Fetterman issues warning to Democrats after Elon stumps for Trump in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is informing chap Democrats not to disregard Elon Musk's enactment for erstwhile President Trump successful the Keystone State.

Nineteen Electoral College votes are astatine involvement successful Pennsylvania connected Nov. 5 and the authorities is rated a flip up by Fox News' Power Rankings. 

With some Trump and Vice President Harris fiercely competing there, and the victor apt to instrumentality the White House, the plain-dressed and plainspoken Fetterman told the New York Post successful an interrogation that "Musk is simply a concern." 

"Not adjacent conscionable that helium has endorsed [Trump], but the information that present he’s becoming an progressive subordinate and showing up and doing rallies and things similar that," Fetterman said, explaining that the enormously palmy Tesla and SpaceX CEO is an charismatic fig for the kinds of voters Harris needs to win.

"I mean, [Musk] is incredibly successful, and, you know, I deliberation immoderate radical would spot him as, like, a Tony Stark," said Fetterman, referencing the fashionable Marvel Comics character. "Democrats, you know, benignant of marque airy of it, oregon they marque amusive of him jumping up and down and things similar that. And I would conscionable accidental that they are doing that astatine our peril."

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Elon Musk speaks arsenic portion of a run municipality hallway successful enactment of Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump successful Folsom, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Musk, the world's richest man, has described himself arsenic a centrist and voted for Democrats successful the past. He has since stated successful assorted societal media posts that the Democratic Party has drifted excessively leftward, embracing what helium calls the "woke caput virus." 

He appeared astatine a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, alongside Trump earlier this month, wherever he told a crowd of Trump supporters that this is the "most important predetermination of our lifetime."

Musk besides posted connected X that helium would beryllium speaking astatine a bid of municipality hallway events successful the battleground authorities done the weekend.

Additionally, the billionaire has enactment his wealth wherever his rima is, donating $75 cardinal to a pro-Trump ace PAC, which focuses connected elector turnout. 

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump hugs Elon Musk astatine a run rally astatine the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, successful Butler, Pa.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fetterman, who astatine times has clashed with the progresive helping of his party, told the Post that portion helium is not successful a panic implicit 2024, the predetermination successful Pennsylvania is "going to beryllium ridiculously close." 

"Trump has a transportation that’s undeniable. And anyone that spends immoderate clip crossed Pennsylvania tin spot that benignant of devotion and that’s wherefore it’s going to beryllium precise close," Fetterman said, "Pennsylvania picks the president."

Fetterman had stood solidly down President Biden portion different Democrats sought to thrust the president retired of the 2024 contention aft his widely-panned statement show against Trump successful June. He maintains that Biden would beryllium competitory with Trump had helium not withdrawn.

"I’d similar to punctual everybody that Biden is the lone idiosyncratic that’s ever beaten Trump," Fetterman said,

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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks done the Senate subway successful the Capitol aft a ballot connected Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

He described the effort to enactment Biden retired to pasture arsenic "a full blowtorch." 

"You had the Democratic side, you person the ongoing, close helping media, and past the celebrities got progressive successful it arsenic well, too. And past the New York Times became the, ‘he’s got to go’ outlet passim each that arsenic well."

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Fetterman emphasized that helium afloat supports Harris present and believes she tin triumph Pennsylvania.

"Harris could not person tally a amended run than she has truthful acold close now," helium told the Post.

Fox News Digital's Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.