Sen. John Fetterman Counters Dem Strategist James Carville’s Grand Political Agenda With Three-Word Plan

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said Saturday his party needed to “win more elections” instead of trying to “change the rules.”

A former strategist for President Bill Clinton, James Carville predicted Democrats would seek to add additional justices to the Supreme Court shortly after Democrats swept high-profile elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City, while also passing a highly-partisan congressional map in California on Nov. 5. Fetterman told “Saturday in America” host Kayleigh McEnany he “rejected” such moves.

“Win more elections” instead of trying to “change the rules.”

“Well, when I ran for the Senate back in ’21-’22, I rejected those things,” Fetterman said. “I strongly rejected trying to pack the Supreme Court or to change those things. You know, we were — the Democrats — it’s like, you know, you don’t change the rules if you didn’t win.”

“It’s like, win more elections, and then you are able to change those dynamics the way it was designed to be in the Constitution right now,” Fetterman continued. “So, I strongly reject that.’

Fetterman voted multiple times with Senate Republicans to break a Democratic filibuster of a continuing resolution which would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

“This is not — this is not some shitty game show about who’s winning or whatever. It’s just like— like, we have to be better than this and just open this up,” Fetterman told CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju during an Oct. 31 interview.

Fetterman has also criticized Democrats for comparing President Donald Trump and Republicans to “fascists,” saying he would prefer to talk with people on the other side of the political aisle rather than vilify them.

Then-Vice President Kamala Harris escalated attacks on Trump in the closing weeks of the 2024 presidential campaign, devoting a major speech to attacking the former president as a threat to democracy and portraying him as “unstable” days after calling him a “fascist” during an Oct. 23 town hall on CNN.

Trump survived two assassination attempts during his final presidential campaign, including a sniper attack during a July 13, 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania and a Sept. 15, 2024 attempt to ambush him at a Florida golf course.