John Fetterman faces massive backlash for mocking Pennsylvania voters with a one-word slur

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is facing backlash after cursing thousands of voters in his home state.

Republican Dave McCormick was recently declared the winner of the Keystone State’s razor-thin Senate race by the Associated Press, although incumbent Democrat Bob Casey has not yet conceded.

McCormick, the former CEO of Bridgewater Associates – one of the largest hedge funds in the world – stunningly put Casey’s seat in red for three terms.

Speaking on X about that Senate race, Fetterman, a Democrat, demanded that voters be patient as ballots are still being counted. Then he viciously attacked Green Party voters.

“Pennsylvania is going to count every last vote,” he posted. “That’s not controversial, that’s the law.”

“The Greens’ votes also help elect the Republican Party,” Fetterman’s post continued, with a photo of the party’s candidate.

Fetterman’s fiery insult shows how he believes Casey could have won if fewer voters had defected to the Green Party.

Leila Hazou, the Green Party candidate for the Senate race in Pennsylvania, received 64,088 votes.

“We still have tens of thousands of votes to count across the Commonwealth,” the Democrat said in another X post. ‘[The Associated Press] We should not make a call in this race until all Pennsylvania votes are counted.”

With 98 percent of the vote, McCormick has a lead of 37,000 votes over Casey, a margin of 0.6 percent.

If the race ends with a margin between the two candidates of 0.5 percent or less, there would be an automatic recount under state law.

Following Fetterman’s insult, critics were quick to decry the senator’s comments.

Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania lost his re-election bid this week

People check election results on their phones while attending an election night watch party for Senator Bob Casey

Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate David McCormick and his wife Dina Powell arrive at an election night campaign party in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, November 6, 2024

“Calling Green voters ‘dips***s’ is not a good way to win them over,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk hit back at the Democrat.

Musk was a fixture in Trump’s campaign. He raised about $120 million for a super PAC aimed at his re-election and regularly spread pro-Republican content on his app X.

“Those are your constituents you are denigrating,” wrote Republican House candidate Daniel Bocic Martine. Martine lost his bid for Congress earlier this week.

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“Are you really bashing people for who they voted for?” another responded to Fetterman’s post.

Scott Pressler, a conservative commentator, responded to Fetterman that the Democrat will regret alienating voters.

“I think Green Party voters will remember you calling them names when you run for re-election. Probably not the smartest choice. We will certainly remind them.’

Speaking to Fox News this week, McCormick said there is no mathematical chance that Casey can prevail.

Fetterman has been a senator from Pennsylvania since 2023

Fetterman takes a selfie with voters in Pennsylvania

“Listen, I lost an election by 900 votes … so I know Senator Casey has to deal with this,” the Republican said.

‘He has been elected for thirty years. His family has a long history of public service, so you know he’s going to have to find his way to the right answer.”

“But I think the math is inarguable, and I think that’s why the AP mentioned it and why we feel confident about preparing to be the next senator from Pennsylvania,” he continued.

However, Casey has said he wants every vote to be counted.

“It has been made clear that more than 100,000 votes remain to be counted,” he said in a statement. “Pennsylvania is where our democratic process was born.”

“We need to allow that process and ensure that every vote that is eligible to be counted is counted.” That’s what Pennsylvania deserves.”

Fetterman’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.