Fetterman was elected to challenge convention. Now, he's challenging his fellow Democrats

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "Fetterman -- who is among 10 Senate Democrats representing states won by Trump -- is distinguishing himself in other ways.
54% : Fetterman later became the first Senate Democrat to meet with Trump since the election.
53% : In fact, Fetterman has warmed to Trump so much that some in his party are quietly disavowing the man they supported in 2022, when the Pennsylvanian easily won a three-candidate primary and survived a stroke amid a high-pressure campaign to become the only Democrat to flip a Republican Senate seat that year.
51% : For his part, Trump told the Washington Examiner that they had a "totally fascinating meeting" and that Fetterman is a "commonsense person" and "not liberal or conservative.
42% : He's met with several of Trump's Cabinet picks -- unlike his fellow Democrats -- and pledged to vote for some, even posing for photos with a thumb's-up, which Trump often strikes in photos with well-wishers.
40% : Democrats are weighing how much to challenge Trump and whether to embrace some of his policies as they try to rebuild their coalition.
38% : Now, Fetterman has become the only Senate Democrat to meet with Trump, after flying to Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last weekend.
37% : Last month, appearing on ABC's "This Week," Fetterman said that he's not leaving the Democratic Party, but that meeting Trump nominees and aligning with some GOP policy views is part of "representing the kind of state that we have in Pennsylvania.
33% : Christine Jacobs, who founded Represent PA, an organization to help elect Democratic women to Pennsylvania's legislature, said the Democrats she's talking to are both disappointed and concerned by Fetterman's dalliance with Trump.
32% : Democrats are grappling with election losses across battleground states, including Pennsylvania, that gave Trump and his party control of the White House and Congress.
19% : He has had close relationships with some top Pennsylvania Democrats, including former Sen. Bob Casey, and Jim Burn, a former state Democratic Party chairman, said Fetterman campaigned hard for Vice President Kamala Harris before she lost to Trump.
11% : Their worry, Jacobs said, is that "Trump can say he's talking to Democrats like John Fetterman, but it's not going to change what he does and it'll end up looking like John Fetterman's being used.
8% : "Jamie Perrapato, executive director of Turn PA Blue, which helps organize and train campaign volunteers, said she's seeing a lot of outrage on the left over Fetterman engaging with Trump.

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