Fetterman blasts Trump in CNN interview and admits 45 people have “connections” to PA voters

Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman said on CNN that former President Donald Trump has a “connection” with Keystone State voters before launching into an invective against Trump and ridiculing the former president’s reelection campaign in Pennsylvania.

“I talked about it, whether it was Biden or Harris, I said it would be very close. And Trump definitely has a connection with voters here in Pennsylvania, and that’s why it’s going to be close,” Fetterman said. Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Fetterman joined host Dana Bash. who pressed the senator about Trump’s recent highlighting of voter fraud problems in the battleground state, which Fetterman brushed off with an expletive.

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WASHINGTON – MAY 15: Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, walks along the Senate subway at the Capitol after voting on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“It’s the same crap he played in ’20 and it’s not going away,” Fetterman said.

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“It’s the same sad story as ’20, and I’d like to remind everyone that Biden blew his shit by 80,000 votes,” the Pennsylvania senator continued. “…He will try to lie and claim these baseless things. But we will have a new team leading America, and it will be Harris, but it will be close“

Bash asked Fetterman about one Truth Social post Trump posted on Thursday about alleged “fraud” in the state with the drawing. Election investigations were launched in Lancaster and York counties last month after election officials discovered likely fraudulent voter registration applications rather than ballots.

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters after speaking at a church service at the Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)

“We caught them in a BIG SCAM in Pennsylvania. Must be declared and prosecuted, NOW! This is a CRIMINAL VIOLATION OF THE LAW. STOP VOTER FRAUD! is our country that CORRUPT? Trump wrote in Social truth last week.

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Fetterman reacted to Trump’s message by putting his hands to his face to feign concern before saying, “Hearing that made my stomach tingle.”

“But that’s why I’m asking you this question. How concerned are you about this happening again? Because he didn’t win, but it caused a lot of problems,” Bash later asked about Trump’s Truth in Social Network post and concerns about possible voter fraud.

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“It doesn’t bother me. It’s just a thing. the same thing he tried in 2020. And you know, we had absolutely secure elections. And now there was voter fraud in Pennsylvania, and there were a handful of Republicans there and their dead moms voted for Trump,” he responded.

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA – SEPTEMBER 24: Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theater on September 24, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. The former president spoke to those present about various plans, including the tax code, manufacturing in the United States and future economic opportunities if re-elected to a second term. Trump continues to campaign across the country ahead of the November 5 presidential election. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Political eyes have been on Pennsylvania as Keystone State voters are championed as those most likely to determine the outcome of a federal election. Trump narrowly won the state in 2016, when he successfully campaigned against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but lost the state in 2020, defeating President Biden.