Shapiro won’t commit to supporting Fetterman’s re-election bid

Shapiro won’t commit to supporting Fetterman’s re-election bid


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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro dismissed a New York Times story about his relationship with Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on ABC’s “This Week”  Sunday. 

During the show, host Martha Raddatz asked the Democratic governor to comment on a New York Times article that claimed he and Fetterman “don’t speak.” Shapiro insisted the report was “not true” and was created by journalists to “conjure up a lot of drama.”

Raddatz then asked whether he would support Fetterman for re-election.

“Well, he has to decide if he’s seeking re-election,” Shapiro said. “That’s not for another cycle.”

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Shapiro won’t commit to supporting Fetterman’s re-election bid

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro told ABC’s Martha Raddatz that he is waiting for Sen. John Fetterman’s decision before offering any endorsements. (Rachel Wisniewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

He added, “I don’t know if he’s running for re-election. I think he needs to decide if he’s running, and then we’ll make a decision from there.”

Raddatz asked Shapiro to clarify whether he meant that he had not yet decided to support Fetterman.

“He needs to decide if he’s running for re-election, and then we’ll make a determination thereafter,” Shapiro repeated.

Though Shapiro did not answer whether he and Fetterman still speak, Shapiro described his relationship with Fetterman as “constructive.”

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“We have a constructive relationship to try to ensure that the people of Pennsylvania are served. He and I are obviously different people, he casts some votes and takes some positions that I strongly disagree with but at the end of the day my job is to serve the people of Pennsylvania,” Shapiro said.

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 Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., declined to endorse Gov. Josh Shapiro for re-election earlier this month.  (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to Fetterman’s office for comment.

Fetterman similarly declined to endorse Shapiro for re-election in 2028 when repeatedly asked by Politico’s Dasha Burns earlier this month.

“I appreciate his service. We both support our services,” Fetterman said.

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Fetterman’s memoir “Unfettered” revealed an incident where he called Shapiro a “f—— a——” over a 2020 parole board dispute, threatening to run for governor in 2022 to primary Shapiro.

“I told him there were two tracks — that one and the one in which he ran for governor and I ran for the Senate (which was the one I preferred),” Fetterman wrote.

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John Fetterman described tension between him and Josh Shapiro since a 2020 parole board dispute. (Bill Streicher/Reuters; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Fetterman wrote that his relationship with Shapiro never recovered after their dispute.

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“I sincerely wish him the best,” Fetterman wrote. “He is a credit to the state and may one day be a credit to the country. I remember fondly the days when we were nobodies trying to climb the ladder. Even if we no longer speak.”



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