Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman bluntly told his fellow Democrats they lost male voters to President-elect Donald Trump because they were “condescending” and “insulting.”
“It was clear [in 2016] that people were voting for Trump. And the Democrats’ response was, ‘Aren’t they smart enough to realize they’re voting against their interests?’ And that’s insulting, and that’s, I mean, that’s, that’s just not helpful,” the 55-year-old told the New York Times Thursday.
“It’s condescending. And if anything, that reinforces that kind of stereotype. Telling them that ‘I know better than you do,’ that’s not helpful.”
Trump, 78, saw massive gains with male voters, including blacks, Latinos and younger men in particular, when he trounced Vice President Kamala Harris at the polls on Election Day.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., believes the Democratic Party has turned off male voters by being “insulting.” APFetterman also blasted the left for overreacting to everything that Trump, 78, does as he gears up for his historic second term in the Oval Office.
“I’m just saying buckle up and pack a lunch because it’s going to be four years of this,” he said. “And if you have a choice to freak out, you know, on the hour, then that’s your right.
“But I will not. I’m not that dude, I’m not that Democrat. I’m going to pick my fights. If you freak out on everything, you lose any kind of relevance.”
Fetterman also touted the “sway” billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk — who will helm the brand-new Department of Government Efficiency with Vivek Ramaswamy under Trump — had with the “bros” demographic.
“Whether it’s the ‘bros,’ that negative term that perhaps even your publications uses as a negative, it’s the bros, or, you know, males, blue-collar guys, just people. It’s very rare, in my opinion, that surrogates have ‘fanboys.’ Making fun of [Musk] or make light of it, you do that at your peril, because it is going to matter,” he told the Times.
“He was an active surrogate — and I mean, his checkbook was helpful. That wasn’t really the defining facet for me. I was concerned that he’s going to have a lot of sway with a part of the demographic that the Democrats have to win and we’ve struggled with.”
