Fetterman Texts Show Senator Dodged 3 Police Funerals and Other Constituent Duties
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Updated · CBS New York · Sep 5
Fetterman Texts Show Senator Dodged 3 Police Funerals and Other Constituent Duties
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Sep 5
Summary
2025 text messages reviewed by CBS News show Sen. John Fetterman resisting core constituent work, including meetings, home-state events and hearings; a former staffer confirmed the Wall Street Journal account.
One exchange shows Fetterman backing away from attending the funerals of three slain police officers near York over a ceremony expected to last three hours and a 9+ hour drive.
Other texts show him questioning repeated meetings with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia representatives over vaccines and Medicaid cuts, and CBS said he claimed illness to skip paralyzed veterans before appearing on Fox News.
Pennsylvania Democrats Chris Deluzio and Brendan Boyle blasted the reported behavior, while Fetterman's team did not respond; the disclosures deepen scrutiny of a senator already at odds with many in his party.