New York Magazine Reports Texts, Staff Frustration for Fetterman

A New York Magazine investigation published Thursday has revealed private text messages from Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania that show him dismissing the Epstein files as a “nothing burger,” questioning the affordability of healthcare, and comparing the killing of a nurse by immigration agents to the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse. The report also details a meeting last summer in which Fetterman floated the idea of being the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2028, a suggestion that left senior staff incredulous.

According to the report, in January, after seeing a headline that an average working family spends nearly $4,000 a year on healthcare, Fetterman texted staffers, “How should it cost? Free? I dont understand what affordability it is.” The same month, regarding the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, he wrote to a staffer, “Epstein was a nothing burger. Worst pics Ive seen were from Clinton lol.” After nurse Alex Pretti was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, Fetterman texted, “Kyle Rittenhouse brought a gun to a protest. He was roundly condemned for that. Why are now democrats defending the nurse it was legal to carry. Both legal weapons. Square...