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

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman opened up astir the authorities of the statesmanlike contention successful his cardinal battleground authorities and called erstwhile President Trump’s enactment determination "astonishing" portion predicting that Elon Musk’s endorsement is "going to truly matter."

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

Fetterman continued, "I was doing an lawsuit successful Indiana County. Very, precise red. And determination 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 the benignant of happening that has taken connected its ain life. And it’s similar thing precise peculiar exists there. And that doesn’t mean that I respect it. It’s conscionable — it’s real."

Fetterman said helium believes Musk, who endorsed Trump and appeared with him astatine a rally astatine the tract of the archetypal assassination effort connected Trump successful Butler, volition beryllium appealing to voters successful Pennsylvania.

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PA Sen. John Fetterman called Trump's enactment successful PA "astonishing" (Getty Images)

"And present [Elon] Musk is joining him," Fetterman said. "I mean, to a batch of people, that’s Tony Stark. That’s the 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 truly matter."

Fetterman said helium was "alarmed" erstwhile Musk began showing up connected the run way for Trump and said he's a "bigger prima than Trump" successful "some sense."

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WASHINGTON - MAY 15: Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks done the Senate subway successful the Capitol aft a ballot connected Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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

Fetterman told the New York Times that helium does not judge the 2024 predetermination volition travel down to "a definite policy" but volition alternatively travel down to the "stark choice" betwixt Harris and Trump. 

"It’s visceral," Fetterman said. "And that’s wherefore the radical that are near that haven’t made up their determination are going, you know, what bash I privation for the adjacent 4 years? And I bash judge capable radical volition take Harris. But it’s going to beryllium much, overmuch person than anyone would want."

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) jumps connected signifier arsenic helium joins erstwhile US President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump during a run rally astatine tract of his archetypal assassination effort successful Butler, Pennsylvania connected October 5, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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 the authorities that volition apt find the result of the election. Trump and Harris person some repeatedly zigzagged the authorities campaigning successful caller weeks, portion elector registration for the authorities released this week shows sizable shifts benefiting the GOP successful the final agelong of the predetermination cycle. 

Fox News Digital's Emma Colton contributed to this report