Overview

• At the Kennedy Center event, Sen. John Fetterman said Trump voters are not fascists or Nazis, citing his upbringing in conservative Pennsylvania and being the only Democrat in his family.
• He warned that extreme language increases the risk of violence, invoking the assassination of Charlie Kirk and last year’s near‑assassination of Trump.
• Fetterman criticized his party’s strategy of conditioning a stopgap funding bill on renewing Affordable Care Act tax credits, noting those credits were originally set to expire.
• He praised President Trump’s efforts to secure Israeli hostages and said he would consider supporting a Nobel Peace Prize nomination if Trump helps end ongoing wars.
• He signaled strong support for additional Ukraine aid, saying he would back providing Tomahawk missiles if it could help bring the war to a close.