Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: John Fetterman accidentally calls himself ‘a lifelong Republican’

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Social and news media commenters seize on senator’s gaffe, with some characterizing it as a Freudian slipWith speculation about whether he may defect from the Democratic party swirling around him, US senator <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/john-fetterman-braddock-pennsylvania" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">John Fetterman</a> described himself seemingly unintentionally as a “lifelong Republican” during a fireside chat in Texas over the weekend.Fetterman made the comment when someone listening to him speak with CBS News political correspondent Major Garrett at the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday asked the Pennsylvania senator why he had not become an independent. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/john-fetterman-gaffe-republican" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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