Fetterman calls Trump’s support in Pennsylvania ‘astonishing’: ‘You can see the intensity’

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman opened up astir nan authorities of nan presidential title successful his cardinal battleground authorities and called erstwhile President Trump’s support location “astonishing” while predicting that Elon Musk’s endorsement is “going to really matter.”

“There’s a quality betwixt not understanding, but besides acknowledging that it exists,” Fetterman told nan New York Times successful an question and reply published Saturday greeting erstwhile asked astir enthusiasm for Trump successful Pennsylvania. “And anybody who spends clip driving around, and you tin spot nan intensity. It’s astonishing.”

Fetterman continued, “I was doing an arena successful Indiana County. Very, very red. And location was a superstore of Trump stuff, and it was a 100 feet long. [There were] dozens of T-shirts and hats and bumper stickers and each kinds of, I mean, it’s like, Where does this each travel from? It’s nan benignant of point that has taken connected its ain life. And it’s for illustration thing very typical exists there. And that doesn’t mean that I respect it. It’s conscionable — it’s real.”

Fetterman said he believes Musk, who endorsed Trump and appeared pinch him at a rally astatine nan tract of nan first assassination effort connected Trump successful Butler, will beryllium appealing to voters successful Pennsylvania.

“And now [Elon] Musk is joining him,” Fetterman said. “I mean, to a batch of people, that’s Tony Stark. That’s nan world’s richest guy. And he’s obviously, and undeniably, a superb guy, and he’s saying, Hey, that’s my feline for president. That’s going to really matter.”

Fetterman said he was “alarmed” erstwhile Musk began showing up connected nan run way for Trump and said he’s a “bigger prima than Trump” successful “some sense.”

“Endorsements, they’re really not meaningful often, but this 1 is, I think,” Fetterman said. “That has maine concerned.”

Fetterman told nan New York Times that he does not judge nan 2024 predetermination will travel down to “a definite policy” but will alternatively travel down to nan “stark choice” betwixt Harris and Trump. 

“It’s visceral,” Fetterman said. “And that’s why nan group that are near that haven’t made up their determination are going, you know, what do I want for nan adjacent 4 years? And I do judge capable group will take Harris. But it’s going to beryllium much, overmuch person than anyone would want.”

The Real Clear Politics average of polling successful Pennsylvania shows Trump narrowly starring Harris by little than a percent point.

Political eyes are locked connected Pennsylvania arsenic nan authorities that will apt find nan result of nan election.

Trump and Harris person some many times zigzagged nan authorities campaigning successful caller weeks, while elector registration for nan authorities released this week shows sizable shifts benefiting nan GOP successful the final agelong of nan predetermination cycle. 

Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report