Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is being courted by Republicans ahead of the midterm elections in a pursuit that could determine control of the U.S. Senate.

Accoridng to Politico, Republican operatives are working to try and lure Fetterman across the aisle and bolster their Senate majority ahead of the midterms.

Their report states:

Trump has made the sell, offering his patented total and complete endorsement plus a financial windfall to the Pennsylvanian. A handful of Senate Republicans are also gently feeling out Fetterman and responding to his concerns over the prospect of defecting from the Democratic Party, multiple high-level GOP officials tell me.

If Fetterman does flip, according to officials who were given anonymity to talk about sensitive matters, it will be thanks in large part to his deepening friendship with a pair of senators and their high-profile spouses: Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), and his wife Dina, and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), and her husband, Wesley.

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Trump, who knows a thing or two about party switching, has also gotten in on the action. He’s told one GOP senator he prefers Fetterman making the full conversion to Republican, according to a source familiar with the conversation.

And Trump has said, if Fetterman does, he’d reciprocate. In his typical unsubtle fashion, the president conveyed as much to Sean Hannity in March and asked Hannity to play intermediary.

Fetterman has so far played down the idea and maintained he would be a “shitty Republican.”

“I’m not changing,” Fetterman said. “I’m a Democrat, and I’m staying one. “

“I’d be a shitty Republican,” he later added.

However, the report notes that Fetterman has refused to consider joining the GOP; he is not pushing back against suggestions that he may serve as an independent.

The 56-year-old was first elected to his seat in 2022 after defeating a Republican and now serves as Trump’s Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Since his election, he has taken a number of positions that have infuriated the Democratic grassroots.

These have included wholesale support for Israel, allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to carry out their duties and pushing back against the far-left.

Last month, several leading Democrats publicly called for his ouster after he voted to confirm Markwayne Mullin, who was Trump’s choice for Secretary of Homeland Security.

He has since maintained that his vote was “rooted in a strong, committed, constructive working relationship with Senator Mullin for our nation’s security.”

Democrats Demand Ouster of Sen. John Fetterman After He Votes to Advance Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary

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