President-elect Trump called Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) “a commonsense person” after the two had a “fascinating” meeting at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
“He’s a commonsense person. He’s not liberal or conservative. He’s just a commonsense person, which is beautiful,” Trump said in an interview with the Washington Examiner.
Fetterman was the first Senate Democrat to meet with Trump after the president-elect’s victory, while many Republican lawmakers have traveled to the Palm Beach resort to sit down with the incoming president.
The president-elect told the news outlet he was positive about how the meeting went and praised Fetterman’s wife, Gisele.
He also told the Examiner that U.S. Steel, supporting Israel, the U.S.-Mexico border and acquiring Greenland were discussed in the meeting with the Pennsylvania senator.
“It was a totally fascinating meeting. He’s a fascinating man, and his wife is lovely. They were both up, and I couldn’t be more impressed,” Trump said.
Fetterman said last week that Trump invited him to meet and he accepted, arguing that he’s “the Senator for all Pennsylvanians— not just Democrats in Pennsylvania.”
Fetterman added that he will meet with and have a conversation with anyone.
The Pennsylvania senator has also said he would be open to supporting some of Trump’s Cabinet picks, including Secretary of State nominee Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
Fetterman is a co-sponsor of the Laken Riley Act, which is an immigration bill aimed at curbing crime by migrants that cleared its first hurdle towards passage in the Senate last week. Thirty-three Senate Democrats voted with Republicans in the 84 to 9 vote on Thursday.
