John Fetterman broke ranks with his Democrat colleagues–I hope to write that a lot in the coming years–and made the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to meet with the incoming, supposedly Hitleresque, Donald Trump.
Reporters somehow found a sitting U.S. Senator going to meet with the incoming President of the United States, shocking enough to chase Fetterman through the floors of the Senate Office Building, demanding he answer for this choice.
His answer was perfect:
REPORTER: What are you hoping to get out of your visit to Mar-a-Lago with Donald Trump?
SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN: “I demand that I need to be made Pope of Greenland.”
H/t @KellieMeyerNews pic.twitter.com/F5L7BWXxtj
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 10, 2025
Hid did later issue a less cheeky response:
Fetterman had made the cheeky “Pope of Greenland” quip to Capitol Hill reporters on Thursday when…