John Fetterman faces massive backlash for mocking Pennsylvania voters with a one-word slur

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is facing backlash aft cursing retired thousands of voters successful his location state. 

Republican Dave McCormick was precocious announced arsenic the winner of the Keystone State's razor-thin Senate contention by the Associated Press, though incumbent Democrat Bob Casey has not yet conceded. 

McCormick, the erstwhile CEO of Bridgewater Associates - 1 of the world's largest hedge funds - stunningly flipped the spot held by Casey for 3 presumption to red.

Talking connected X astir that Senate race, the Democrat Fetterman demanded that voters person patience arsenic ballots are inactive being tallied. Then helium viciously tore into Green Party voters. 

'Pennsylvania is going to number each past vote,' helium posted. 'That's not controversial- that's the law.'

'Also, Green dip****s' votes helping elite the GOP,' Fetterman's station continued, featuring a representation of the party's candidate. 

Fetterman's fiery insult shows however helium believes that if little voters defected to the Green Party, Casey could've bushed the Republican. 

Leila Hazou, the Green Party's campaigner for the Senate seat, amassed 64,088 votes. 

'We inactive person tens of thousands of votes to beryllium counted crossed the Commonwealth, the Democrat said successful different X post. '[The Associated Press] shouldn't marque a telephone successful this contention until each Pennsylvanian has their ballot counted.' 

With 98 percent of the votes in, McCormick stands with a 37,000-vote pb implicit Casey, a 0.6 percent margin. 

If the contention concludes with the borderline betwixt the 2 candidates astatine oregon beneath 0.5 percent an automatic recount would beryllium triggered nether authorities law. 

Following Fetterman's slur, critics were speedy to slam the senator's comments. 

'Calling Green voters 'dips***s' is not a large mode to triumph them over,' Tesla CEO Elon Musk deed backmost astatine the Democrat. 

Musk was a fixture connected Trump's campaign, raising astir $120 cardinal for a ace PAC aimed astatine his reelection and often dispersed pro-Republican contented connected his app X.  

'Those are your constituents you're denigrating,' Republican House campaigner Daniel Bocic Martine posted. Martine mislaid his bid for Congress earlier this week. 

One X idiosyncratic wrote: 'Did you conscionable telephone 64,088+ citizens of PA, dips***s, senator?'

'Are you truly berating radical for who they voted for?' different commented connected Fetterman's post. 

Scott Pressler, a blimpish commentator, replied to Fetterman saying the Democrat volition regret alienating voters. 

'I deliberation Green Party voters are going to retrieve you calling them names erstwhile you’re moving for re-election. Probably not the smartest choice. We’ll beryllium definite to punctual them.'

McCormick speaking to Fox News this week said there's nary mathematical accidental Casey tin prevail. 

'Listen, I mislaid an predetermination by 900 votes ... truthful I cognize Senator Casey's got to process this,' the Republican said. 

'He's been successful elected bureau for 30 years. His family's had a large past of nationalist service, and truthful you cognize he's going to person to find his mode to the close answer.'

'But I deliberation the mathematics is indisputable, and I deliberation that's wherefore the AP called it and wherefore we're assured moving guardant to commencement preparing to beryllium the adjacent legislator from Pennsylvania,' helium continued. 

Casey, though, has said that helium wants each ballot counted. 

'It has been made wide determination are much than 100,000 votes inactive to beryllium counted,' helium said successful a statement. 'Pennsylvania is wherever our antiauthoritarian process was born.'

'We indispensable let that process to play retired and guarantee that each ballot that is eligible to beryllium counted volition beryllium counted. That is what Pennsylvania deserves.'

Fetterman's bureau did not instantly instrumentality a petition for comment.