John Fetterman, the progressive lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, has recently been criticized for attacking a journalist for defending him.
The controversy began when Fetterman attacked a journalist and Fox News contributor, Dan Bongino, who had written a piece saying that the lieutenant governor had been unfairly targeted by President Donald Trump. Shortly after the article was published, Fetterman responded to Bongino’s tweet and said that he was “just another GOP shill” and that his “fake news” was “pandering” to “right-wing lies.”
The attack has baffled many political observers, who had expected Fetterman to be grateful for the article’s defense of him. It is unclear why Fetterman decided to lash out at someone who was objectively on his side, leading to further speculation from those in the media and in politics about the lieutenant governor’s motivations.
