Peter Savodnik: I Was Wrong About John Fetterman

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania at a luncheon yesterday in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
I thought the Pennsylvania senator was a trust fund kid pretending to have tough guy morals. But after October 7, he proved to be the real deal.
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In September 2022, I staked out John Fetterman’s home, just east of Pittsburgh.
Fetterman was running for Senate, and I thought I might find him in the industrial-style loft he shares with his wife, Gisele, and their three kids, in a renovated car dealership across the street from the husk of a steel works.
I thought I knew exactly who Fetterman was: a l…

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