John Fetterman joins forces with Republican counterpart in Senate for fundraising committee

[TommyT139]

Source: The Guardian, posted Fri 10 Jul 2026 17.17 EDT

The Democratic senator John Fetterman, who has faced mounting political challenges, is joining forces with the Republican senator Dave McCormick to launch a new joint fundraising committee, a move that is likely to fuel additional questions about Fetterman’s increasingly rightward lurch.

Pennsylvania’s two US senators have established a shared fundraising committee that will collect donations benefiting both of their campaigns in an unusual bipartisan arrangement.

Federal Election Commission records filed on Monday show the creation of Common Ground PA. The filing identifies the leadership Pacs and principal campaign committees for both Fetterman and McCormick as participants in the joint committee. Politico first reported the formation of the fundraising committee this week.

The move led to fresh speculation that Fetterman might be planning a party switch. Rick Wilson, the longtime political consultant and anti-Trump activist, predicted “He’s gonna flip” in a social media post in response to the new fundraising committee.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/john-fetterman-dave-mccormick-fundraising-committee

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More at the link. I don't necessarily agree with Rick Wilson's opinion, but that was the fourth paragraph.

I haven't seen this posted - if it's duplicative, let me know and I'll remove it.

[BootinUp]

1. He's a coward. Nt

[Walleye]

2. Turncoat!

[gohuskies]

4. Fetterman is a snake in the grass

I don’t care that he is operating with an addled brain, he has completely violated all the shallow promises he made to the voters in PA that garnered him a US senate seat. He is a two-faced snake who is assisting a criminal cabal in Congress and blatantly arrogant about it.

[twodogsbarking]

5. He is lower than a snake in a wagon rut. Jed Clampett, millionaire.

A turncoat is a person who shifts their allegiance to an opposing side, party, or cause, essentially betraying their original loyalty.

[Cheezoholic]

6. He'll make a 1.8 million dollar salary during his term. I didn't make close to that my entire life. Ditch the hoodie bro

It's getting old and isn't fooling anyone anymore.

[erronis]

7. "Increasingly rightward lurch" - at first they said it was a mental health issue that caused his erratic behavior.

Now we know it is. Voting as a (r)epuglicon is a definition of insanity.

[spudspud]

8. Bet he switches sides just now. /nt

[KPN]

9. Fetterman grifted us. Big step on his part. No wonder he experienced a nervous

breakdown. Seems he’s over that now.

ps — this (him morphing into an R) isn’t a symptom, it’s a cause — of the breakdown. He had to bury his conscience. Job done.

[Karasu]

10. When constituents actually confront him (like that woman did in the grocery store), he becomes

completely incapable of articulating himself. He's ridiculous.