetterman’s rightward shift had Democrats worried that if they won a narrow Senate majority, Fetterman would become the majority’s new Manchin or Sinema.
The idea that Fetterman would derail the Democratic agenda, or even worse change parties and hand the majority back to Republicans, was a major fear. Fetterman constantly said that he wouldn’t change parties if Democrats held a small majority.
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Why would he? In a small Democratic majority would have had outsized power. He could have had major influence on the Democratic agenda and extracted concessions for passing legislation.
One of the positives of Democrats winning a large Senate majority is that John Fetterman has no leverage. The self-described pro-Israel and pro-data center Democrat is off an island by himself. Fetterman has no power and leverage.
Sen. Fetterman painted himself into a corner by misreading the 2024 election results as a rightward shift in America.
Just like the 2026 election isn’t a dramatic leftward realignment, 2024 wasn’t a shift to the right. Both elections were pleas from voters to do something to lower costs and inflation.
Since John Fetterman backed the wrong horse, he is now playing his last card: threatening to leave the Democratic Party.